Camping pet peeve
My biggest camping pet peeve is somebody walking thru my campsite....what is yours so I will make sure not to do it.
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As someone previously posted, it all comes down to basic courtesy. This includes parents teaching kids not to walk through other people's campsites, picking up after your dog, keeping moderately quiet early in the morning, paying attention to quiet hours, etc.
I LOVE hearing kids playing and riding bikes during the day at most campgrounds. 6:30am though is a bit early - those kiddie bikes with plastic training wheels are LOUD.
I have sat around campfires laughing out loud - but at 10 or 11pm (usual quiet hours) we quiet down.
We had neighboring campers show up once with electric and acoustic guitars and a drum set - it was really cool listening to them playing in the evening, right up to 11pm when they shut down for the night.
We went to a campout with a large group of emergency personnel, and a bagpiper showed up (a semi tradition with firefighters at a lot of events). That was AWESOME, all the surrounding campers walked over to hear him play, and the applause was almost deafening after he played a few songs and then sat down to relax. It is amazing how far the sound of bagpipes will carry.
It is all about remembering that YOU are not the only one in a campground... again, basic courtesy while keeping in mind different people have different levels of, well, annoyance.
My biggest pet peeve? Strangers walking through "my" campsite, especially if it is a small, tight campground. It is weird when you sit down to eat at your picnic table and strangers walk by between you and your camper, practically under the awning. At some campgrounds it got so bad that we positioned our truck and bikes to block people.
Whatever happens, find the humor in it, and see you on the road!
I LOVE hearing kids playing and riding bikes during the day at most campgrounds. 6:30am though is a bit early - those kiddie bikes with plastic training wheels are LOUD.
I have sat around campfires laughing out loud - but at 10 or 11pm (usual quiet hours) we quiet down.
We had neighboring campers show up once with electric and acoustic guitars and a drum set - it was really cool listening to them playing in the evening, right up to 11pm when they shut down for the night.
We went to a campout with a large group of emergency personnel, and a bagpiper showed up (a semi tradition with firefighters at a lot of events). That was AWESOME, all the surrounding campers walked over to hear him play, and the applause was almost deafening after he played a few songs and then sat down to relax. It is amazing how far the sound of bagpipes will carry.
It is all about remembering that YOU are not the only one in a campground... again, basic courtesy while keeping in mind different people have different levels of, well, annoyance.
My biggest pet peeve? Strangers walking through "my" campsite, especially if it is a small, tight campground. It is weird when you sit down to eat at your picnic table and strangers walk by between you and your camper, practically under the awning. At some campgrounds it got so bad that we positioned our truck and bikes to block people.
Whatever happens, find the humor in it, and see you on the road!
