Another reason I'm getting disillusioned

[Wicked ace]

I'm at a campground at the southern coast of Georgia for the month of March to get away from the cold and snow that plagued my home area all winter. Upon arriving I had issues with my fifth wheel breaking which hasn't made this pleasant so far. They are being addressed but not the focus of this post.
I have stayed here before, it has been generally a quiet place with generous campsites, amenities and lots of preserved low country surroundings and ambiance. When your neighbors are screened by cabbage palms and palmettos it can't be a bad thing right?
Wednesday, a week and half into my stay, five toy haulers arrived and took up residence along the row where I am parked. Four are GD Momentum and a Spartan, whatever that is. Within an hour all the golf carts came out and started their parade every which way well into the night. No regard for traffic flow around the campground or spot lights shining into others campers. Then there are the blinding blue lights on the fronts and underneath those Momentum's that were enough to light a small city. I'm generally up early and take the dogs out with me to sit under the stars with my coffee and watch the skies. Because there is no way to see anything I haven't bothered to bring out the telescope since they got here, the light pollution is worse than any I have at home, they literally light up this whole side of the campground and it's not as if they are outside and need the light. Also the party that ensues and carries on into the late evening. The nice fellow that is camping next to me with his family even commented how loud and late they were. The mother and daughter on the other side packed up early and left yesterday, I think influenced by their new neighbors.
Yesterday it appeared another three arrived and joined them, two of those being GD rigs. More golf carts on the roads which are gas powered, not electric BTW. What I don't get they jump into the carts to go to one another yet are no more than 100 yards away at most. Are they really that lazy?
While walking the nature trails with my dogs I saw golf carts riding on them (prohibited by campground rules and if there was any, common sense) and one was even off crossing a foot bridge across to the other side of the lake.
I avoid the commercial campgrounds and stay to county, state and national parks to find the quiet outdoors I thought camping is supposed to be. Maybe I'm getting dour in my old age but the lack of consideration and respect for others is becoming more than I want to put up with anymore. That's my rant, and maybe I'll look for a house here to winter over in. Prices for a used 260RD are really good right now.

 

[NB Canada]

Did you take the wheels off your trailer?

I don’t understand


2021 Imagine 2400 BH
2018 GMC Sierra 4x4 crew

 

[Wicked ace]

I don’t understand

Of course you don't

 

[huntindog]

This type of thread is all too common on just about any RV forum. One mans way of enjoyment becomes anothers PITA.
There will always be someone that doesn't like what you are doing.
This is why I don't use campgrounds. we boondock exclusively far far away from people.

For some reason people are generally drawn to other people like a magnet.

My brother once just wanted a quick throwdown overnight camp.No RV this time.
He took a dirt road on public land several miles out into the sagebrush. A couple of hours later while he was cooking dinner, a car appeared on the horizon. It got closer and closer until it parked 50' from him. My brother walked over to him with his sidearm strapped on and politely told him "If I wanted neighbors, I would not be camped here."
The fella left immeadiatly,

 

[Len2021]

I feel the frustration. Sounds like a beautiful place to camp until the noise and light pollution which would have ruined it for us as well. I already deal with golf cart noise late at night and atv’s even in my neighborhood despite the HOA rules, wouldn’t want it while I’m away looking for peace. It just comes to lack of consideration and respect for others and I sadly see it everywhere these days.

 

[FR8TFLYER]

Is there a camp host or management around to talk to. Some people don’t get it

 

[Wicked ace]

Is there a camp host or management around to talk to. Some people don’t get it

Only 8AM to 5PM after hours its the honor system which during 5 previous stays has worked. I did take it up with one of the facility employees late yesterday. I fear that this is the future trend with camping being politicized now as well.

 

[NB Canada]

. I fear that this is the future trend with camping being politicized now as well.

Wow. You got me again. Don’t understand this comment either


2021 Imagine 2400 BH
2018 GMC Sierra 4x4 crew

 

[Wicked ace]

This type of thread is all too common on just about any RV forum. One mans way of enjoyment becomes anothers PITA.
There will always be someone that doesn't like what you are doing.
This is why I don't use campgrounds. we boondock exclusively far far away from people.

For some reason people are generally drawn to other people like a magnet.

My brother once just wanted a quick throwdown overnight camp.No RV this time.
He took a dirt road on public land several miles out into the sagebrush. A couple of hours later while he was cooking dinner, a car appeared on the horizon. It got closer and closer until it parked 50' from him. My brother walked over to him with his sidearm strapped on and politely told him "If I wanted neighbors, I would not be camped here."
The fella left immeadiatly,

THAT IS NOT my idea of how to engage with others.

 

[rootusrootus]

Wow. You got me again. Don’t understand this comment either

It does seem more political lately. Look at the 'show your rig' pictures, there's a fair number of political flags being flown. Everything is a team sport now.

 

[FR8TFLYER]

I get it Wicked, some people are so self centered nothing else matters

 

[NB Canada]

It does seem more political lately. Look at the 'show your rig' pictures, there's a fair number of political flags being flown. Everything is a team sport now.

Ummm. I don’t see this. What is a “fair” number?

Besides what someone flies a flag of has no bearing on my life


Decided to go through a year of pics you mentioned and saw 2 flags. One I couldn’t see but knew what it was. Seems low considering this was an election year. Hmmmmm

2021 Imagine 2400 BH
2018 GMC Sierra 4x4 crew

 

[Pap and Mimi]

We like the V lights on the front of the camper, and use them as a front porch light on occasions we are in a particularly dark site. I am in the process of adding a dimmer to the front lights (like I did for the living room and awning) now that my daughter has a 3D printer and can make the adapters for me.
I realize there is a balance between reducing the danger of taking off my knee cap on my hitch and annoying my neighbors, I try to find the area in the middle we both can accept.

 

[jjbbrewer]

I get the crowded campsite annoyance possibility.

If anyone is interested, by virtue of my work, I know a few places in Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, and New Mexico where you absolutely won't have any neighbors and the camping is free. You need a good map and knowledge of the "leave no trace" guidelines.

There isn't much in the way of hookups, though.

https://www.blm.gov/programs/recreation/camping

 

[Jdjaguar]

I'm at a campground at the southern coast of Georgia for the month of March to get away from the cold and snow that plagued my home area all winter. Upon arriving I had issues with my fifth wheel breaking which hasn't made this pleasant so far. They are being addressed but not the focus of this post.
I have stayed here before, it has been generally a quiet place with generous campsites, amenities and lots of preserved low country surroundings and ambiance. When your neighbors are screened by cabbage palms and palmettos it can't be a bad thing right?
Wednesday, a week and half into my stay, five toy haulers arrived and took up residence along the row where I am parked. Four are GD Momentum and a Spartan, whatever that is. Within an hour all the golf carts came out and started their parade every which way well into the night. No regard for traffic flow around the campground or spot lights shining into others campers. Then there are the blinding blue lights on the fronts and underneath those Momentum's that were enough to light a small city. I'm generally up early and take the dogs out with me to sit under the stars with my coffee and watch the skies. Because there is no way to see anything I haven't bothered to bring out the telescope since they got here, the light pollution is worse than any I have at home, they literally light up this whole side of the campground and it's not as if they are outside and need the light. Also the party that ensues and carries on into the late evening. The nice fellow that is camping next to me with his family even commented how loud and late they were. The mother and daughter on the other side packed up early and left yesterday, I think influenced by their new neighbors.
Yesterday it appeared another three arrived and joined them, two of those being GD rigs. More golf carts on the roads which are gas powered, not electric BTW. What I don't get they jump into the carts to go to one another yet are no more than 100 yards away at most. Are they really that lazy?
While walking the nature trails with my dogs I saw golf carts riding on them (prohibited by campground rules and if there was any, common sense) and one was even off crossing a foot bridge across to the other side of the lake.
I avoid the commercial campgrounds and stay to county, state and national parks to find the quiet outdoors I thought camping is supposed to be. Maybe I'm getting dour in my old age but the lack of consideration and respect for others is becoming more than I want to put up with anymore. That's my rant, and maybe I'll look for a house here to winter over in. Prices for a used 260RD are really good right now.

which campground? We camp often near the SE Ga coast.

 

[Wicked ace]

which campground? We camp often near the SE Ga coast.

Blythe Island

 

[Jdjaguar]

Blythe Island

My wife and I were just there last weekend! We love Blythe Island (she calls it the "bunny park").
We must have walked/biked past your Reflection several times, as we were just down the way in spot 90.

We camp there 2-3 times a year as it is close by and a nice long weekend getaway. We have yet to encounter what you did, but with the increasing popularity
of camping, (or glamping in this case), that may change.

Campsites as you said are generous, and the setting is quite nice with the river/woodsy trails and the lakes.

We left this past Monday so missed the golf cart caravans, but have encountered similar situations at other campgrounds.
I'm pretty laid back, and roll with most anything, but I would have said something to people on the golf cart had we encountered one on the trails.

We never have in the 10 years we have been camping there.

Hopefully things have quieted down for the remainder of your stay, and your brakes have been fixed!

 

[huntindog]

THAT IS NOT my idea of how to engage with others.

What was wrong with it?
The fact that he had a sidearm? Standard fare when you are by yourself, many many miles from civilization and phone service. Any problems that come your way, you have to deal with it yourself. That fella could have been a mass murderer on the run. When you boondock far away from civilization.... You have to be prepared for anything.

And that fella should have known better than to intrude on anothers solitude. This wasn't a prime desireable piece of sagebrush property.... It was just like any of the rest of it stretching further than one can see.

 

[Scott'n'Wendy]

My wife and I were just there last weekend!

Did you bring your friends with their......... Momentums.....lol

Wicked, sorry to hear your 'happy place' was messed up for you. Similar things have happened to us as well. Sux.

 

[Second Chance]

We've been staying at a military FamCamp on an Army installation since last June. Late last summer, a family moved into the slot next to us (mom, dad, and three kids in a fiver too big for their SRW truck). They were PCSing into the installation and planned on living in the RV until their house was built. They immediately started partying, drinking, keeping everyone on our little 11-space cul-de-sac awake until 0200 hrs. They had enough family and friends over to violate the park's normal rules - much less the Army's COVID restrictions. One drunken evening (while we were gone, fortunately), some of our neighbors called law enforcement on them. The offending neighbor ended up threatening two of the other guys in the park and violated several Federal property laws. This is unusual behavior for a mid-grade officer (young Major). The complaints and charges got him evicted from the park. The resulting Article 15 ended his Army career (and probably put the kabash on the financing on his house, too). Unfortunately, the same remedies aren't available for poorly-behaved civilians.

Rob