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Camping Craziness

By Peter Anderson 10 Comments - The content of this website often contains affiliate links and I may be compensated if you buy through those links (at no cost to you!). Learn more about how we make money. Last edited February 10, 2014.

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My wife and I went camping this past weekend, and we had a crazy time!   We had decided to go camping a few weeks back, but we never made reservations anywhere. Our good friends, who we were going with, knew of a campground that they had been to years ago that always had an open spot.   After checking their website we found that they guarantee that they’ll always have an open site since they’ve got such a huge campground.  We decided to go camp at this campsite.

The campsite was situated in a beautiful wooded area about an hour from our house. Our campsite was sitting beside a beautiful stream (see photo above). If that had been where it ended, we probably would have had a relaxing weekend, sitting around the fire, enjoying each other’s company. What we didn’t realize was that the campground is actually a huge party campground.

We should have noticed the signs when we pulled up.  Near the front office there were dumpsters where people were supposed to leave their garbage when leaving. When we drove by the dumpsters were overflowing with beer cans and liquor bottles. That was clue number one.

When we pulled into the campground it was full to overflowing with college aged kids getting ready for a long night of partying.    Many of them were drinking early in the afternoon, and most of them were already  drunk.  That was clue number two. Not a good sign.

Camper-with-sparklers

After setting up our tent at our campsite by the stream we had a good time hanging out, cooking dinner over the fire, and just chatting.  Every once in a while a large group of tubers would float by our campsite on the river, drunk, spouting obscenities, laughing loudly and screaming.  Apparently this campground was also known for tubing, which apparently draws a loud drunken crowd  of party people.  Duly noted.

Around midnight we decided that we were going to head to bed.  Unfortunately for us the rest of the campers weren’t quite so ready to hit the hay.  We lay in our sleeping bags listening to the loud sounds of drunken revelers until the wee hours of the morning when I’m assuming they all passed out.  The same thing happened both nights we camped there.

Needless to say we won’t be camping at that campground again any time soon – at least not on a weekend when the crazies come out.  How can people find this type of thing fun – getting drunk to the point of passing out and engaging in all sorts of horrible behavior?  So sad.

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Last Edited: 10th February 2014 The content of biblemoneymatters.com is for general information purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Visitors to biblemoneymatters.com should not act upon the content or information without first seeking appropriate professional advice. In accordance with the latest FTC guidelines, we declare that we have a financial relationship with every company mentioned on this site.

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  1. Lynnae says

    Wow! I’ve camped at campgrounds like that before, and it’s not fun. Not exactly the peaceful, back to nature, experience I’m looking for when I go camping. And getting drunk and going tubing sounds like a dangerous combination! Yikes!

    Thanks for the mention!
    Lynnae´s last blog ..BlogHer: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

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    • Peter says

      It’s amazing really how no one drowns on the river while tubing. They tie all their tubes together, with a big cooler tube in the middle and just drink their way down the river. Lucky for them the river/stream/creek is pretty shallow and slow moving in most parts – probably saving them from a watery grave. :)

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  2. Paul @ FiscalGeek says

    Wow, sorry you had such a rough camping trip. I’m blessed to live in Washington state and we have a crazy amount of Department of Natural Resource campsites and State campgrounds. Almost all prohibit drinking so much quieter. We ended up at a spot this weekend on the Lyre River which empties into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. A beautiful spot with only 9 campsites and it was free. We really are spoiled. Fortunately the river is also pretty shallow with some serious rapids so no drunken toobers :-).
    Paul @ FiscalGeek´s last blog ..Credit: The Lazy Person’s Budgeting Tool

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    • Peter says

      We’ve learned our lesson. No more private campgrounds – back to the state and county parks where no drinking is allowed – and quiet hours start at 10pm. :)

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  3. FFB says

    I’ve had a camping experience like that as well. At first we didn’t mind so much but once you want to get some sleep it gets real annoying hearing someone’s car speakers blasting!

    Chalk it up as an experience and don’t go back there. Though, maybe if you complained to the company that owned the place they could give you some free nights or discounted rates (if you went back on a weekday)?
    FFB´s last blog ..Best Of Money Carnival #9 – It’s A Girl Edition

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    • Peter says

      I’m pretty sure the family that owned the place didn’t mind as they make a TON of money from these campers. $35 per campsite/tent and the place was FULL. Add to that the fact that they rent tubes and drive people upriver to drop them off to go tubing, I’m pretty sure that they’ll put up with a few unruly drunkards. They probably make 15-30k from a busy weekend like this last one.

      By the way, the cost for the weekend was the other thing that bothered me – $35/night plus wood and food is way too much money to spend on a weekend like this. Once again, lesson learned.

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  4. Len Penzo says

    I’m sorry to hear that your camping trip went a bit awry. The place sure looks beautiful though!

    To tell you the truth, that’s why I tend to stay home on the weekends. If I am going to listen to a bunch of drunks whoopin’ and hollerin’ after midnight, I’d rather do it from the comfort of my own home! ;-)

    By the way, Peter, thank you so much for the link love too!

    My $0.02 (after taxes)

    Len
    Len Penzo dot Com
    Len Penzo´s last blog ..Evaluating the Cost of Extreme Frugality

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  5. Eden says

    I can’t believe you lasted two nights at that campground! :)

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    • Peter says

      Yeah, neither can we! (we pre-paid for the two nights)

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  6. Leigh says

    We went camping on New Years Eve and were a bit worried about the party goers. Fortunately the park rangers had zero tolerance so any raised volume levels were quickly quelled so we got two good nights sleep thankfully.

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