family camping

“My wife and I recently took our kids camping at the local Jellystone Park. I was really discusted - on our designated site - basically a gravel driveway - there were literally hundreds and hundreds of cigarette butts. And there were numerous half-melted beer cans in the fire pit.
I will admit that the kids had the time of their life - I am sure we will return - the place really appeals to young kids.
The bathrooms were clean (wife liked that)But I just could not believe how trashy our site was ...
What the hell do "family camping" people do all day - drink beer and chain smoke ???
I cannot wait till the kids are old enough to backpack”

“if your site is filthy, you can usually tell the staff, and they will give it a once over before you set up camp.. i complained one time and they just told me to drive around and pick the site i wanted..

people in general are discusting.. no respect for others.”

“Actually we did pick that site. The site that was origionally assigned to us had its firepit only 5 feet away from a motorhome in the next site.”

“but was there a waterslide?”

“How old are your kids? Canoeing can be a great way to escape the crowd when kids are too small to carry stuff.”

“No waterslide - but they did have an ice cream shop !!!

Pathman - the kids are 3 and 6. But the wife won't go canoeing with me after "the incident"”

“my friends parents went camping this weekend.. there were no trees.. but there were knee high fences between the sites.

i like trees”

“Good fences make good neighbors.”

“Fill out a complaint card and start looking for a new place to go car camping.”