What Does It Take To Get On Your Nerves

Qweetzy · 01-27-2011, 08:02 PM

There are a lot of things that happen in campgrounds. Loud music, barking dogs, kids running around, all of which can make tempers short. The thing that absolutely pushes my buttons though, is when people decide to cut through my campsite. Nothing else bothers me as bad as someone invading my territory. What's your breaking point?

Refrigerator · 01-28-2011, 04:38 AM

I stay away from campgrounds as much as possible. I can only remember once having a negative experience and that was in a campground. Never had a bad experience while Backpacking.

dinosaur · 01-28-2011, 08:14 PM

I carry a shotgun. I don't let anyone invade my campsite.

Lorax · 01-29-2011, 01:41 PM

When i do use a campground, I only go to dispersed camping or more primitive National Forest campgrounds with no water or electricity. That takes a lot of the crowd away. I have one little gem I go to quite often with my pop-up camper and canoe the two lakes. Even on a 3 day holiday weekend, the most I've ever seen is 8 sites out of 33 taken. Very quiet, very secluded.

Refrigerator · 01-29-2011, 03:04 PM

Yea I got to agree with you that Lorax...those primitive campgrounds are definitely a plus if I wanted to stay at a campground.

Qweetzy · 01-29-2011, 06:48 PM

There is a site like that within driving distance of us too. We love the primitive camping area there. I haven't had the pleasure of going to any other than that one, but I guess it does take some of the competition out. At least the one we use isn't used much.

Joe S. · 01-29-2011, 07:58 PM

I don't like campsites that resemble a suburban neighborhood. Loud, stinky diesel motor homes the size of Walmart and anal campground hosts really push my buttons.

BCBabe · 01-30-2011, 07:13 AM

Well, we kayaked to a small set of islands (nothing major, an hour's paddle) with another couple in the family.

Imagine our surprise when we heard a lot of voices, and a WHACK of cadets being off-loaded onto that same set of small islands: weekend survival training.

Well, the brats were not very considerate, and when they began to play their war-games at dusk, we'd had enough of the intrusions (physical ones into the campsite). My hubby and I have both done time in the cadets and the reserves, and so we went about making sure our campsite was OFF LIMITS to the little hooligans.... think RAMBO, guys, we booby-trapped the perimeter of the campsite.

It only took 2 or 3 cadets to run into one of our little surprises before they got the hint to stay CLEAR of where we were camping; while we could hear them until near midnight, they didn't come anywhere near of encampment after it was dark.... jeez, I wonder why? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

April · 01-30-2011, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by BCBabe

It only took 2 or 3 cadets to run into one of our little surprises before they got the hint to stay CLEAR of where we were camping; while we could hear them until near midnight, they didn't come anywhere near of encampment after it was dark.... jeez, I wonder why? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I love it! Wish I had that kind of talent BCBabe! I get irritated when it is 2 in the morning and they come yelling through the trail for no reason and wake my kids up. Then I have to try to get them back to sleep when they want to be up and running around!

Refrigerator · 01-30-2011, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by BCBabe

Well, we kayaked to a small set of islands (nothing major, an hour's paddle) with another couple in the family.

Imagine our surprise when we heard a lot of voices, and a WHACK of cadets being off-loaded onto that same set of small islands: weekend survival training.

Well, the brats were not very considerate, and when they began to play their war-games at dusk, we'd had enough of the intrusions (physical ones into the campsite). My hubby and I have both done time in the cadets and the reserves, and so we went about making sure our campsite was OFF LIMITS to the little hooligans.... think RAMBO, guys, we booby-trapped the perimeter of the campsite.

It only took 2 or 3 cadets to run into one of our little surprises before they got the hint to stay CLEAR of where we were camping; while we could hear them until near midnight, they didn't come anywhere near of encampment after it was dark.... jeez, I wonder why? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

LOL BCBabe....