Always one out there that ruins your weekend

powderman426 wrote:

Go Dogs wrote:
The Ohio state police will make several slow drive-thru's every night in the state parks. That would have never happened. Thank you Ohio!

I think you mean Pa. State police. Ohio doesn't have state police, only highway patrol and have little authority off the highway system. That's what we have sheriffs for. But I do agree that they wouldn't allow that at a state park. They will usually complain if you even have a tire off the drive.

On the contrary, OHP has jurisdiction on all state-owned/managed property, which does include State Parks. Only a few years ago, our local SP had 3-4 SP Rangers patrolling on-duty every day. Now, due to severe budget cut-backs, we saw only one ranger doing a slow drive-through on three of the seven days we camped this past week. One OHP cruiser did drive through one morning, in place of the Park Ranger service.

We also witnessed inexcusable, loud, and obnoxious behaviors from "campers" on a near-by site. They clearly exceeded the 6-person limit on the site, tent/awning pegs only 4 inches (seriously) from the street, openly drinking beer (possession prohibited in Ohio SP), and literally throwing (imagine a football pass) trash across the road and into the woods. Their camping "trailer" and tents were obvious reasons why some campgrounds deny access to dilapidated equipment. How "normal" human beings could crowd themselves into that filthy, small space was mind-warping.