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Tacoma Mike · May 5, 2019

MTgirl said: ↑

where to begin....

got to the park campground about 1030, got a spot. pulled in and checked it out, left a few things behind to lighten my load. took some pics of my things just in case someone decided to F with it while i was gone - this has been my habit for a while now, never had an issue but i'm getting more paranoid.
left to explore for a while and came back by camp about 4pm. stopped for a quick bathroom break. i noticed a minivan pulled into the site across from me. doors were open and two people were in the front seats sleeping, dude had the window down and his feet wedged on the sill.
left again and came back a couple hours later. van is gone but there is a pile of crap on the picnic table - plastic totes and stuff. since its bear country you're not supposed to leave anything out in the open. and there was a bear box not 50' from the table. so i took some pics of it and went to the camp office to let them know. camp employee comes down a few minutes later, puts the stuff in the bear box and writes a citiation for it. thanks me again and continues to patrol the rest of the camp.
i set off for a walk to the river and come back about 30 minutes later. she's clearing out an offroad type trailer in the next loop over. dometic fridge, two action packers, a couple ammo cans, trasheroo, a partner steel stove and some other stuff. all of this is too big to fit in the bear boxes so she's putting it in the back of her truck. just as she gets everything loaded up and starts writing the citiation two 4runners pull in and the owners start to freak out. they're close enough that i can hear little bits of the conversation. they seemed confused about they they couldn't leave food and cooking stuff out in bear country even though everyone gets lectured about the bear rules when you register at camp. they thought it was OK to leave it because it was in the trailer. but the trailer had no lid so therefore not safe. they continued to get angry and she called for back up. another camp employee arrived and settled them down. they took their stuff back and were told that they needed to put everything in the vehicles for the night. she drove back by my camp and I went up to talk to her, told her i'd keep an eye on them and let someone know if they put the fridge or anything back in the trailer. i also informed her that 4runners are equipped with an outlet in the back and that they could easily run the fridge overnight in the rig with no long term effects on the car battery. she seemed glad to know that info. she asked about the mini van folks and i told her no sign of them.
get my fire going, sit down to read and a sprinter van pulls into the minivan spot. interesting. i make my smores, clean up camp and settle back in by the fire. minivan people come back. they're chinese and dontspeak a word of english. they have some translator app on their phone and proceed to argue with sprinter people about the campsite. sprinter people registered with the camp office and have the window decal to prove it. minivan people drive away. i approach sprinter people and ask it that was their stuff on the table earlier. they ask "what stuff?" I explained that there was a pile of stuff on the table and that the camp staff had written a citation for it. i told them that if it wasn't their stuff they should let the campground people know since the vitation would be in their name and not chinese minivan people's names. they thanked me and headed for the camp office. i left out the part about me alerting the staff to the mess in the first place.
sprinter people return, camp employee comes back and collects the stuff from the bear box since no one knows who it actually belongs to. camp employee drives away. minivan people return and another cell phone voice translator battle begins as they realize their stuff is gone. it is now just before 9pm, camp office closes at 9pm. sprinter people tell minivan people that the rangers took their stuff. minivan people leave again. minivan people return and take a different spot near me. it is now pitch dark out. they can't find the picnic table and proceed to cook on the ground. they clear everything out of the minivan as they are sleeping in it and need the room. PARK RANGER comes by to check on 4runner people about 930pm and talks with them. i flag him down and inform him of the minvan/sprinter drama and that the entire contents of the minivan are now spread out on the ground. he stops and talks with minivan people via cell phone translator. he helps them put all of their shit back in the car.
i get up this morning and minivan people are already awake. contents of teh van are again on the ground. they have located their picnic table and are cooking breakfast. i go to the ladies room. mrs. minivan is in the womens restroom washing dishes in the sink (nasty) and waiting for her electric tea kettle to warm up. there is a dish washing room adjacent to the bathroom but i guess they missed that part of the lecture from the ranger last night.
i set up my stove, made coffee, put my stove away, walked to the river and back, put my tent away, got dressed and fixed my hair and minivan people were still sorting out the contents of their luggage on the ground. 4runner people were still asleep when i left.
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Awesome........

Thank You for that.....

MTgirl · May 5, 2019

Tacoma Mike said: ↑

Yea well your program doesn’t have grumpy ass stuff in the selection.
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i think there's an add on for the grumpy folks

CVYota[OP] said: ↑

You called me creepy
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you are creepy. mike is funny, you're creepy

Martin64 said: ↑

That's it. Keep lowering your standards. Next thing you know everyone will oppose your preference on #8 and you will lose your right to #8.....wait, what's #8?

Solo boondocking, it's the only way you'll appreciate everyone in your camp.
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i much prefer that, believe me. but not a lot of forest roads are open here yet - either may 15 or june1 for most everything. plus camping in the park is limited to the campgrounds

Bluegrass Taco said: ↑

Being older let's you see things differently. Easier to step back and look "big picture"....

There's a lot more people camping now than ever before. About 10% are real "campers"...
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i'm in the 10% for sure. everyone else around me last night were in the 90%

MTgirl · May 5, 2019

currently hunting on 4runners.com for the 4runner tourons from camp...

P2W · May 5, 2019

MTgirl said: ↑

where to begin....

got to the park campground about 1030, got a spot. pulled in and checked it out, left a few things behind to lighten my load. took some pics of my things just in case someone decided to F with it while i was gone - this has been my habit for a while now, never had an issue but i'm getting more paranoid.
left to explore for a while and came back by camp about 4pm. stopped for a quick bathroom break. i noticed a minivan pulled into the site across from me. doors were open and two people were in the front seats sleeping, dude had the window down and his feet wedged on the sill.
left again and came back a couple hours later. van is gone but there is a pile of crap on the picnic table - plastic totes and stuff. since its bear country you're not supposed to leave anything out in the open. and there was a bear box not 50' from the table. so i took some pics of it and went to the camp office to let them know. camp employee comes down a few minutes later, puts the stuff in the bear box and writes a citiation for it. thanks me again and continues to patrol the rest of the camp.
i set off for a walk to the river and come back about 30 minutes later. she's clearing out an offroad type trailer in the next loop over. dometic fridge, two action packers, a couple ammo cans, trasheroo, a partner steel stove and some other stuff. all of this is too big to fit in the bear boxes so she's putting it in the back of her truck. just as she gets everything loaded up and starts writing the citiation two 4runners pull in and the owners start to freak out. they're close enough that i can hear little bits of the conversation. they seemed confused about they they couldn't leave food and cooking stuff out in bear country even though everyone gets lectured about the bear rules when you register at camp. they thought it was OK to leave it because it was in the trailer. but the trailer had no lid so therefore not safe. they continued to get angry and she called for back up. another camp employee arrived and settled them down. they took their stuff back and were told that they needed to put everything in the vehicles for the night. she drove back by my camp and I went up to talk to her, told her i'd keep an eye on them and let someone know if they put the fridge or anything back in the trailer. i also informed her that 4runners are equipped with an outlet in the back and that they could easily run the fridge overnight in the rig with no long term effects on the car battery. she seemed glad to know that info. she asked about the mini van folks and i told her no sign of them.
get my fire going, sit down to read and a sprinter van pulls into the minivan spot. interesting. i make my smores, clean up camp and settle back in by the fire. minivan people come back. they're chinese and dontspeak a word of english. they have some translator app on their phone and proceed to argue with sprinter people about the campsite. sprinter people registered with the camp office and have the window decal to prove it. minivan people drive away. i approach sprinter people and ask it that was their stuff on the table earlier. they ask "what stuff?" I explained that there was a pile of stuff on the table and that the camp staff had written a citation for it. i told them that if it wasn't their stuff they should let the campground people know since the vitation would be in their name and not chinese minivan people's names. they thanked me and headed for the camp office. i left out the part about me alerting the staff to the mess in the first place.
sprinter people return, camp employee comes back and collects the stuff from the bear box since no one knows who it actually belongs to. camp employee drives away. minivan people return and another cell phone voice translator battle begins as they realize their stuff is gone. it is now just before 9pm, camp office closes at 9pm. sprinter people tell minivan people that the rangers took their stuff. minivan people leave again. minivan people return and take a different spot near me. it is now pitch dark out. they can't find the picnic table and proceed to cook on the ground. they clear everything out of the minivan as they are sleeping in it and need the room. PARK RANGER comes by to check on 4runner people about 930pm and talks with them. i flag him down and inform him of the minvan/sprinter drama and that the entire contents of the minivan are now spread out on the ground. he stops and talks with minivan people via cell phone translator. he helps them put all of their shit back in the car.
i get up this morning and minivan people are already awake. contents of teh van are again on the ground. they have located their picnic table and are cooking breakfast. i go to the ladies room. mrs. minivan is in the womens restroom washing dishes in the sink (nasty) and waiting for her electric tea kettle to warm up. there is a dish washing room adjacent to the bathroom but i guess they missed that part of the lecture from the ranger last night.
i set up my stove, made coffee, put my stove away, walked to the river and back, put my tent away, got dressed and fixed my hair and minivan people were still sorting out the contents of their luggage on the ground. 4runner people were still asleep when i left.
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Where there spots available at the KOA?

MTgirl · May 5, 2019

P2W said: ↑

Where there spots available at the KOA?
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not open yet, still under 2' of snow...

P2W · May 5, 2019

We was campin at some mom n pop place in West by God Virginia, got to watch some lady chasing her man around the group area with a running chainsaw, it was a wild night fueled by consumption of massive quantities of high test clear liquids

Taco Buggy · May 5, 2019

HAVOC said: ↑

What condiments do you prefer for your hot dogs? Think carefully! MUSTARD AND SOMETIMES CHILI

What snack cakes Little Debbie’s, Hostess or Drake?! HOSTESS

What is your preferred hardware for removing the younglings from the lawn? MEGAPHONE

Dog or Cat? This is not a question about what is on the dinner menu! DOG

Goat Porn? EXCUSE ME?

Coffee or Tea? Those are your only choices! COFFEE

Bacon NOW I WANT BACON

Toilet paper rolls, over or under? UNDER

Daylight Savings good or bad? BAD

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snoope · May 5, 2019

Tacoma Mike,

Do you have a few vacation days saved up just kidding, we are in "True Summer " mode- 80's with 80% humidity everyday....
Lil Red just "puked " coolant and gave a puff of white smoke

This Father / son project might be put on hold as my grand daughters arrival may be sooner than expected Their new baby is "rumbling around 2 weeks early " and I will NOT be part of any distractions...

Taco Buggy · May 5, 2019

Tacoma Mike said: ↑

You need a better toilet..
Or restrict her to 5 pieces in a auto dispenser
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I’d love to be the fly on the wall when @dewayne tries to restrict his wife’s toilet paper usage.

CVYota · May 5, 2019

Tacoma Mike said: ↑

Aren’t you ?
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Not the point

MTgirl said: ↑

where to begin....

got to the park campground about 1030, got a spot. pulled in and checked it out, left a few things behind to lighten my load. took some pics of my things just in case someone decided to F with it while i was gone - this has been my habit for a while now, never had an issue but i'm getting more paranoid.
left to explore for a while and came back by camp about 4pm. stopped for a quick bathroom break. i noticed a minivan pulled into the site across from me. doors were open and two people were in the front seats sleeping, dude had the window down and his feet wedged on the sill.
left again and came back a couple hours later. van is gone but there is a pile of crap on the picnic table - plastic totes and stuff. since its bear country you're not supposed to leave anything out in the open. and there was a bear box not 50' from the table. so i took some pics of it and went to the camp office to let them know. camp employee comes down a few minutes later, puts the stuff in the bear box and writes a citiation for it. thanks me again and continues to patrol the rest of the camp.
i set off for a walk to the river and come back about 30 minutes later. she's clearing out an offroad type trailer in the next loop over. dometic fridge, two action packers, a couple ammo cans, trasheroo, a partner steel stove and some other stuff. all of this is too big to fit in the bear boxes so she's putting it in the back of her truck. just as she gets everything loaded up and starts writing the citiation two 4runners pull in and the owners start to freak out. they're close enough that i can hear little bits of the conversation. they seemed confused about they they couldn't leave food and cooking stuff out in bear country even though everyone gets lectured about the bear rules when you register at camp. they thought it was OK to leave it because it was in the trailer. but the trailer had no lid so therefore not safe. they continued to get angry and she called for back up. another camp employee arrived and settled them down. they took their stuff back and were told that they needed to put everything in the vehicles for the night. she drove back by my camp and I went up to talk to her, told her i'd keep an eye on them and let someone know if they put the fridge or anything back in the trailer. i also informed her that 4runners are equipped with an outlet in the back and that they could easily run the fridge overnight in the rig with no long term effects on the car battery. she seemed glad to know that info. she asked about the mini van folks and i told her no sign of them.
get my fire going, sit down to read and a sprinter van pulls into the minivan spot. interesting. i make my smores, clean up camp and settle back in by the fire. minivan people come back. they're chinese and dontspeak a word of english. they have some translator app on their phone and proceed to argue with sprinter people about the campsite. sprinter people registered with the camp office and have the window decal to prove it. minivan people drive away. i approach sprinter people and ask it that was their stuff on the table earlier. they ask "what stuff?" I explained that there was a pile of stuff on the table and that the camp staff had written a citation for it. i told them that if it wasn't their stuff they should let the campground people know since the vitation would be in their name and not chinese minivan people's names. they thanked me and headed for the camp office. i left out the part about me alerting the staff to the mess in the first place.
sprinter people return, camp employee comes back and collects the stuff from the bear box since no one knows who it actually belongs to. camp employee drives away. minivan people return and another cell phone voice translator battle begins as they realize their stuff is gone. it is now just before 9pm, camp office closes at 9pm. sprinter people tell minivan people that the rangers took their stuff. minivan people leave again. minivan people return and take a different spot near me. it is now pitch dark out. they can't find the picnic table and proceed to cook on the ground. they clear everything out of the minivan as they are sleeping in it and need the room. PARK RANGER comes by to check on 4runner people about 930pm and talks with them. i flag him down and inform him of the minvan/sprinter drama and that the entire contents of the minivan are now spread out on the ground. he stops and talks with minivan people via cell phone translator. he helps them put all of their shit back in the car.
i get up this morning and minivan people are already awake. contents of teh van are again on the ground. they have located their picnic table and are cooking breakfast. i go to the ladies room. mrs. minivan is in the womens restroom washing dishes in the sink (nasty) and waiting for her electric tea kettle to warm up. there is a dish washing room adjacent to the bathroom but i guess they missed that part of the lecture from the ranger last night.
i set up my stove, made coffee, put my stove away, walked to the river and back, put my tent away, got dressed and fixed my hair and minivan people were still sorting out the contents of their luggage on the ground. 4runner people were still asleep when i left.
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I hate campsite camping.
Best part of the desert is pulling off the road miles from anyone else

MTgirl said: ↑

you are creepy. mike is funny, you're creepy
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Again, not the point

CVYota · May 5, 2019

MTgirl said: ↑

you are creepy. mike is funny, you're creepy
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And what do you mean by creepy?

This?

Or this?

Or this?

Because I don't see myself as creepy, and I don't try to be.

Now that I think about it, my wife uses that word.

Shit.

Not where I wanted to be.

MTgirl · May 5, 2019

CVYota[OP] said: ↑

Again, not the point
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CVYota · May 5, 2019

MTgirl said: ↑

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I would so ban you right now

MTgirl · May 5, 2019

CVYota[OP] said: ↑

And what do you mean by creepy?

This?

Or this?

Or this?

Because I don't see myself as creepy, and I don't try to be.

Now that I think about it, my wife uses that word.

Shit.

Not where I wanted to be.
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How did you get @scocar 's yearbook pictures?

MTgirl · May 5, 2019

B

CVYota[OP] said: ↑

I would so ban you right now
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But you're laughing...admit it

CVYota · May 5, 2019

MTgirl said: ↑

B
But you're laughing...admit it
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I am, and apparently it's a very creepy laugh

CVYota · May 5, 2019

Creepy
https://youtu.be/PD5HfM3DZt8

TK-422 · May 6, 2019

How many of you old farts know what a hit and miss engine is?

I plan on making a 1/4 scale model of one but no one at work has ever heard of one. Maybe it's a more rural thing.
They have one where I go hunting in central CA to pump water into a tank for their cows.

Do I need to wander into the 60+ thread?

jwctaco · May 6, 2019

Here we go again kids.

dewayne · May 6, 2019

jwctaco said: ↑

Here we go again kids.
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