Post Memorial Day Weekend Thoughts

What once was interesting now is annoying.  Boorish people, sun burned, drunk, loud, rude and argumentative, no longer provide me with entertainment. Being awakened by irate campers late at night complaining about revelers only causes me to lose sleep. Campers who demand firewood ignoring the closed for the night sign deserve nothing.

The excesses of the Memorial Day weekend crowd diminishes the camping experience. The piles of wornout, broken or abandoned gear surrounding the trash cans is appalling. The heaps of trash bags broken into by night time creatures reek. The acrid smells of fires started with petrochemicals, including all types of plastics plus garbage reminds me of third world countries I have visited.

Have I mentioned the late night comings and goings of campers in loud vehicles, the emergency car alarms activated by the stupidly loaded, the clanking of trash can lids by early morning zombies searching for returnable bottles and cans. Consider them mentioned.

If I sound like a grumpy old man, maybe I am. Too many people crammed closely together lacking common courtesy for their fellow campers has harshed my mellow. Now I understand why other hosts live in giant, above the fray RV's. Maybe I will buy some concrete block and raise my small trailer.