Murder at Florida CG
Well just when you think you have seen it all you read something like this. :R https://www.dailycommercial.com/news/20190125/dismembered-body-found-in-sumter-womans-trailer Here are 2 Florida dest...
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Well, we stay at Wickham park twice a year while visiting our son. I just booked for 10 days in March. I am not afraid to stay there.
There is a homeless element and I do think the park should address it better than they do and I tell them that whenever we are there. However, we have never been bothered by any of them. While we are there we do keep things locked up, but there has never been any sign of theft. It is patrolled often by park security and if you call them, they respond very quickly. This happened when we called for a homeless couple who collapsed at the entrance path to the "woods." The couple refused help, so nothing was done. Eventually the woman was found "down" by another camper walking in the woods and was taken out by ambulance.
There is nothing that says the woman who killed her "boyfriend" was living there. Many camping units are unoccupied while we camp there. The park would be wise in requiring a daily presence in camping units. If you're going to rent a campsite, you need to be there.
And, for the record, there is no "tenting" section at Wickham. If you rent a campsite, you can put anything on it you wish. Tent, trailer, motorhome, etc., but there is no designated tent section. That was our most recent complaint because some of the homeless population doesn't have tents. . . they just spread tarps over the picnic tables and live under it. I think their most recent rules maintains you must at least have a tent.
Years ago we stopped camping at Wickham when the gypsies overran the place. School busses came through to pick up the kids for school, etc. We didn't really feel comfortable with them because they would approach you and "ask" for things. And they all seemed to have pit bulls (I am not afraid of pit bulls because they are pit bulls), but these dogs would express aggression if you walked past their campsite. . and especially to other dogs. They also camped "around" the bathhouses and basically took them over, using the sinks to wash their dishes, etc.
Wickham is a very nice park and they do address problems, and they work hard to be a community park that everyone can enjoy. I think they could do more, but I'm sure they have a legal team advising them. I know a lot of winter snowbirds are there because they can stay about 180 days for FHU's for a cheap rate compared to other parks. But limiting stays 14 days for all sites would go a long ways to stopping the problems they have. I think they are trying to address it by limiting tents to 14 days.
The big reason we stay at Wickham is because it is about a mile from where our son lives. Very convenient and in March, there aren't many spots to be found. We would love to find an RV slab close by to park, but so far we haven't found one.
Dale
There is a homeless element and I do think the park should address it better than they do and I tell them that whenever we are there. However, we have never been bothered by any of them. While we are there we do keep things locked up, but there has never been any sign of theft. It is patrolled often by park security and if you call them, they respond very quickly. This happened when we called for a homeless couple who collapsed at the entrance path to the "woods." The couple refused help, so nothing was done. Eventually the woman was found "down" by another camper walking in the woods and was taken out by ambulance.
There is nothing that says the woman who killed her "boyfriend" was living there. Many camping units are unoccupied while we camp there. The park would be wise in requiring a daily presence in camping units. If you're going to rent a campsite, you need to be there.
And, for the record, there is no "tenting" section at Wickham. If you rent a campsite, you can put anything on it you wish. Tent, trailer, motorhome, etc., but there is no designated tent section. That was our most recent complaint because some of the homeless population doesn't have tents. . . they just spread tarps over the picnic tables and live under it. I think their most recent rules maintains you must at least have a tent.
Years ago we stopped camping at Wickham when the gypsies overran the place. School busses came through to pick up the kids for school, etc. We didn't really feel comfortable with them because they would approach you and "ask" for things. And they all seemed to have pit bulls (I am not afraid of pit bulls because they are pit bulls), but these dogs would express aggression if you walked past their campsite. . and especially to other dogs. They also camped "around" the bathhouses and basically took them over, using the sinks to wash their dishes, etc.
Wickham is a very nice park and they do address problems, and they work hard to be a community park that everyone can enjoy. I think they could do more, but I'm sure they have a legal team advising them. I know a lot of winter snowbirds are there because they can stay about 180 days for FHU's for a cheap rate compared to other parks. But limiting stays 14 days for all sites would go a long ways to stopping the problems they have. I think they are trying to address it by limiting tents to 14 days.
The big reason we stay at Wickham is because it is about a mile from where our son lives. Very convenient and in March, there aren't many spots to be found. We would love to find an RV slab close by to park, but so far we haven't found one.
Dale
