just 2 observations

4x4van wrote:

Stefonius wrote:
There are quite a few folks in the "I paid for the site and I'll do whatever the heck I want!" camp. When I read their posts, all I see is "ME! ME! ME! ME! ME!" Sad.

I suppose the same argument could be made for those that want to dictate how their neighbor "camps".

4x4van - you basically paraphrased exactly what I said. Folks who allow their light and sound to go out past the boundaries of their sites are dictating how their neighbors camp.

jake2250 wrote:

BulldawgFan wrote:
Wow. One of our favorite things to do when in a large campground is drive around in the (electric) golf cart around dusk and check out everyones sites, their lights, their tiki torches, their decorations, the whole deal. It's great to see everyone's individual style and flair. It's great to see families smiling and having fun. Playing cornhole? Cool, what kind of boards do you have? Favorite team perhaps? What a conversation starter. Mine are harley amd yeah, I built them myself. Whether basking in the glow of a campfire, a bucket light, or a 32in flat screen watching satellite, who cares! There are nights all three have lit up my site.

We have had more conversations started at campgrounds about our bucket light (with color changing dimable remote controlled bulb) or our lighted family name sign I built with an old style edison 40 w bulb and dusk/dawn auto sensor.


We love to see everyone's style. We like it when ours strikes up conversation. A bunch of unique families enjoying time together. THAT is what makes a community.

For those that get frustrated when people rent a site with power and then have the nerve to use it, as said, tents are great and backpacks have come a long way.

Strap one on and take a hike.

EXACTLY!! Well said!! Finally there's some one else out there that GETS IT!!

x3

I like dark skies but know I'll rarely find them in commercial RV parks. Most have tons of usually unattractive lights even before the first camper lights his site.

I actually do enjoy the decorating..since night sky likely isn't good anyway.

But to try to keep people happy, why not have lighting hours like noise hours? All lights off at 10 or 11 PM (or whenever the place goes to sleep)?

Those who don't like the light should look into blackout shades..as too much light is common in RV parks and probably won't change anytime soon.

BulldawgFan wrote:
Wow. One of our favorite things to do when in a large campground is drive around in the (electric) golf cart around dusk and check out everyones sites, their lights, their tiki torches, their decorations, the whole deal. It's great to see everyone's individual style and flair. It's great to see families smiling and having fun. Playing cornhole? Cool, what kind of boards do you have? Favorite team perhaps? What a conversation starter. Mine are harley amd yeah, I built them myself. Whether basking in the glow of a campfire, a bucket light, or a 32in flat screen watching satellite, who cares! There are nights all three have lit up my site.

We have had more conversations started at campgrounds about our bucket light (with color changing dimable remote controlled bulb) or our lighted family name sign I built with an old style edison 40 w bulb and dusk/dawn auto sensor.


We love to see everyone's style. We like it when ours strikes up conversation. A bunch of unique families enjoying time together. THAT is what makes a community.

For those that get frustrated when people rent a site with power and then have the nerve to use it, as said, tents are great and backpacks have come a long way.

Strap one on and take a hike.

EXACTLY!! Well said!! Finally there's some one else out there that GETS IT!!

Wow. One of our favorite things to do when in a large campground is drive around in the (electric) golf cart around dusk and check out everyones sites, their lights, their tiki torches, their decorations, the whole deal. It's great to see everyone's individual style and flair. It's great to see families smiling and having fun. Playing cornhole? Cool, what kind of boards do you have? Favorite team perhaps? What a conversation starter. Mine are harley amd yeah, I built them myself. Whether basking in the glow of a campfire, a bucket light, or a 32in flat screen watching satellite, who cares! There are nights all three have lit up my site.

We have had more conversations started at campgrounds about our bucket light (with color changing dimable remote controlled bulb) or our lighted family name sign I built with an old style edison 40 w bulb and dusk/dawn auto sensor.

We love to see everyone's style. We like it when ours strikes up conversation. A bunch of unique families enjoying time together. THAT is what makes a community.

For those that get frustrated when people rent a site with power and then have the nerve to use it, as said, tents are great and backpacks have come a long way.

Strap one on and take a hike.

Wow, I guess civility, courtesy, kindness and consideration for others needs to be dictated to some people now. This post started stating outright that the OP had 2 observations...just observations people.... and it devolves into ..if you don't like it tough! I camp the way I want to and too bad if you don't like it. Go find some place else to camp because I'm not going to. Like it becomes a personal challenge. geeze, maybe try switching to decalf.

I didn't read this whole thread. I agree with the lighting posts. If you light up your own area fine but why shine lights on my campsite

ramgunner wrote:
Hence, I went and asked my neighbors. Since the light is aimed down and illuminates under the trailer and small distance around, none of them had any issues with it.

Anyone doing anything they shouldn't will be shown as a silhouette against it. It's a great security deterrent, but that doesn't needlessly bother the neighbors.

That's a very admirable thing to do and if more people would do that, there would be less fodder for these types of threads.

Stefonius wrote:
There are quite a few folks in the "I paid for the site and I'll do whatever the heck I want!" camp. When I read their posts, all I see is "ME! ME! ME! ME! ME!" Sad.

As far as I'm concerned, you can do whatever you like within the boundaries of your campsite. Once your light, sound, smoke or odor crosses the boundaries of your site, it becomes the community's problem... and if you're not concerned about your impact on the community, then your mama didn't raise you right.

That's why the have laws and rules, so you don't cause a "community" problem. So if you don't like the rules (or non-rules) in the campground, you need to find a new campground. If you can't find a campground with rules that work for you, maybe you're the problem.

Stefonius wrote:
There are quite a few folks in the "I paid for the site and I'll do whatever the heck I want!" camp. When I read their posts, all I see is "ME! ME! ME! ME! ME!" Sad.

I suppose the same argument could be made for those that want to dictate how their neighbor "camps".