Campgrounds for large families
Finding a few other families here that are as large as mine it's got me wondering, where do the large families camp? I wonder if we could post some of our favorite campgrounds that don't charge an ex...
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To a certain point I totally understand the restrictions on capacity. You can't just pack a site in with 4 tents and 25 people. It just seems like that's really what those capacities are designed to prevent. But then there are just a few of us who are just looking for a site for 2 parents and their minor kids. I have 1 camping unit that comfortably sleeps 12, but then it's hard to find campsites that allow my whole family to stay together in our trailer which fits in the site and accommodates us all.
I've been looking for a campsite in the Silver Lake area of Michigan, and there are a few of the campgrounds who have the posted policy of "1 camping unit per site, includes 2 parents and their minor children". Extra adults and guests would then be extra. That's exactly what I'm looking for, and they are out there, but they seem few and far between. Seeing that in writing is what has got me thinking about this.
But I guess there may be another side to this, and that's that there are also campgrounds that really don't want us there. And again I totally respect that, if you'd rather not deal with big families and lots of kids, and the pricing policy is designed to discourage us from camping there, then that's ok too. It's just good to know that up front. That's part of what I'm getting at, I need to compile a list of big family friendly parks. Though I'm wondering now if it would be a bad idea to publish such a list, as I wouldn't want to hurt their business.
I'm serious, I mean no disrespect to anybody about that. Just not every park is designed with everybody in mind, and I respect that we often make people uncomfortable when we show up. Believe me, when we roll up in the 15 passenger van and 10 kids get out, we get a lot of stares, just about everywhere actually. It's a normal part of our lives, and that's ok. We know we kind of look like freaks:) And we know it's not always a welcome sight when we pull up in the site next to yours.
But there are other places that are ok with us, and we've had many neighbors who looked at us more with amusement than with fear. And we've even had some who have been really encouraging to us and have said they enjoyed camping near us. We do try to be aware of our neighbors and make sure the kids are respectful and their volume is reasonable.
So I guess I'm saying, there are places we can camp, there are places that we either can't or it's much more expensive for us to camp, and maybe there are campgrounds that really don't want us to camp there. All of those things are true and I'm ok with all of those. I'm just wanting to compile something of a list of which is which.
I've been looking for a campsite in the Silver Lake area of Michigan, and there are a few of the campgrounds who have the posted policy of "1 camping unit per site, includes 2 parents and their minor children". Extra adults and guests would then be extra. That's exactly what I'm looking for, and they are out there, but they seem few and far between. Seeing that in writing is what has got me thinking about this.
But I guess there may be another side to this, and that's that there are also campgrounds that really don't want us there. And again I totally respect that, if you'd rather not deal with big families and lots of kids, and the pricing policy is designed to discourage us from camping there, then that's ok too. It's just good to know that up front. That's part of what I'm getting at, I need to compile a list of big family friendly parks. Though I'm wondering now if it would be a bad idea to publish such a list, as I wouldn't want to hurt their business.
I'm serious, I mean no disrespect to anybody about that. Just not every park is designed with everybody in mind, and I respect that we often make people uncomfortable when we show up. Believe me, when we roll up in the 15 passenger van and 10 kids get out, we get a lot of stares, just about everywhere actually. It's a normal part of our lives, and that's ok. We know we kind of look like freaks:) And we know it's not always a welcome sight when we pull up in the site next to yours.
But there are other places that are ok with us, and we've had many neighbors who looked at us more with amusement than with fear. And we've even had some who have been really encouraging to us and have said they enjoyed camping near us. We do try to be aware of our neighbors and make sure the kids are respectful and their volume is reasonable.
So I guess I'm saying, there are places we can camp, there are places that we either can't or it's much more expensive for us to camp, and maybe there are campgrounds that really don't want us to camp there. All of those things are true and I'm ok with all of those. I'm just wanting to compile something of a list of which is which.
