Had a bit of a chuckle at that story.
Went to a park ourselves and it turned out to be a place for the homeless.and meth heads.
Wow were they interested in the van.
We got changed and left and never went back.
Still laughing about how bad it was.
The worst thing was we actually got advice from the AA to stay there.
Gave them the feed back and they corrected their advice to other travelers

Cheers Kiwivan