Good Evening campers... How do you light up the night?

We often use a couple of candle lanterns as sort of anchor lights when we're on the beach at Assateague Island or in another spot where someone could run into us.The Coast Guard regs require an anchor light on all vessels close to channels and high traffic routes. Linda uses those little candle tea lights which are gentle and soothing and romantic!

We camp by the ocean allot! Most campers like to decorate there camp site with wind catchers and whirly gigs, mostly fish and birds,, We have four fish,a few pink flamingo's and a few LED lighted decorations along with our LED flag pole light,,not uncommon for campers to walk around and check out others sites.. Not like we are breaking up some ones solitude and darkness as the main access road is a county road and has street lights,, also the areas of the public showers and toilets are lit.
We enjoy sitting out at night with a nice fire going sipping our cocktails and enjoying our Coastal Decorations! If one wants solitude and darkness,, you just need to walk a hundred yards or so to the beach. Darker than the inside of your hat as light does not travel far there,, I do wear my headlamp while walking the dog at night,,this has not yet upset the ecosystem and plant life of the Pacific ocean..
For us we enjoy the decorations at night and during the day,,none have yet kept us from sleeping. We decorate for our enjoyment and the enjoyment of others!

Gripnriprod wrote:
In Alaska it's sunlight followed by the aurora borealis. :B

I taught one summer in Barrow. Sun comes up in May and sets sometime in August.

When I got home people would ask how the Northern Lights looked! :R

What was really weird was seeing the full moon and the sun in the sky at the same time.

Super_Dave wrote:
I feel bad for those campers that require, demand complete silence and pitch darkness to enjoy a weekend camp trip. (If they choose campgrounds)

Campers who require/demand any specific behavior in a campground in order to enjoy their trip will be disappointed. But, that doesn't mean what they want is unreasonable. It's a matter of compromise and good neighboring. I don't inflict my desire for darkness on everyone else - they don't need to inflict their desire for light on me. Give-and-take really does work.

I feel bad for those campers that require, demand complete silence and pitch darkness to enjoy a weekend camp trip. (If they choose campgrounds)

I use these for Interior Lights and Porch light

I have this flashlight for night walks.

rjxj wrote:

louiskathy wrote:

rjxj wrote:
This is going to be a good one! :)

You mean with all the posts coming from those that do not appreciate lights left on all night? ... yeah.

We don't do anything out of the ordinary... but we have learned that in certain areas of the country ( the SW being one) if you don't have lights on all night long underneath the rig... you've gonna have rodents chewing your wires. We like the LED rope lights.

Don't want to hijack the thread but thanks for reminding me. Ive read the threads about the rodent issue but haven't prepared for it yet. It will be our first year in Arizona. Do you have lights in the engine bay?

We only stayed two nights at Escapees cg between Roswell and Carlsbad NM and we were warned about the pack rats and such that come out of the gulch at night and get into everything. They don't like the lights so just a rope light in the ground was enough to keep our rig safe. It was all we had. Some guys had aluminum hood lights - ya know , those really bright lights that you hang in garages to light up 50 sq feet so bright you don't get shadows... some had 3 of those clamped together and centered under their rigs so that they made a bright circle of light.

Friends of ours that camp hosted in the San Juan Mtns in Colorado (near Telluride and Rico) had big baited rat traps under their hoods. They'd prop the hood open with a square stick and place a trap on the engine at dusk. Caught something every night we were there... chipmucks mostly. They eat wires, too.

Two 500w halogen work lights illuminate anything I need at night. If I have to use lights, I'm boon docking and running the generator is not an issue.

I love the night sky when out in the country. Never get to see the stars in the City.

we use them all moon light, porch lights, headlamps, and campfires, especially during the winter in the desert when it gets dark at 5 and the kids are roaming free...then again we are boondocking with no one else around


we also use our inside LED lights


star light


we also use the city light pollution as well...this was taken at about 12pm :)