Old grumpy guy

I have found it depends on the ranger what is allowed. Some parks anything goes until quiet hours and at others there are quiet hours and quieter hours. Some parks have a very loose definition of quiet.
We always try to find campsites that are large and surrounded by trees and bushes so we are not bothering anyone near us nor are we bothered by them.

RayUSMC wrote:
I'm not old and I don't like the loud music or rowdies either. So it's not you. It's their rude behavior that's the problem.

There's a number of solutions for dealing with the selfish rocks but the legal one is to contact the office and report them.

Perhaps the "rowdies" view your position as you do theirs! RV's have wheels. If you don't like the immediate circumstances, you can move. Age and/or attitude do not increase any individual's rights. If there are no posted rules being broken/ignored, there is no yardstick by which to measure and perhaps censure behaviour. Note: I 69 years of age.

noplace2 wrote:
We have to spend some time seeking out places where there aren't kids, drunks, excessive noise/lighting etc., but they are out here and we are happy being in them. The search is time well spent.

Yep. Quiet is becoming a rare commodity.

I believe that most people become less tolerant as an integral part of the life process. I'd wager that if you could find a similar venue for commentary in generations past, you'd find rhetoric similar to the OP here in every one of those generations. I further believe that it has much to do with confronting our own mortality, whether we admit it or not. When contemplating that we have relatively few years remaining we become far less likely to wish to include BS in that time left.

Having said that, we have overcome most of the problems by avoiding them. We're now in our 15th year of fulltiming and we learned long ago to simply not go to party central or anything close. We have to spend some time seeking out places where there aren't kids, drunks, excessive noise/lighting etc., but they are out here and we are happy being in them. The search is time well spent.

The older I get the less I tolerate, so it's mostly me. I used to do a lot of those annoying things when I was younger.

MTPockets1 wrote:
Some people are oblivious to others. The gas pump is an example where people are at the pump, go in to pay, use the rest room, browse for snacks, then return to the car that has others waiting, then dawdle while putting down the chips, drink, light a cigaret, put on seat belt, start car and adjust seat and mirror, then slowly leave. Really annoying.

I think they're control freaks.
I do have other words to describe them but, it would get deleted. ;)

I'm in the middle age category but I witnesed a positive scene of the younger generation the other day. I was sitting in the car waiting on DW to finish in a store when a 20 something young man with a 18 month old girl returned to his car. A buggy had rolled into his car and he calmy in a sweet voice said, "Look _____, someone was too lazy to put up their buggy and it hit our car. That's not nice. We are supposed to be considerate and always put our buggy back."

He never lost his cool or raised his voice. I was pleased to be a fly on the wall and see not only his reaction but passing it along to his daugher.

Some people are oblivious to others. The gas pump is an example where people are at the pump, go in to pay, use the rest room, browse for snacks, then return to the car that has others waiting, then dawdle while putting down the chips, drink, light a cigaret, put on seat belt, start car and adjust seat and mirror, then slowly leave. Really annoying.

Long story, short.

The activity of camping has become increasingly more popular over the years.

Consequently more people attempt to try this form of activity, since they can enjoy every convenience camping as they do at home.

Roughing it, ain't roughing it any longer.

They are Weekend Warriors, for lack of a better description.

Those of us that spend a great deal of our time enjoying this activity, have a much better understanding & appreciation of it.

I try hard to get along with others. I am just gettin to the point it is not worth the effort. We are almost year round campers. I would rather be wet than deal with the noise I guess. Being foster parents we camp with lots of kids. Try to instill concern for others. Just gets overwhelming when you can't sleep or a little one is awoken by the loud drunks three sites down. Alerting the officials is pointless. You can't pur a drunk out on the road.