Quiet hours

Dog Folks wrote:

HappyKayakers wrote:

Dog Folks wrote:

korbe wrote:
I believe the general term "quiet hours" has evolved over the years. It used to mean not being load. Now it means, "go to bed". Happened twice in our visits to Oregon State parks. No drinking, no music, just family get togethers and talking around the camp fire - and still told to wrap it up since we could be heard from the access loop road.

Sounds draconian in nature to me. They are going too far.

IMHO, quiet hours means that the people in the tent nearest to you can sleep without being disturbed. Just because you're not drinking and don't have any music playing doesn't mean you're being quiet. I've seen/heard many family get togethers where there's 15 or 20 people talking around a campfire. When there's that many people, there are usually several different conversations going on at the same time and people talking over somebody else to be heard. And if everyone laughs at a joke at the same time, you can hear that 100 yards away in the middle of the night.

It may not seem loud to you but to the tenters trying to sleep next door it sounds like they're in the middle of a bar.

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I guess I wasn't clear. I am talking about forcing someone to go to bed, not be quiet. People can gather and talk softly around a campfire without being loud.

Being told to go to bed is over enforcement of a "quiet" rule and is bound to cause even more conflicts. Now you have a camper that does not want to follow the rules being told to "go to bed." That is trouble waiting for a place to happen.

I was at a CG once, when they came over the loud speaker, and told every one they should be in their beds. We have NOT been back. I'm a big boy now, and I know when I need to go to bed. I don't need some control freak to tell me. As long as I'm just sitting, and staring at the fire. Leave me alone.