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GeorgeNJ
Aug 12, 2016Explorer
The NJ state parks I've been to list some sites as tents or pop ups due to size (of what they think the average person can maneuver into, it seems). I pull my 36'er into our favorite "tent spot" several times a year, while tight between the tress, the sites are big and not on top of each other. Yes I'll block some of the view to the lake along with the brush and trees, but I made my reservation and paid for it, same as anyone else could've.
The other morning one of the Park's rangers stopped his car and was looking at my trailer early in the morning, I popped my head out and said hi. He asked how big the trailer was and I told him, he was amazed that it fit & said that he hardly ever sees anything that big in the park.
As for noise TT vs tents, sorry I'm not buying that the mechanicals (WH & Pump)are loud and rude. Granted if you were tenting so close to one, maybe... But most noise is contained in the TT, where there is no buffer for noise from people in tents.
The most rudest people noise wise I've ever encountered while camping has been tenters, either young families whose kids are running around screaming late at night, or young adults who think camping means partying late at night. It seems we are encountering it more and more, inconsiderate people making a racket either late at night or super early in the morning.
The other morning one of the Park's rangers stopped his car and was looking at my trailer early in the morning, I popped my head out and said hi. He asked how big the trailer was and I told him, he was amazed that it fit & said that he hardly ever sees anything that big in the park.
As for noise TT vs tents, sorry I'm not buying that the mechanicals (WH & Pump)are loud and rude. Granted if you were tenting so close to one, maybe... But most noise is contained in the TT, where there is no buffer for noise from people in tents.
The most rudest people noise wise I've ever encountered while camping has been tenters, either young families whose kids are running around screaming late at night, or young adults who think camping means partying late at night. It seems we are encountering it more and more, inconsiderate people making a racket either late at night or super early in the morning.
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