Outside Lights - camping tips
Not to argue the use of outside lights when camping (pros and cons, lights on all night, blinding your neighbor at 2:30 am, etc)... But ... But to share a simple money saving tip for those who do u...
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skipnchar wrote:
Just one thing. Hanging lights up in the air ANYWHERE contributes light pollution that EVERYONE has to enjoy. Ground lights have minimal effect on your neighbors. NEITHER will keep wildlife or the boogie man away.
Don't hang lights from trees. Most campgrounds, even state parks usually have "no hanging anything from trees" rules. Beside, that's just too much work. Looking for easier ways, lights on the ground are about as high as I want to "climb" at my age now.
About security. Me, myself, and I don't use outside lights for "security" or to keep animals or people away. We've never camped anywhere (every) we didn't feel safe. When we use lights, we use light for our own purposes, to light up our campsite after dark and when going to bed, they go out.
I have 2 flood lights on my camper, on both East and West side of the camper that is enough to light up a foot ball field. It's TOO bright for ambient "mood" setting (romantic) camping.... which is the type of camping we do now that kids are gone and we have time for each other! :W :W (wink-wink...get my drift!)... actually, now that thekids are grown and gone (and we've been married now 30 years) ... we're re-discovering the "romance" in our relationship and ... BOY is it sweet. So for us now ... mood is everything! SHE loves it! And I'm re-discovering that "romance" I had when I was much younger before being invaded by kids :W :W
