This is a wonderful park that is very well maintained and has every convenience a traveler could want! Unfortunately it seems not every traveler is worthy at Dos Reis. My partner and I, along with our sweet baby girl (a pup) are homeless and it is very difficult to find places that we can sleep, cook a meal, and clean up without being told we are not welcome. We are very conscientious about moving on and leaving the space cleaner than we found it, yet over and over we are met with disdain. We do understand that this place requires advanced booking, but in our situation, advanced booking is not always a luxury we can afford. My partner is disabled and the long-term effects of severe PTSD has prevented him from keeping a steady job - and steady income. However! He is still quite able-bodied, and his pride is very much intact! He refuses to claim disability and so every morning he posts up in the Home Depot parking lot of whichever town du jour hoping to get some work. He was fortunate this week in Manteca, and after browsing the maps app we stumbled across Dos Reis park which appealed to us because of it's barbecue pits and shower facilities. We arrived around 11 PM and drove around the park to make sure it felt safe (or in other words that we weren't going to be chased off by the villagers calling the police who only seem to serve and protect the "homed"). What we found was a small park in which there were 8 or 9 RVs set up, some of which appeared to be in full-time residence. That was a bit of a surprise as the website says it's a county park and that camping is only allowed on the weekends, but it was quiet and it was late, and we were hungry and exhausted. We parked in the regular parking lot and after the typical 2-3 hours it takes to re-organize the car into a kitchen and then into a bedroom, we slept. In the morning my partner found the on-site manager and apologized for the lack of a reservation and our unsanctioned use of one of the the barbecues and asked if we could please take a shower - as it has been over a week for both of us. He offered cash from the hundred dollars he had just received for the previous day's work of digging dirt and laying cement and was prepared to pay extra for the inconvenience but was met with a hard NO as well as the threat of a $250 fine for sleeping in the parking lot without a reservation. Now granted, because of his pride, I don't believe my partner let him know our situation, but when you live out of your car, it is fairly obvious to everyone around so...so why? What is gained from turning away someone who comes to you in a friendly manner - maybe a day late but not a dollar short - and with clear need? Was anyone going to be harmed by our desire to clean up somewhere other than the bathroom at Walmart for a change?Who knows. What I do know is this - the increasing lack of empathy for others in this country is alarming and extremely disheartening. I'm sure that man was just doing his job, but he'll have to show me where in the job description it said to make sure you treat people like garbage. read more