Bad camping neighbors

lordnorth wrote:
You know... I am new to this... only been out once -- borrowed a buddy's RV for the weekend and I *think* we tried to be good neighbors. I know one night we did have a pretty smokey fire because we bought green wood from a roadside stand..

But I never really thought about walking through someones campsite as being rude. I mean, I would never walk under their awning or anything, but maybe walking the line between two campsites...

Hopefully some of you "oldtimers" will give us newbies a *bit* of a break. Sometimes we don't mean to be jerks... we just don't know any better!

Just rely on common sense - yes you made a little faux paux by walking in someones site - but since I don't know what the layout was, I'm not going to condem you. Just realize that people don't expect to see other people in their rented space. That said, common sense swings both ways. It's common sense to expect people to cook outside and have a camp fire while camping. It's also expected that some people put lights up and take their dogs for a walk. Now if someone is exceeding the boundries of these activities, - huge bon fires, 1000 watt lights, not picking up after their dogs or letting them relieve themselves on your space, then by all means be an adult and polietly talk to them. Be understanding if you are on the receiving side of one of these talks. If all you have tried fails, then speak to the management - have their number on your cell phone. Then when someone pours grease or whatever into you firepit you can resolve the situation at once instead of doing nothing ad squaking about it in exaggerated detail on RV.net. There is really no need to squabble with fellow campers or get revenge. The palces that don't enforce their own rules should get your negative review in theappropriate place. Happy camping to you.