Learned something new about camping....

pasusan wrote:
Like you - we have learned to avoid camping under oak trees. We went to CG in Vermont one time that was absolutely FULL of oak trees - couldn't find a spot that wasn't under one. We wondered what they were thinking. :S
We left.

Rain is loud enough on our aluminum roof. Acorns are worse. Pine cones are downright scary.

Somehow I doubt that they started with an empty field and then planted a bunch of oak trees.

I stayed at the Ancient Oaks RV park in Rock Port Texas one summer. Large beautiful Oak Trees. I was given a site with plenty of shade from the oak trees. The occasional thunk didn't bother me.
Never, ever again will I take a site like that. Every week I had to get on the roof and hose it down from all the debris blocking the ac drain rail. Black streaks and sap was a B^&*% to clean. Nice park and they did have treeless sites too. Now I know why.

Beware of what 'type' of tree you are parking under. I watched a neighboring camper set up his RV, that night a storm came thru and in the morning he had huge dents all over his new RV. I think it was a chestnut tree.

Ironically I was parked in that same spot for a week before it had it's fruit and when I went to leave I had the guys wash my MH and they said the entire roof was pitch black with sap. It took those boys 2 hours to get it all off the roof and the back of my MH. :(

Our aluminum "boat port" is under a pecan tree (here in GA that is PEA-can). A pecan still in its outer green hull/shell hitting that aluminum sounds like a rifle going off!

We spend the Summer under the tall pines in the Adirondacks where pine sap is just a way of life. Wouldn't trade it for the World but I do get my exercise with the denatured alcohol (along with a can or 2 of the other kind as well).

On a similar note, I try to avoid parking under trees in the fog belt near the ocean when fog is predicted. Drip drip drip and for some reason the sound is not as pleasant as rain. Then toss in the fact the drip can also be messy and dirty.

Living here in the AWESOME northwest,we do a lot of camping at the beach and one of the problems we have is seagulls and low tide. They are able to get clams from the beach and then soar to great heights and drop them on the roof of your rv.WHAMMMM!!!! :MIt can be rather disconcerting if it's early in the morning as after they drop the clams and crack them open,they land and walk around making a skittering sound. There are also times when several of them want the clam and you have a seagull fight on your roof. Oh, and then there is the accompaning white stuff that they usually leave behind as they leave,mostly on the tablecloth,your chairs and BBQs.:(

Bigdog wrote:
Living here in the AWESOME northwest,we do a lot of camping at the beach and one of the problems we have is seagulls and low tide. They are able to get clams from the beach and then soar to great heights and drop them on the roof of your rv.WHAMMMM!!!! :MIt can be rather disconcerting if it's early in the morning as after they drop the clams and crack them open,they land and walk around making a skittering sound. There are also times when several of them want the clam and you have a seagull fight on your roof. Oh, and then there is the accompaning white stuff that they usually leave behind as they leave,mostly on the tablecloth,your chairs and BBQs.:(

I got hit by a nasty chewed up star fish and bird******drop on me by a seagull at Bandon Beach. I'll take chestnuts, pecans, sap any day. lol

Bigdog wrote:
Living here in the AWESOME northwest,we do a lot of camping at the beach and one of the problems we have is seagulls and low tide.

They are able to get clams from the beach and then soar to great heights and drop them on the roof of your rv.WHAMMMM!!!!

:M

It can be rather disconcerting if it's early in the morning as after they drop the clams and crack them open,they land and walk around making a skittering sound. There are also times when several of them want the clam and you have a seagull fight on your roof. Oh, and then there is the accompanying white stuff that they usually leave behind as they leave,mostly on the tablecloth,your chairs and BBQs.:(

That sure does take the prize for the best camping story I've ever heard.! :C

LOL! Loving the last 3 posts!! I would have never thought of that. (Yep, I'm from inland.) I think I'll take acorns & sap too. As far as the previous comment about pine cones, the worst are the ones from the loblolly pines in SC - those suckers are HUGE! They sound like a bomb is going off when they land!!