Another reason NOT to use the "Water Thief"
This was posted at the USFS Windy Hill CG at Roosevelt Lake but I have seen similar postings at a number of USFS CG's through the southwest. If a CG only has a few spigots scattered around, often wit...
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I might agree with you if there was a viable way to move the excess water from those other states to California. But there isn't such a way. We're benefiting from those same exact food sources - it's not like we're starving our own children to feed the neighbor's children. Those other states sacrifice in different ways - there is no single state that is perfect. I don't expect other states to throw away potable water in order to "share our sacrifice" - just like I don't turn off my heat when the Northeast is in a 2 week blizzard.
As for the sacrifice of "RV water use", that's my point. We have a large amount of RVers right here in California who are NOT sacrificing - they are using water meant to be shared by the entire community for their own personal purposes because they refuse to fill up at home (where they have to pay for their water). They are taking advantage of a situation and hurting others. Last spring, I visited a State Park - the camp hosts had just arrived from their prior full-timing location. The first thing they did was to wash their 35+ foot rig using the limited water from the campground. Campers were instructed to bring water with them because there wasn't enough available at the campground, but the hosts were washing their RV. I'm sorry - that's not right. We Californian RVers need to stop thinking that our conservation efforts stop at our intake connection - every gallon of water we put into our tanks is water being taken away from other people.
I'm not saying we can't enjoy our RVs, but rather before deciding to drive away from your home with an empty tank - THINK. Does your destination have enough water to support your RV? Where is that water coming from? Increasing your gas mileage by 3mpg does NOT justify denying others the right to water.
As for the sacrifice of "RV water use", that's my point. We have a large amount of RVers right here in California who are NOT sacrificing - they are using water meant to be shared by the entire community for their own personal purposes because they refuse to fill up at home (where they have to pay for their water). They are taking advantage of a situation and hurting others. Last spring, I visited a State Park - the camp hosts had just arrived from their prior full-timing location. The first thing they did was to wash their 35+ foot rig using the limited water from the campground. Campers were instructed to bring water with them because there wasn't enough available at the campground, but the hosts were washing their RV. I'm sorry - that's not right. We Californian RVers need to stop thinking that our conservation efforts stop at our intake connection - every gallon of water we put into our tanks is water being taken away from other people.
I'm not saying we can't enjoy our RVs, but rather before deciding to drive away from your home with an empty tank - THINK. Does your destination have enough water to support your RV? Where is that water coming from? Increasing your gas mileage by 3mpg does NOT justify denying others the right to water.
