Are holidays a bad time to camp?
Friday June 1, 2007
Holidays are a great time for celebrating outdoors with family and friends. They are also a popular time to go camping. Consequently, campgrounds can become overcrowded, and due to holiday celebrating, they can be noisy and downright unruly. Management may be overwhelmed by it all. I enjoy the serenity of camping, so I avoid camping on holidays.
One unhappy holiday camper posted this on the forum:
"We went camping Memorial Day weekend at Etowah River Campground just outside of Dahlonegha, Georgia. Someone was on our site when we got there, and it got worse from there." (cont.)
A fellow camper replied:
"Did you address the 'offenders' before you went to management? Sure, they may own/manage the campground, but rarely do they want to play kindergarten teacher with grown adults. Did you head to another campground when management failed to address your complaint? That will speak louder than simply staying and doing nothing and/or whining." (cont.)
Comments
We’ve had good and bad camping over the holidays. One of my favorites was camping with friends at Myrtle Beach Travel Park over Thanksgiving. We pre-fixed our Thanksgiving meal. It was wonderful. We did some early Christmas shopping at the outlets. Every camping trip is a new memory.
Our best times camping is over the July 4 when we go up to lake Michigan and watch the fireworks over the lake. It has become atadition for us now.