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Denver_Transpla
Aug 30, 2017Explorer
We've been relatively lucky, but two instances stand out
First was last year at Coulter Bay campground in Grand Teton. A guy with a 30 ft trailer pulled in down a site and across from us (in that loop everything was pull out type sites). At 7:00 AM the next morning he fired up his construction generator (generator hours were 8am to 7 pm). Apparently momma needed her coffee.
Next morning the same thing... but he moved his generator 20 ft down the road (towards us) because I guess it was too loud for him. I was very tempted to sneak out and cut his cable.He skipped a day, probably because he got a visit from the campground staff, but the next day (and thankfully last) he was at it again. Apparently his batteries were bad and couldn't power anything. In the evenings he ran the generator (within generator hours at least) and then had his truck connected to the trailer plug and ran the truck until midnight.Noisiest generator I've ever heard.
The other case occurred in our tent camping days (late 1970's) - we stopped at Castle Crags State Park in northern California. The campground was deserted - we were the only people when we got there. We were half set up when some guy pulls in in a Class A (huge at the time, but its probably minuscule compared to today). He's got the entire campground to chose from, but chose the site next to us. We got anti-social and picked up our stuff and moved across the campground. Never talked to the guy, but we were interested in solitude and at the time, the tent camping folks thought little of the motorized crowd. I think most still do, but now we have out own Class A, we aren't so bad.
First was last year at Coulter Bay campground in Grand Teton. A guy with a 30 ft trailer pulled in down a site and across from us (in that loop everything was pull out type sites). At 7:00 AM the next morning he fired up his construction generator (generator hours were 8am to 7 pm). Apparently momma needed her coffee.
Next morning the same thing... but he moved his generator 20 ft down the road (towards us) because I guess it was too loud for him. I was very tempted to sneak out and cut his cable.He skipped a day, probably because he got a visit from the campground staff, but the next day (and thankfully last) he was at it again. Apparently his batteries were bad and couldn't power anything. In the evenings he ran the generator (within generator hours at least) and then had his truck connected to the trailer plug and ran the truck until midnight.Noisiest generator I've ever heard.
The other case occurred in our tent camping days (late 1970's) - we stopped at Castle Crags State Park in northern California. The campground was deserted - we were the only people when we got there. We were half set up when some guy pulls in in a Class A (huge at the time, but its probably minuscule compared to today). He's got the entire campground to chose from, but chose the site next to us. We got anti-social and picked up our stuff and moved across the campground. Never talked to the guy, but we were interested in solitude and at the time, the tent camping folks thought little of the motorized crowd. I think most still do, but now we have out own Class A, we aren't so bad.
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