Camping Altercations?

JnJnKatiebug wrote:
Does not really matter to me, I did not have a generator running 20 feet from my tent. We do a lot of cooking when camping, none which requires a generator. I just wondered what they were cooking.

I'm with you. I've been RV'ing and camping my entire life and have never needed a generator to fix a meal. That said, I do have an inverter to power the microwave for a few minutes if needed. Maybe a convection oven requires 110V, I don't have one of those. One of our favorite camp grounds was a State Park (Fort Flagler, Marrowstone Island, WA) and it didn't have hookups until the last few years. Many times we had to listen to neighbors generators running from morning till evening, and I too wondered why they had to recreate with so many 110V things being powered when my 30' trailer ran just fine off two house batteries. I know I almost got into it with a fellow 4 or 5 sites away who insisted on running his contractor type generator all day long (not the quiet built in or inverter type so common now a days).

I stuck my nose in a situation that just frustrated me to no end while camping on the Oregon Coast. A large family group with multiple vehicles, multiple beer coolers, multiple radios competing, unleashed pets and many children were across from us. While this group was recreating outside mostly in tents, they were also burning rail road ties for firewood. The smell of creosote was overwhelming, of course they all were smokers too so when I asked if any of them understood what a "carcinogen" was they replied with blank stares. I offered them and they accepted a huge bin of firewood I had had in my truck in exchange for not burning any more railroad ties. It just killed me to see kids roasting marshmallows in their fire with creosote dripping off the hot log ends, not to mention the stink. I try to have a live and let live policy, but sometimes a person needs to speak out as well, all the while being diplomatic at the same time. Hans