Campground Edicate

[John Dorrer]

 After 40 years of camping I thought I have it all. NOPE. We are camped at Mustang Island State Park in Corpus Christi, TX.

 

The campground is a bit quirky as half the sites have the table, shelter, grill, and fire pit on the usual curb side of the trailer, while the other half are located on the back side (street side). There are 2 table areas side by side, so a large space between trailers. 

 

Elsewhere there is a small buffer are where the electric hookups are.

 

On the first night our neighbors on the street side decided to set-up in the buffer area and invite friends over. They set up their fire pit on our site, propane tank 4' from our trailer and fire pit about 4.5' from our trailer. They set up several chairs 2' from our trailer and under the dinette window. They also had a spot lite on the was aimed at our window.

 

Turns out they have a big outdoor TV on the street side. What the HE__ were they thinking?

 

The Ranger observed this and had conversation with the husband. The wife came flying out of the trailer and injected herself in the conversation. In the end they moved to where they should have been. Very rude, but a good laugh.

Edited March 4 by John Dorrer
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[rich.dev]

Hey John we are just up the road from you…Indianola Beach! How long will you be there, we were thinking of taking a drive to Corpus Christi area, maybe we can swing by to say hello? 

[John Dorrer]

1 hour ago, rich.dev said:

Hey John we are just up the road from you…Indianola Beach! How long will you be there, we were thinking of taking a drive to Corpus Christi area, maybe we can swing by to say hello? 

We head to Galveston first thing tomorrow. We are head to Port Aransas for lunch around 11 and should be back by 2pm.

 

 

Edited March 2 by John Dorrer
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[Galileo]

11 hours ago, John Dorrer said:

 After 40 years of camping I thought I have it all. NOPE. We are camped at Mustang Island State Park in Corpus Christi, TX.

 

The campground is a bit quirky as half the sites have the table, shelter, grill, and fire pit on the usual curb side of the trailer, while the other half are located on the back side (street side). There are 2 table areas side by side, so a large space between trailers. 

 

Elsewhere there is a small buffer are where the electric hookups are.

 

On the first night our neighbors on the street side decided to set-up in the buffer area and invite friends over. They set up their fire pit on our site, propane tank 4' from our trailer and fire pit about 4.5' from our trailer. They set up several chairs 2' from our trailer and under the dinette window. They also had a spot line on the was aimed at our window.

 

Turns out they have a big outdoor TV on the street side. What the HE__ were they thinking?

 

The Ranger observed this and had conversation with the husband. The wife came flying out of the trailer and injected herself in the conversation. In the end they moved to where they should have been. Very rude, but a good laugh.

Though we’ve run into a few rude, noisy, encroaching, obnoxious folks -luckily not too many.

Sometimes, it’s the result of a poorly laid-out campground. When the fire ring, picnic table, or grill are on the street side - sometimes people don’t know which is theirs.  There’s a few sites like that here at Fontainebleau State Park in Mandeville, LA. Those are perfect when two families wanna bring their trailers and share the space between them. Otherwise, not so much.

Most obnoxious ones are when folks totally blow off the people/vehicle limitation. At Flamingo Campground at Everglades NP - there were no fewer than twenty trucks with boats on trailers congregating at one camp site - drinking and guffawing late into the night. Camp host? Safely segregated far away from all campers. They finally departed about 11:30pm. Still, the mosquitoes are the reason I won’t be back there.

[Steve and MA]

22 hours ago, John Dorrer said:

In the end they moved to where they should have been.

Did the ranger have them turn their rig around so their streetside was against the campground hookups, or did they just keep their curbside facing you but with more room?  I haven't camped at Mustang Island State Park since the '80's, but in a tent on the beach.  Google Maps show the RV sites to alternate head-in/back-in with no pull throughs, making it difficult to disconnect your TV if you have a head-in site. It is an odd layout. This probably works well for motorhomes, but not so much for trailers. Usually when every other campsite shares the same electric hookup the sites are pull-throughs that work well for all types of campers.

Steve

[John Dorrer]

10 hours ago, Steve and MA said:

Did the ranger have them turn their rig around so their streetside was against the campground hookups, or did they just keep their curbside facing you but with more room?  I haven't camped at Mustang Island State Park since the '80's, but in a tent on the beach.  Google Maps show the RV sites to alternate head-in/back-in with no pull throughs, making it difficult to disconnect your TV if you have a head-in site. It is an odd layout. This probably works well for motorhomes, but not so much for trailers. Usually when every other campsite shares the same electric hookup the sites are pull-throughs that work well for all types of campers.

Steve

Made them go street side to their assigned set-up area. The funny thing is they have a large outdoor TV street side. I sincerely think they felt very entitled as yesterday check out was 11am and they stayed 2-1/2 hours past check out🙃