Happy Fourth of July! We spent the weekend at Punderson State Park camping of course. We arrived on Thursday and the park was getting pretty full. What was over-filled was the campsite next to us. We counted seven cars, 6 tents, and about a dozen people including a baby (and two dogs). Mind you the maximum allowed per campsite is 6 people. I have no idea how they got this past the park rangers...
I know some people don't understand campsite etiquette, but for those of you who may not know, here are a few quick things.
1. Don't walk through other people's campsites. We had people constantly walking through our site. Maybe it's because there were too many people on theirs. What really got me going was when they walked in between our truck and trailer. I wanted to just stroll right through the middle of their site and see what they would say.
2. Don't cut down trees for firewood. Other people might want to enjoy the forest. What made it worse is they didn't even use all the trees they cut down. Just fork over the few bucks for firewood if you want a campfire that badly.
3. Laying in the road looking dead and unresponsive isn't a great idea. Neither is putting your earphones in and then laying in the road. Seriously, I asked the lady 5 times if she was ok before she rolled over, saw me, and responded.
4. If you're going to yell over and over and over that whatever food is ready so the whole campground can hear, you should be prepared to share with everyone. Otherwise, the campsite isn't more than 40x30ft - just walk over or use your civilized voice.
Punderson is usually not like this past weekend. Usually it's pretty quiet with generally friendly and respectful campers. Maybe the holiday weekend brought out the one-timers who aren't yet aware of how to be respectful campers...
