Bmach
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And I am the type of camper that understands that part of camping with kids is for them to have fun as long as they are following the rules. I would never do anything to mess with their pursuit of having fun. I am talking about other peopl with kids, not mine mine are grown up and have kids of their own. There again I don't own a quads, dirtbikes or jet skies but I love to watch people ride them an havng fun on them. Maybe I am more tolerent then other campers and thus would be the type, people with kids would love to camp next to. That is until quite time arrives.
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travlcampnfuls
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wow. after reading through this thread i found a common thought process; folks on all sides tend to get their dander up over a miscomunication. let me see if i can focus this here (just for my mind).
the neighbors next to use and the four sites next to them all had young kids..
So do we.. Kids are kids and they get loud and have fun.
But these kids all decided to climb into the tree right next to our
dinette window. My wife was inside while I had my three (4, 11 and 12 years) rugrats outside. These kids were yelling and screaming, much louder than my own and my 11 year old boy is usually the loudest in any setting. .
1) neighbor's kids were climbing a tree that is just outside 'their' neighbor's camper window. in the process they were being kids enjoying life which includes being noisy. (if their is an adult out there who can honestly say they have never been irritated by a little noise they need to be elected for sainthood)
My wife had a headache (ended up a migrane that is still present) and I politely asked one of the neighbors if they could have their kids get out of the tree as my wife was hurting and the kids were right at window level and less then 3 feet away. This time they politely obliged.
2) wife had migraine come on while on a family outing. (if she is willing to try to keep up so the rest of the family, including kids, can still have a good time, more power to her)
Saturday afternoon, we return from a Scouting event that we had planned on attending and her headace was getting worse. The kids were in the tree again. I again asked one of the adults. He was polite, but when we heard him asking the kids to get out of the tree he said "the party poopers want you to get out of the tree".
3) imho this was an uncalled for statement by the other adult and seems to be where the miscommunication starts.
Now I was raised (and I try to raise my kids) to respect others, their property and their campsites..
4) respect. the loss of this seems to be a common thought now-a-days.
Did I forget to mention that they were running through our camp?
5) did you ask these kids to please not go thru your campsite?
I feel that maybe I am out of line
6) do you really? why would you?
I think the kids should have been more in on of the common five sites that they had rather than the space between theirs and mine.
7) that seems like it would have been the logical place for them to be.
If my kids are loud on the edge of our campsite i try to tell them to quiet down. We are not all perfect,
8) how true, we aren't all perfect but that doesn't mean we don't strive to be our best.
I feel as though these parents were out of line...
9) please clarify this statement. i can presume that you mean their comment to the kids about the 'party pooper' but if i do that i may be misunderstanding. . .
Comments both both negative and positive are welcome here...
10) are you sure? seems to me that you may have gotten a bit sensitive over some of the statements written here. i think i would have too. maybe next time you think you want opinions you might think twice about what opinions you might get. what's that saying? don't ask if you don't want to hear.
now, after having said all that i have just one question more.
WHAT THE H**L WERE THESE KIDS DOING CLIMBING THE TREES IN THE STATE PARK? THERE ARE LAWS STATING SPECIFICALLY TO NOT CLIMB THE TREES. THE STATE DOES NOT WANT TO BE LIABLE WHEN YOUR CHILD FALLS OUT AND BREAKS THEIR LITTLE ARM.
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fer statrers I've never been at a capmground that allowed tree climbing,the owners usualy frown on it,the second time I'd be at the office and complained,if nothing was done they'd be out a customer,,I'll side with you,I enjoy pease when camping & most campground useualy have playgrounds for kids to hang at
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I don't think you were unreasonable at all. We don't have kids so our tolerance of rowdy kids is quite a bit lower than most. If it was me, and the kids were still in the tree after I asked the parents once, I would've then asked the kids to please get away from the tree in a stern voice. After this I would've consulted with the ranger.
If the problem still persisted and my wife got a migraine from this on what was supposed to be a fun and relaxing outing, then all hell would break loose, and I would've gone to have a serious talk with the parents and thrown a fit. If the parents talked******about me to the kids and called me a party pooper, then I would've gone out there and it would NOT have been pretty kids or no kids to stand witness.
We just got a new camper, and if this is what it's going to be like, then I see in my future lot's of boondocking. Lucky for us, New Mexico contains about 9 Million acres of National Forest Land.
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Kids laughing and having a great time is fine. Screamers are not ok. Reminds me of the "The Kid Who Cried Wolf" story. We taught ours to scream if there was a problem, like injury or some dangerous thing happening.
But will agree with everyone here. How do you keep kiddos from running thru your site if the adults don't respect your rented space either. Of course, respect is something that is sometimes lacking in our society no matter where or who you are. Had a couple here last week who rented two spaces so that their teenagers and dogs would have room to play.
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BigPackFan
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To the OP - you asked if you were unreasonable. Based on your recent reply, I'd guess some people thought you were. You probably shouldn't ask a question if you don't want to hear the answers.
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lamehawk
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First step a meet and greet with the family a cool drink a shared picnic and during this the ground rules brought up in a nice way! After that the park security over and over until solved!!
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JIMNLIN
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as we see from replys and what we see at campgrounds/home there are all types. Just like at home. Lots of outta' control kids and their supposedly adult moms/dads that should have tought them respect for their neighbors at home or especially a campground. My kids grew up in campgrounds in the '60s/'70s. No dogs and a few kids. Most folks let the kids play but no screaming/hollering or invasion of others campsites. Most folks camped back then (pease and quiet/enjoying nature/escaping suburbia) for a different reason than we see today. To many nice campgrounds have become a extension of suburbia which is the biggest reason we don't camp every weekend like we did. Just use the 5er for a extended stay at Branson/vacation on occasion/etc.
To the OP. I would commend you for your patience with your problem. Asking twice was too much. I wish I had your patience with rude behavior. I don't. Just write it up as bad experience with a rude camper.
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RustySocket
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lamehawk wrote:First step a meet and greet with the family a cool drink a shared picnic and during this the ground rules brought up in a nice way! After that the park security over and over until solved!!
This makes me laugh.... invite over for drink, lecture on how we do it, cry to mommy if we don't get out way.
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Jamesq
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I belive if my wife was that bad sick I would have took here home
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