Showing up late

Cdaddy wrote:
We are going to Jane's island state park this weekend. 34 foot TRAILER. Probably not getting there till 1030 or 11 pm. Should we stay off site boondocking someplace till morning. Never set up or backed up in the dark. Also want to be polite to others camping.

IF I 'm no mistaken. there is a road in the park leading to the CG you could stay on. But would it be hot to sleep?

I don't like getting in at night. I stay over some place run my generator and park in the daylight.

Looks like upper 70s that time of night.

We stayed at a park near Mt Rushmore and had some neighbors come in at Midnight and proceed to set up every bell and whistle on thier trailer while wearing headlamps.

At the most, level and plug in electric until morning. You can survive without the sewer hose and portable satelite dish for a few hours! Hope you have a great trip!

I'd give the park a call and find out if there is an overflow area and what their policy is for late check-ins.
Weekend check ins it's been my experience that no one generally cares about late check ins as they are too busy packing fun into 72 hours.

If we have reservations and arrive late (especially after quite hours), we plug in the electric and that's about it so we don't wake the neighbors. We can survive for a night without leveling and water connections.

People understand late arrivals and typically don't mind as long as you try to be courteous.

Doug

While arriving in at dark is doable. I really try to avoid arriving in the dark at a CG I am not familiar with. Too many pitfalls when it's pitch black.
I've arrived at night more than once, but it's not fun and should be avoided if possible.
I agree could be very hot and buggy this time of year

I got in after dark last week, but it wasn't real late. Backed in, got reasonably level, hooked up electric, and called it a night. Leveled up, unhitched, and did the rest of my set up in the morning.

We were camping at a COE park one weekend and a family pulled in around 9:30.

This place didn't have street lights so all of us camping nearby lined their spot with lanterns and flashlights so they could get in.

When arriving, try to back going to the left into the spot, before you back in walk the space shining your light side to side to visualize the area, then stand at the back end and shine the lamp along the sides and up, what you are looking are branches or any obstruction that can damage the unit.

Always back your trailer going left, you can see the whole rig on the mirror, going to the right the mirror is of no use.

When we pull in at night, I try to level as best as possible and only connect the electric, in the morning we unhook the toad and setlle in, unless it is a back in, then I unhook and check for obstructions back in hook electric and then the toad is parked, in the morning we finish arriving.

The wife uses a very small lamp that she signals with, up and down proced, side to side stop, no shouting trying for the least amount of noise, or we use small walky talkie's with ear plugs.

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