Stealth Camping
I've been at campgrounds where the "office" is only opened for part of the day, like 8 am to 5 pm. After that no one is around to check campers in. I know some folks arrive late and pay in the morn...
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Dog Folks wrote:I'll jump in on this conversation... :) In regards to the late arrival/early leave folks, "reasonable suspicion" is subjective. How do you establish "reasonable suspicion" in this case? I totally agree about the guy who admits to stealing a site for the night because it came straight out of the horse's mouth, or the guy who's caught red-handed. but I'd be careful about "reasonable suspicion."
I agree that proof positive cannot always be established, but I will not let some one steal if I have reasonable suspicion that a theft has occurred.
But if I called ahead to the campground while I'm 2 hours away, paid over the phone, pulled in at 11pm without unhitching and just went straight to bed, got up at 7am to head out and continue my trip before the office opened, and someone came to confront me because he had "reasonable suspicion" that I was stealing a site just because I came in late and left early, I'd be pretty offended and have a few choice words for him.... And note that we were in this situation on a recent trip, minus the part about being confronted.
