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Our family tradition is to go out camping every Memorial day weekend so we made reservations way in advance. Set up camp last night. Roasting marshmellows with the family when neighbors move in. St...
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2oldman wrote:
I feel your pain, but it's best avoided. Change your family tradition and don't go camping on holiday weekends in popular parks. July 4 and Labor day come to mind also.
I'll second this opinion and add to it. Avoidance is indeed the best policy. As fulltimers we have to be somewhere on these holiday w/e's. Over the years we have developed keen radar about picking appropriate places for us.
We are currently in a small park in N. Central FL. There are 53 FHU sites and 15 tent sites. All were full last night due to a very popular local music festival. Over the past 3 nights there have not been any disturbances.
We look for 2 primary hallmarks:
1) No fire pits. Sitting around a campfire, drinking oneself into oblivion and raising **** seems to be the rule rather than the exception. To be sure, we enjoy a fire and have our own propane fired variety, but we rarely use it when a number of other people are around.
2) No or limited children. If a CG advertises "family friendly" or playground equipment, kids activities etc. we give it a wide berth. I know I'm likely going to get slammed for that, but I never had children of my own and don't want to deal with those of others. Kids need to be entertained. While camping, that means outside and that means noise. Pass.
Eliminating those 2 factors alone can almost guarantee us peace and quiet. And peace and quiet is, for the most part, why we do what we do.
