@klmeenan
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George wrote on Karin Meenan's's Wall
When is it considered too late to pull into a campground? . I ask because it’s 10:45 and someone just pulled into the site next to us. Quiet time is 10 and was posted on the website.
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I am Fairbanks, Alaska!
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ALASKA!!!! I’m drooling,hope you had an aventure of a lifetime up there.
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I missed joining our group, belated welcome! Looks like you’ve been moving around, new Mexico and now Alaska, i’m totally jealous. Thanks for the pics!
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Ok, please enjoy my dream trip, let us know all about it!- Nancy
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Definitely on our “living list” – don’t like the term bucket list.
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I like the term ‘living list’ much ether than bucket list. Think I will be using from now on
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Karin Meenan replied to the topic RV Park Reviews in the forum RV Destinations 8 months, 1 week ago
I think it’s helpful to look at some of the multiple reviews that someone has posted. You sometimes can find they have visited a site you have been to. It helps to put some perspective into their reviews.
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Good shots Klmeenan!
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Did you actually see the bighorn sheep right on the road? That’s awesome!
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Gorgeous looking country up there.
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They were right at a gravel turnoff for the main road!
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Just outside of Banff as we headed to Canmore, AB
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Glacier experience in Banff
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Wildlife crossing bridge. We saw a moose on one but you can’t stop in the freeway to take a picture.
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Skywalk in Banff. Interesting but I don’t think it’s worth doing good more than once.
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Right on a gravel turnoff off the main road
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I love meeses to pieces!
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We love them as well. I have to laugh as we call them meeses too!
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Karin Meenan joined the group
RV Newbies 10 months ago
@klmeenan Welcome to RV Happy Hour Karin, thanks for joining us!
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yes welcome come on in, lots of interesting topics onthis here site, Ray did agreaat job.aileen
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Ray does a great job.
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Yes, welcome!
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Hey Karin, pull up a chair! Where ya been?
Karin Meenan replied to the topic Carlsbad, NM in the forum RV Destinations 10 months ago
I have bad knees and two young teenagers. We took the elevator instead of the extra 2 hour walk down to the caverns. We rented the recorded tour at the gift store which was very informative and the kids loved that. We missed the bats due to droughts causing less insects for them to feed. There is a really nice living desert and zoo there. We…[Read more]
Karin Meenan replied to the topic Great Transportation Info Website in the forum Highways and Byways 10 months ago
What a great tool to have. It’s nice to have one place to go where we can find road condition info.
Karin Meenan became a registered member 1 year, 5 months ago
That’s too late, as far as I’m concerned, but what can you do?
I agree with Norma
I don’t know; it wouldn’t bother me much. I would probably get out of bed and give them a hand setting up. I would hope that they would try to be as quiet as possible.
I suppose it depends a little bit on the type of campground.
Agree with George, if a person brakes down or, like us, had a very sick little girl on the road with strep and had a reservation and knew it would be real late, just called the campground and they said just come on in, get set up, most people are pretty polite when you come in late, so far we have not had a bit a trouble, even though it is…[Read more]
I am normally not bothered by others when they pull into the campground. I was bothered by his cell ringing and then talking loudly on it. We just gritted our teeth through it as we were leaving in the morning.
We go to bed and get up too early for any campground (9pm-4am). When someone pulls in late I also grit my teeth. I have not yet seen a campground that stops people from pulling in, I’m sure there are some, but I have seen polite RV’ers who will stay the night at the office. The phone chatting would also bother me what bothers me the most is when…[Read more]
When something happens and you have to arrive late, is nice to know you can. Most people arecox considerate and when there not they are that way all the time.
I’m lucky and can sleep through almost anything, my wife Anne uses ear plugs, says they work great, if we have noisy neighbors or are spending the night in a loud truck stop she just pops them in. Some RV parks it is expected that there will be late folks pulling in and early departs, that type is usually next to an interstate and used as a…[Read more]
I’m like Anne… Love those ear plugs!
I won’t wear ear plugs. I have two kids and need to hear them. Until they are older, I will just grit my teeth.
Not everyone has the luxury of having time off so when they do get time off they may decide to take a far trip. I myself will travel late into the night to get to a destination. Putting 800 miles in a day driving isn’t to out of the norm for us. Late arrivals don’t bother me since i am one to make them also. When someone comes in late at night the…[Read more]
What about those early birds who want to pull out by 7 AM. So they start packing up at 6:30 and run their diesel engine to warm up. We find that can be more bothersome.
X2 on early morning diesels. Start the thing and idle out of the campsite, don’t start it and go have breakfast.
We are early birds. We pack up the night before so in the morning we just do the finals (jacks up, disconnects, etc.). When everything is ready to go only then do we fire up and pull out. Have not had angry villagers with pitch forks chase us yet!
Not talking about people like you Terry & Carol who try to keep quite. It is those who think just because it light out think they can make lots of noise, banging & talking Very loud, even though it may only be 6:30am