Trip report and need a little pep talk...
Hey all, Just back from our Memorial Day camping trip. Left on Saturday, back here by 6 Monday. We have a 2013 Nomad Retro, which is quite short at 20 feet. It's alright for the 4 of us with 2 boy...
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Yeah, feeling much better now. It was a good trip. Maybe it wasn't like I had pictured in my mind sitting at work, but looking back now it was sure fun.
You know, there was a run in with our site neighbor early on the first day that probably made it seem worse.
My boys were playing behind our camper with a frisbee. At some point they wondered over to the next site over behind a big 5'ver.
An older guy came out and started telling the boys not to play behind his spot. I came to find out that they never hit is camper or anything, they were just in his area.
They quickly shuffled back to our campsite and my older son even said he was sorry.
By this time I crossed over to see what was the matter. I said something like "what's going on here" the old guy started on me that he didn't want my boys playing on site. I quickly pointed out that it looked like they had just wondered over by mistake.
At this point he made a wide gesture that this was HIS campsite and that was mine and to stay away from his.
I apologized again for the boys and said it wouldn't happen again.
It killed me to bite my tongue. I know he was right that he had rights to his space and my kids didn't have to be in it.
BUT, he spoke to my children BEFORE they even had hit his camper. Had they hit it already, that's one thing. Then he has the right to correct them on the spot.
BUT, to speak harshly to my children before they do anything wrong. That shows them NO respect.
Honestly, I was fuming. But, I collected my better angels and didn't bother him the rest of the weekend.
It's still raw in my mind though.
You know, there was a run in with our site neighbor early on the first day that probably made it seem worse.
My boys were playing behind our camper with a frisbee. At some point they wondered over to the next site over behind a big 5'ver.
An older guy came out and started telling the boys not to play behind his spot. I came to find out that they never hit is camper or anything, they were just in his area.
They quickly shuffled back to our campsite and my older son even said he was sorry.
By this time I crossed over to see what was the matter. I said something like "what's going on here" the old guy started on me that he didn't want my boys playing on site. I quickly pointed out that it looked like they had just wondered over by mistake.
At this point he made a wide gesture that this was HIS campsite and that was mine and to stay away from his.
I apologized again for the boys and said it wouldn't happen again.
It killed me to bite my tongue. I know he was right that he had rights to his space and my kids didn't have to be in it.
BUT, he spoke to my children BEFORE they even had hit his camper. Had they hit it already, that's one thing. Then he has the right to correct them on the spot.
BUT, to speak harshly to my children before they do anything wrong. That shows them NO respect.
Honestly, I was fuming. But, I collected my better angels and didn't bother him the rest of the weekend.
It's still raw in my mind though.
