qtla9111 wrote: There seems to be an issue with people using walkways, sidewalks, and paths. What is their purpose then? The greenery is to be enjoyed by all not destroyed by careless people who don't think about the person who come next.
These are the same people that go off of the hiking trails, write on rocks and carve their names in trees. Afterall, it's just one. They don't get the idea that if one does so does another and then there is little left for one to enjoy. I seldom stay in a campground or rv park, but when I do I don't have a problem telling someone not to cut through my site.
Even at home, my pets have enough common sense to stay on the stepping stones, sidewalk and driveway.
I confess I have sometimes walked through grass when the pathway was blocked by people or animals - but I swear I have never written on a rock or carved my name or anything else on a tree (or a bathroom wall for that matter).
Don't get mad - I'm just havin' a little fun.
Ok - I get it - there are some really careless, ignorant, or even obnoxious people out there. But for the most part this issue is a minor inconvenience or annoyance, isn't it? Is it really worth getting upset over?
That handful of truly obnoxious people are the exception rather than the rule and they should and can be dealt with appropriately. I still don't understand all the fuss over someone walking harmlessly through a campsite. They shouldn't do it - and if they thought about it, they probably wouldn't do it. If you feel the need to offer them guidance, I think that's great. But bringing the bad feeling about it home seems like overkill to me.
Life is short and when we take our last breaths I doubt any of us will remember the people that walked through our sites. Heck, there are so many other "trespasses against us" that I'm sure will come to mind.
I think most of this is tongue in cheek anyway, isn't it? Some things may p--- me off but I won't let it ruin my day.
On our July trip to the waterfalls in the south of our state, some jerk carved his name in the soft rock on the side of the waterfall. We got the ranger to give us permission to wash it off. I hope "Joel" saw it afterwards and realized he had done a bad thing. If we had left it there, how many other t---s would have written on the rock in competition?
Nature recovers, but it may not in my lifetime and I am sure I will do what I have to do to protect it. Call me "Chris Bauer, park police". Rules are rules are rules, some are written and some are just plain known. I take it for granted that a kid's parents have taught him correctly. And me being the adult, I have the right to let him know what he is doing wrong if the parents aren't around. If some parent wants to call me on it, fine. If you can't control yourself, your kids or your pets, than you don't belong in a public place. JMHO
A few years ago, my brother and his honey set up their fiver in a national forest park in the UP of Michigan. Nice wooded sites located far apart. They decided to occupy the bedroom for a bit, ahem, and when finished, looked out their window to see the female Park Host (a paid concessierre employee) standing next to their window... LISTENING to them!
Now, how is that for being intrusive?
(my brother cranked the window shut and locked the door till she left) Later she came by, smiling, wondering if they had paid for their site yet? Yes, they had paid before occupying the site. But he wanted to say they should have gotten to stay for free, seeing as they supplied the adult entertainment!
Golf carts at the campgrounds in myrtle beach are a big problem mainly because they dont enforce the rules and let teenagers run wild on the golf carts. They have no consideration for other campers and will run you down if you get in the way. Golf carts were suppose to be for the convenience of the campers but have turn into a nuisance. By the way dont get a site by a bath house because they will create a path thru your site.
G&LWebb wrote: Easter of this year we were out at Dreher Island in SC with a group from work. We were spread out thru several sites. Everyone was courteous and took the roadway to others campsites. What got us though, was the pop up that took the site next to us. They would traipse through our site, inbetween our TV and TT to get to the road (dont know what was wrong with their driveway). We did say anything, but Hubby moved the TV closer to the TT and then took off the caps we use to cover hitch ball so that we dont get greasy. The next time one of the pup tenters came thru they came away with greasy shorts.
I had also set up a small easter egg hunt around our TT for the members of our group using brightly colored plastic eggs in which I hide candy. I'd planned the hunt so that in the end everyone could have 2 eggs each and the winner a special prize. I hid the eggs the night before as the hunt took place before breakfast---I came up short 5 eggs---all had been hidden on the side of our TT that the pup site adjoined. Later that morning I saw one of the teens in the pup with 2 of the eggs. Go figure
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Eric & Penny wrote: Different strokes for different folks - we are of the group that dislikes others trooping through our paid for site. When we were camping last year, we had a family of adults & kids trooping through our site and DH's repeated requests that they use the road were ignored. When I woke from a nap, DH informed me that when the family sat down to eat, he took his beer and sat down at their picnic table with them. At first I thought he was kidding . . he wasn't!! And BINGO !!, problem solved. I guess they disliked being intruded upon, and they 'got it' because after that - - no more cutting through our site.
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When people walked through my site, and I wasn't even outside, it didn't bother me a bit. As long as they don't bother my stuff or make a lot of noise late at night, I personally don't care. There are too many important things to worry about for me to get worked up about this.
I don't go through people's sites, and I tell my 4 and 2 year olds not to do it either. They're never out roaming on their own, but the 4 year old sometimes gets ahead of us. He has headed into someone's site, and I've reminded him not to.
My wife and I just visited a campground over the weekend that we've never stayed at but would like to try. I got a copy of their rules and regs and was suprised to see that they actually ask campers not to cut thru sites but to use marked footpaths instead. I found it impressive that they would address it from the beginning.
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PSU1999 hit on something - campground operators who pass out those "quicksheets" to visitors on their way in do a great service in terms of education, because I truly believe 99% of these clods who cut through campsites are just clueless... not trying to be jerks or ruin anyone's day. They just don't "get it". (I also agree that if once or twice a weekend someone cuts through is not reason to get all upset either, as long as its not chronic.)
Please don't make this just a rant about "these darned kids today" and so forth. My family and I were camping this past weekend and were surrounded on all sides by a Class A club. Some type of Good Sam club chapter. They were all pleasant and I was not really offended, but they were plenty loud and passing back and forth through part of our site. Being somewhat seniors, they were all sacked out early and didn't infringe on my evening campfire. They did however rise very early in the AM and began thier LOUD discussions on the solutions to all societies problems. Again, I really didn't mind them and engaged them in conversation on occasion. My well behaved teens could sleep through it, a family with little ones might have had it tough. Don't think etiquette or lack thereof is exclusive to just kids.
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