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campn4walleye's avatar
Aug 04, 2013

camping neighbors

We usually camp at a little known county CG during the middle of the week to beat the crowd. This past trip, the park was pretty empty. We chose our site, set up the TC and settled the boat into our site as well. Later, a small TT was jockeyed into the site next to us. They parked their boat in the middle of the road. Hmm. When we prepared to go fishing, we asked if they would please move their boat. They just looked at us as if we had 2 heads. So, their teenage daughter moved it.
Upon our return, they had 4 tents set up...pretty much where we parked our boat. DH smartly slid the boat into our site with 6" to spare between the tire and tents. We smiled the next morning (6AM) when we fired up the diesel and pulled out to fish again. When we returned, we found about 8 kids playing in the creek behind our site and hanging out at the dock when boats are trying to go in and out. No parent in sight.
By the time we packed to leave, they had more folks coming and had tied a pug to a tree on a 1 foot lead (literally) and left it to bark incessantly. That's when you know it's time to go. They never spoke a word except to say our meals smelled good.

People who make you go hmmmm.
  • There does seem to be one group in every campground. I would have first been ticked off that someone would choose to camp right next to me when the park is nearly empty. :M Then I would have talked to a park host or ranger about moving either them or me to a site far, far away. People like those you describe will never listen to reason, are incredibly thick-skinned and their behavior will only get worse as their visit continues.
  • Not meaning to be a smart A, we have been there and went thru that. You can't change the ignorance of those who do not care or pay attention to others in life/the world. They see only their own pleasure/satisfaction and others can suffer so they can enjoy. That is why the world is changing at a rate of stupidity that it is, cast them off for bad up-bringing (bad parents/time outs). Spare the rod, spare the child rule. It happens here in the South also. Makes me understand why I love living out in the middle of nowhere.
  • So what did you say when you complained to them? Betterr talkimg.with them than us because only they can do anything about if.
  • You can complain by posting to an RV Forum like this and of course we are all sympathetic to your plight. But, nothings going to change. Those folks and others like them aren't reading your complaint.
    To actually change the situation you have to seek out the most mature person in the group and politely explain the situation to them. If they react in a negative manner, go to the camp host. If they actually see that they have crossed the line, things will get better.
  • I would have filed a complaint with someone AND I would have filed a specific complaint for the dog. I'm sure he didn't enjoy being tied to a tree with 1 foot of lead. I hate campers like that!
  • bukhrn's avatar
    bukhrn
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    campn4walleye wrote:
    We usually camp at a little known county CG during the middle of the week to beat the crowd. This past trip, the park was pretty empty. We chose our site, set up the TC and settled the boat into our site as well. Later, a small TT was jockeyed into the site next to us. They parked their boat in the middle of the road. Hmm. When we prepared to go fishing, we asked if they would please move their boat. They just looked at us as if we had 2 heads. So, their teenage daughter moved it.
    Upon our return, they had 4 tents set up...pretty much where we parked our boat. DH smartly slid the boat into our site with 6" to spare between the tire and tents. We smiled the next morning (6AM) when we fired up the diesel and pulled out to fish again. When we returned, we found about 8 kids playing in the creek behind our site and hanging out at the dock when boats are trying to go in and out. No parent in sight.
    By the time we packed to leave, they had more folks coming and had tied a pug to a tree on a 1 foot lead (literally) and left it to bark incessantly. That's when you know it's time to go. They never spoke a word except to say our meals smelled good. No, that's when it's time to find the cg host or ranger, (whoever is in charge), any cg I've ever been to, whether city, county, State, Federal, private, whatever, they all have rules about barking dogs, number of people on a site, & Your equipment, (whether tent, RV or what ever)fitting on your site.

    People who make you go hmmmm.

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