camping policy at national parks
We just got totally denied at Lodgepole campground in sequoia national park. Drove all the way from San Diego with our friends whom I just talked into getting a Six Pac camper. Booked site 56 six m...
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Not related to State of National Parks but a throw-back story for intermission (pardon the theater pun). On the Sonoma-Marin coast here in Calif., there is a private campground at Dillon Beach called Lawson Landing. A place to camp, launch a boat, crab from the pier and walk an un-leashed dog on the beach. A pretty cool place with some semi-permanent trailers dating back to the 60's. Some were vacation spots and others a permanent home to fixed incomes. Not exactly Rockford Files but comfortable. They allocated campers to the wide open spaces and you would often see wagon wheels, squares, opposing parked (door to door) campers of all walks of life. Fire pits could be moved around, portable toilets conveniently placed at intersections, picnic tables and a couple dump stations.
If you saw a crowd, you could go find some solitude. There were rules about generators, speeding, quiet times etc and for the most part it worked. In house security was present and on a rare occasion, a sheriff would have to respond to something but for the most part, people bought into how there was a fluid structure to "rules".
I remember this as maybe a "mob" of people who had some flexibility, patience and social grace to appreciate why everybody was there. It was also a place to have met a few RV.Net members and I carry these friendships forward today.
Today, it's changed. For the environment, it's better habitat for the Snowy Plover, and the semi-permanent trailers have been removed reducing the impact of water usage and generated waste. Campsites are numbered and now limited in numbers. Group camping might be an option but possible limited to tents. It's still a destination for us but I actually like the previous scene from only 5 years ago.
If you saw a crowd, you could go find some solitude. There were rules about generators, speeding, quiet times etc and for the most part it worked. In house security was present and on a rare occasion, a sheriff would have to respond to something but for the most part, people bought into how there was a fluid structure to "rules".
I remember this as maybe a "mob" of people who had some flexibility, patience and social grace to appreciate why everybody was there. It was also a place to have met a few RV.Net members and I carry these friendships forward today.
Today, it's changed. For the environment, it's better habitat for the Snowy Plover, and the semi-permanent trailers have been removed reducing the impact of water usage and generated waste. Campsites are numbered and now limited in numbers. Group camping might be an option but possible limited to tents. It's still a destination for us but I actually like the previous scene from only 5 years ago.
