Pet peeve, neighbors leave porch light on

BTW, don’t camp in Alaska in the summertime.

10 pages about something that is silent. Lmao.

Why don't you tell us all how you really feel. :S

fj12ryder wrote:

mooky stinks wrote:

toedtoes wrote:
But is one camper's habit of leaving their outdoor light(s) on all night the campground's environment? Or is it an individual camper's idiosyncrasy?

For me, I would say follow the lighting protocol of the campground. So, if the campground has no artificial lighting then leaving a porch light on all night would be a no-no. If there are lights outside the restrooms that are on all night, then a porch light would be reasonable. If there are "street lights", then additional lighting would be acceptable.

And the campground may have different sections that differ in what's acceptable. A campground I visit often is like that. When you drive in, there is a long stretch with full hookup sites and "street lights". Around a corner is a loop with just electric and water. This loop has no " street lights" but has an outdoor light at the restrooms. Another section is dry, but has the outdoor bathroom light. The loop I stay at is dry, no "street lights", and a vault toilet with no lights at all. Across the road are three group sites with varying degrees of lighting.

If someone came to " my" loop and left their porch light on all night, I'd take issue. But it'd be fine in the other sections.

I can’t believe what I just read

Seemed pretty straight forward and reasonable. Can't wrap your head around that?

What I’m wrapping my head around is there’s a bunch of controlling (at least trying) bullies that try to dictate what’s acceptable (to them) of what you can and cannot do in a campground that they don’t own and that has no rules against. If you want to control every aspect of the night in a campground, do everyone a favor and either stay home or camp out in the desert. If seen enough in my lifetime of camping to know when someone is just an *******. For example “if someone came to “my” loop”. and also earlier in the thread “I’ve got the right to swing”. I’d welcome anyone to my door to ***** about a porch light(btw, I don’t even have one). I’d be willing to bet it would be “lights out” for one of us. I hope I dumbed it down enough for ya.

Boondocking eliminates all these issues.

mooky stinks wrote:

toedtoes wrote:
But is one camper's habit of leaving their outdoor light(s) on all night the campground's environment? Or is it an individual camper's idiosyncrasy?

For me, I would say follow the lighting protocol of the campground. So, if the campground has no artificial lighting then leaving a porch light on all night would be a no-no. If there are lights outside the restrooms that are on all night, then a porch light would be reasonable. If there are "street lights", then additional lighting would be acceptable.

And the campground may have different sections that differ in what's acceptable. A campground I visit often is like that. When you drive in, there is a long stretch with full hookup sites and "street lights". Around a corner is a loop with just electric and water. This loop has no " street lights" but has an outdoor light at the restrooms. Another section is dry, but has the outdoor bathroom light. The loop I stay at is dry, no "street lights", and a vault toilet with no lights at all. Across the road are three group sites with varying degrees of lighting.

If someone came to " my" loop and left their porch light on all night, I'd take issue. But it'd be fine in the other sections.

I can’t believe what I just read

Seemed pretty straight forward and reasonable. Can't wrap your head around that?

dedmiston wrote:

ktmrfs wrote:
Every campground we have been at "quite time" means that and nothing more. Doesn't mean "no lights" doesn't mean "must be inside" doesn't mean "campfire out" doesn't mean you and friends can't be outside playing cards, or conversing around the campfire. Just means being polite and conversing in a normal voice and no music.

My understanding is "no generators and no loud voices".

yup, exactly, forgot to mention the generator. It's quite time, not "Silent night"

ktmrfs wrote:
Every campground we have been at "quite time" means that and nothing more. Doesn't mean "no lights" doesn't mean "must be inside" doesn't mean "campfire out" doesn't mean you and friends can't be outside playing cards, or conversing around the campfire. Just means being polite and conversing in a normal voice and no music.

My understanding is "no generators and no loud voices".

cummins2014 wrote:

kfp673 wrote:

mdcamping wrote:
Had an similar issue with a neighbors light that was shining through our tent end when we were tuning in for the night. I politely asked them turn off the light as they were fine with it. problem solved.

I'll put up a string of lights, I just unplug when I turn in, notice most other folks do the same, no worries.

Mike

I think this type of polite communication is key, but it is important to remember it is a 2 way street. My family (kids included) are night people. So if your "turn in" time is 9 or 10, I'm sorry but my light is staying on. 11 or 12 when we go in and they 100% go off. Everyone should be flexible, but also willing to communicate. Now if a neighbor leaves it on all night (we have all forgotten and done it), a quick reminder and I'm sure 99% will say no problem.

Quiet time in most RV parks I have been in is 10 pm. I would think that means sitting out talking ,lights on etc. I suppose if you guys are whispering sitting in the dark that works, but its doubtful you do . Most expect whatever is going on until quiet time, but after that its time to shut it down . We are talking about outside lights here, I'm sure whatever lights are on inside is not a problem.

Every campground we have been at "quite time" means that and nothing more. Doesn't mean "no lights" doesn't mean "must be inside" doesn't mean "campfire out" doesn't mean you and friends can't be outside playing cards, or conversing around the campfire. Just means being polite and conversing in a normal voice and no music.

And in 30+ years of camping we have NEVER EVER had a camp host, ranger, camp host, or another camper complain or express ANY issues about our "behavior" during quiet hours.


In the evenings we keep some outside lights on, and in campgrounds w/o electric or any lights near dark we turn on the outside porch light even if we are at another campsite. Helps find your way home if you forget a flashlight! On a moonless night it can get real dark. But once we retire inside, outside porch light is off for the night. And by "porch light" I'm referring to the single (in our case yellow) lamp by the door, not a string of LED lights under the awning or big white outdoor lights.

NRALIFR wrote:

dedmiston wrote:
………I've never been so glad to see a pump though.

That’s why I always carry me a little extra. It’s saved my bacon more than once.

Little can is for the generator, big can is for the truck.



:):)

Yep. I keep two yellow jugs in the bed of my truck: an old nasty one for starting campfires and a clean(er) new(er) one for filling the truck. It's a booger to remember to cycle it through and keep the fuel fresh though.

Our toy hauler also has two fuel tanks and a pump. One tank is for the generator and the other is for the fuel station to refill the off-road car. Or in a pinch, I can pump from the aux tank to fill the gen tank. Those tanks don't do my pickup any good though, because the truck takes diesel.