How often...

During one camping season, we met another camper from SE VA at our dealer's campout then again in Fort Myers FL. Same trip met a camper we had visited with in W VA also staying in St Augustine FL. Again same trip met 3 different groups that had been at Crooked River SP in GA a few days later in NC. Glad for the accidental theme for that season. Other less enjoyable themes have been 'camping in the rain' and 'camping next to the louds'.

In 1945, as my uncle's ship was pulling out of SF on its way to Japan (going to invade, this was before they dropped the atom bombs), the guy next to him said "There goes the Gohldun Gyate" - my uncle turned to him and said "What part of Charleston are you from?" Yep, he was.

This past winter we were at a campground near Vandenburg AFB and the part time host and equipment operator at the CG lives about 1/4 mile from our home and we both worked for the same employer and are now retired. He is seasonal at the park and they do all their major upgrades and repairs during the winter.

My wife an I have different birthdays, but we were both married on the same day. Is that a coincidence?

I was at a business conference with a coworker, and she started chatting with another attendee. They both learned they had sons that played high school football (same league, different schools). The other gentleman said his son was the starting quarterback, and lost the final game of the season to my coworker's son's school. In the final minutes of the game, the quarterback was sacked, fumbled, our team recovered and scored, winning the game and the league championship.

My coworker beamed as she said "Yes. My son sacked him."

Kittykath wrote:
Per our campground manager, 90% of the campers that stay in this county campground are from the same county. We camp at the same place every weekend, and I've never NOT recognized at least one family. I like the familiarity.

Won't you be my neighbor? ;D (Same Here :)

When I was a teenager I ran into my H.S. Home Ec teacher on the top of Mt. Washington, NH. We are both from NY and I thought that was so weird.

How about running into a somewhat distant relative from home, while hundreds of miles away from home in Maine? Small world it is.

Last year while camping at a campground about 25 miles from home I was in the bathroom, noticed a guys skeletoes in the bathroom. I said hi, etc. and then went and told my wife about the funny shoes. That night as we were walking around another section of the park someone yells my name as we were walking our dogs, it was a fellow I had worked with for over 20 plus years. It turns out it was his son that I was talking to in the bathroom. Seen him again this past Memorial Day at the campground, now we are friends.

Uma & Papa wrote:
...We were at Tom Johnson's RV & CG in Marion, NC...

This is kind of backwards to the topic but you were my temporary neighbor while camping! Our house is about 3 miles from Tom Johnson's.

GpaVader wrote:
..So how many times have you left on camping trips only to find your neighbors camping there too???

Never. That's why I sold my house to full time RV as far as possible from them! :B

That said, no matter how far away I travel I do always run into someone from my state and more than likely they live within a 50 miles radius of where I use to live. I do enjoy meeting and talking with them.