beaverdance wrote: I agree with the other posters that a) this was your son's problem, not yours, to deal with and b) he handled it properly. What I hope he did, though, was ask the two friends who "invited themselves along" to each pay half of the additional cost. There can't be any debate over who should pay THAT--certainly your son shouldn't be stuck with it.
Well if they were smart, they would have told the Ranger How much they were willing to pay.
Which would actually have been extremely stupid, since the ranger had neither the fiduciary interest, nor the power, to alter the campground rates. Your implied analogy to the long thread I started therefore falls flat on its face, where it should remain to avoid further embarrassment
I know when I went to the lake and towed my camper with the truck and the boat with the expediton, staying in a primitive site I still had to pay for the extra vehicle...
I think if they were all in one vehicle or the number of vehicles allowed per site, nobody would have said anything..
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If the ranger was enforcing the guidelines then I wouldn't call it harrasment.
When we go camping at our favorite State Park, we purchase an additional site because we bring the trailer, tow-vehicle and a wheelchair van for our daughter's needs. It's an additional $10.00 for an extra vehicle on one site so we get an additional site that costs us $7.50 after the disabled discount. $2.50 less than the extra vehicle cost and we get an extra site.
Rules are rules but with a nearly empty campground, I feel the ranger could have "loked the other way" or at least waited until morning to discuss the situation especially if there was no disturbance.
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Yeldarb wrote: I have a hard time feeling that 6 middle aged women (no offense) sitting around a campfire would have been treated the same way...
Life isn't fair. that is, well, LIFE. people judge by our age, weight, gender, race and any other observable trait we have. I can't count the number of times I have been treated differently at RV parks because my wife and I are under 30. Its just a fact of life. No, its NOT fair. But the rules are the rules.
Funds are scarce in most park systems. The Ranger may have been taking care of business- making sure that the parks could remain in business by doing his job. I understand what you are saying, but we all need to know that business is business, not harrassment.
Limits are limits. If they said "maximum 4 people" that's it.
If there was no limits you'd see some sites with 10, 12, or 15 people on their sites simply in order to avoid paying for more the one site.
These parks don't cost nothing to run, so I can see limits. For most campsites around here the limit is 6, but limits are limits no matter what they set it at.
beaverdance wrote: I agree with the other posters that a) this was your son's problem, not yours, to deal with and b) he handled it properly. What I hope he did, though, was ask the two friends who "invited themselves along" to each pay half of the additional cost. There can't be any debate over who should pay THAT--certainly your son shouldn't be stuck with it.
Well if they were smart, they would have told the Ranger How much they were willing to pay.
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