Good response, for all the good it may or may not do...you pay for that site, the same as if you rent or buy a piece of property, for as long as you paid for it, it is your's and have every right to keep ppl. off of it, you can also mention this at the office or tell a ranger and they will handle it for you....
My wife, daughter, her friend and myself were eating dinner at our picnic table on our pull through site this past weekend. Another family of four(two adults and two kids) were riding thier bikes down the roadway in front of our motorhome when all of a sudden they stop, and I overhear the mother say follow me, then all of the sudden all four of them led by the mother proceed to ride through our site between us and the motorhome next to us. They did not say a word and nearly knocked over our lawn chairs when they swerved to miss the nieghbors hookups. I have never seen such rudeness.
I have to wonder something about the "rude" people we've been discussing here. The last ten years (or more) has seen an explosion of new campers. Whether they are in tents, PUPs, TTs, or Class "A"s, so many people I've encountered are new to the hobby. Lots of them suddenly decided one to day that it might be a cool idea get an RV or a tent and go camping.
Could it be that a lack of experience and/or understanding of "camping etiquette" is at the root of the problem. I wonder, if the family that rode thier bikes through the site while others were having dinner, if asked, were they on one of thier first trips?
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We camped at a waterfront site this weekend. The campground has a marina available for free to all campers and 3 very large fishing piers open to all. For the second year in a row we enjoyed a waterfront site that we paid extra for. Now . . it so happens the area in front of our site is not grown in in grass yet so I fully expected our site to become a public thoroughfare . . . even though the amenities in the campground clearly eliminated the need to march through anyone's site.
One note here: You sign a copy of the rules upon check-in. Here is a cut & paste from the rules:
Quote: CAMPSITES:
1. Each lot is private property and is only to be used by the person renting same, their guests and visitors. The common use area is for use by all persons.
2. Picnic tables are not to be moved outside the rental site. One family one site
Well . . much to my delight and surprise, the privacy of our site was respected by all but one individual and his kids. They felt the need to beach their jetski in front of our site during the day and march to and from a campsite off the water. I didn't even so much mind them walking through though I didn't understand why they just couldn't use the marina like everyone else (there were a 1/2 dozen jet skis in the marina). But the topper was in the evening when we were sitting around the fire and the father and kid came through. The kid came over and ran around our fire and began playing with it . . . and the father said nothing! So I asked him to not play with our fire and the father gave me a dirty look. (He was on the cell phone).
I was amazed then, that they got on the jet ski, with no life jackets, and rode off IN THE DARK with no lights. So I guess rules of any sort don't apply to them.
I am aware some regions have more crowded CG's than others, but DW and I make our determinations of where to camp, not only by the CG itself, but by what type of regulars frequent that CG. Our fav. only an hour and a half away is mostly older seasonals who are relatively quiet and polite. We quit going to one CG with a great fishing stream, and nice amenities due to the more prevalent lack of courtesy attitudes we found there. Ok, so I am an old grouch, but I make the choices of where I stay not only so others won't perturb me, but also where I won't perturb others.
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In July we were at Myrtle Beach, directly across from the bath house. Several people were cutting through and my DW asked them politely not to. They continued and I asked not as politely not to. I then arranged things so as not to be friendly to cut through. They stepped over them. I then tied a rope across which worked, however my wife heard one woman say she was going to go to the office and complain about it. The guy next to me was talking to me and his daughter came over and asked who was parked in the middle of their site. He went ballistic and went into the bath house and told the owner he had 30 seconds to move it. This is starting to really turn me against camping at some places.
IIRC EVERY CG I have camped at has had an item in their CG rules stating not to cut through other sites. Ignorance is no excuse. We camp with 2 dogs, who when outside when we are present, have 10-15ft leads as the site allows. They are on my site within boundaries at all times. I refuse to take responsibility of what happens to people who cut through my site when i am following all the rules and they are not. They are a Brittany and a Golden and well behaved and mannered but one never knows. The only issue we had was at Acadia when one of the Rangers (a very rude woman we had the displeasure of dealing with earlier) decided it would be a good idea to sneak behind my TT from the rear to tell us they were closing down the bathroom at the end of the week and startle the bejeezus out of my Brittany Spaniel who naturally growled and barked. She got mad when I asked her what she was doing and just kept stating 6 foot leash over and over. I politely told her the dogs were on my site at all times and I used a 6ft leash when walking them off site. She caused the situation by approaching unannounced and from the back side of the camper. To which she repeated stated 6 foot leash. FWIW we were outside and under the awning. If she had approached from the entrance side of the camper there would have been no problems.
BTW this Ranger earlier was also trying to tell us we would have to move because they were closing that loop and the bathrooms. I told her no, we would not move as I made reservations and paid in full and they knew we were staying a week. I was not packing and moving with 2 nights left because they screwed up. She threatened with a huff that they were closing the rest rooms to which I replied I wasn't using them anyhow as I have a perfectly functional bathroom in my TT. I am not a difficult and the other Rangers were super nice. They made sure our inlaws could camp next to us when they arrived and also let my son wear their hats for some cool photos. Just the one was obnoxious whenever encountered.
Campfire Time wrote: I have to wonder something about the "rude" people we've been discussing here. The last ten years (or more) has seen an explosion of new campers. Whether they are in tents, PUPs, TTs, or Class "A"s, so many people I've encountered are new to the hobby. Lots of them suddenly decided one to day that it might be a cool idea get an RV or a tent and go camping.
Could it be that a lack of experience and/or understanding of "camping etiquette" is at the root of the problem. I wonder, if the family that rode thier bikes through the site while others were having dinner, if asked, were they on one of thier first trips?
My own experience indicates to me that even when proper etiquette is pointed out in a nice way, folks become belligerent and defensive. Taken further, these same people would likely not cut through your yard at the stix and brix, most folks don't so why would they do it in a campground? I don't know the answer, because they will get drunk, beat their wife, play the stereo outside under their awning all night, and generally behave in a way they would not in their home neighborhoods either. I will say that it appears to me to be mostly weekend campers and not rvers behaving this way.
My wife and I stayed at the pricey Newport Dunes, CA several years back. We booked a water front RV spot. Each RV spot are fenced on two sides. We had just pulled into spot. We tied our dog Panda (boxer) to the fence on a short leash. While leveling our trailer, some old guy walked between Panda and our trailer with a stick in his hand. Panda bit the old guy in the butt. Panda was old and had no teeth and the old guy got a nice bruise on his butt. All weekend we worried about getting sued. Now we laugh about it.
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