Later and Later Check-in times

All this in good will. Threads have a way of their own. But since I created this thread and have found that my concerns are pretty widely shared I have some hope we can address those concerns helpfully.

I will quote below a message I sent to Campendium and TheDyrt. Maybe others will join me in making this a constructive crusade to persuade COE (and maybe some others) to rethink these extremely late check-in times. 6:00 pm is near dark and night time.

I am accustomed to check-out around 11:00 am and check-in around noon or 1:00 pm. Anyway here is my message:

Padredw wrote:
Thank you for a very useful website and a virtual community. In planning for an RV trip up into Arkansas next week, I ran into, what is for me, a problem. Two of the COE campgrounds had a check-in time of 6:00 PM (and a check-out time of 4:00 PM). I have been traveling all across the United States in fifth-wheel trailers for over 20 years. This late check-in time seems completely unreasonable to me and out of line with my experience over most of those years. So why do I write Campendium?

1. I would like to know when and why COE management began these very late check-in times. Such a virtual community that you represent might be more likely to get a straight answer than I could get as a single citizen.

2. I would like to see if there is anything we can do to reverse this change in COE policy. Again, such a virtual camping community that you represent may be able to have more influence than I ever could as a single respondent.

3. On the other hand, I do want to do what I can so maybe you can tell me the most effective office or person with whom to communicate in the Army Corps of Engineers to express my concerns.