Ideas for Jim (outrageous campground rules)

[Neal]

Absolutely outrageous campground rules!

We are currently traveling from Arizona to Minnesota and staying in a variety of RV parks. Some readers have mentioned the list of rules they are handed when th

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More outrageous and ridiculous campground rules

In June, we published an article on some of the most outrageous and ridiculous campground rules we have found on our journeys this summer. You have added some m

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[GypsyR]

A couple interesting things caught my eye. Complaining about rules about "humus" and "fiddleheads" by saying they don't know what that means. It's 2023, everyone has the internet (and GOOGLE SEARCH) in their pockets. The really ironic bit is then they go ON the internet and demonstrate their blissful ignorance to the world. "I don't know what that means, therefore IT is stupid." People never cease to amaze me.
Pretty entertaining and interesting lists though. I see some rules that for me would equate to being just be a big "do not enter sign" at the gate. I like to browse campground websites before making reservations and trip plans. And I make it a habit to read their rules when available and more than one I have judged unwelcoming just by the rule list.

 

[Jim]

My favorite, and certainly one that I will have to add !!

“Do not take the split rail fence apart so you can impale through a goat as a spit to cook over an open fire pit in front of other campers.”

 

[Rosy]

My favorite, and certainly one that I will have to add !!

Oddly specific, but ok.

 

[GTS225]

Oddly specific, but ok.

That may be, but you KNOW somebody had to have been idiotic and inconsiderate enough to have done that, or the rule never would have been a subject of thought.
I guess all one can say about folks like that is......."some people's kids"

Roger

 

[Joe Hogan]

If a campground had/has rules that are banning things that are in my opinion completely unacceptable behavior, I move on.
Rules are typically the result of unacceptable behavior. if the campers have to be told not to do these things, it is not a place I care to be.

 

[Texas Clodhopper]

We recently spent a couple of nights at the FMCA headquarters campground. As I recall there were 3 rules posted, speed limit, keep right, and don't get on the roof of your RV.

 

[Rosy]

We recently spent a couple of nights at the FMCA headquarters campground. As I recall there were 3 rules posted, speed limit, keep right, and don't get on the roof of your RV.

I don't think they have any right not to tell me to get on the roof of my own RV.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

I don't think they have any right not to tell me to get on the roof of my own RV.

I agree!!! What would I do if I couldn't go up on my sun deck!!! Another line in the sand!!!

 

[Rich W.]

well like most rules, that one probably has someone’s name on it. In the fire service you can almost always track a rule like that back to someone who did something stupid and/or caused a problem. FMCA probably got sued because someone fell off their roof.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

well like most rules, that one probably has someone’s name on it. In the fire service you can almost always track a rule like that back to someone who did something stupid and/or caused a problem. FMCA probably got sued because someone fell off their roof.

Now if they have that rule and offered to clean my panels for me, that would be a good trade off! Otherwise it's time to quit defending control freaks!!!

 

[Neal]

no pineapple on pizza

What the hell? I'm not going to that campground!

 

[Rosy]

What the hell? I'm not going to that campground!

I'd go there and sit outside eating Hawaiian pizza for every meal. What exactly can they do to me once my trailer is chocked and unhitched?

 

[mjeds]

If a campground had/has rules that are banning things that are in my opinion completely unacceptable behavior, I move on.
Rules are typically the result of unacceptable behavior. if the campers have to be told not to do these things, it is not a place I care to be.

one of the primary reasons I am trying desperately to leave California.

 

[MemoriesByTheMile]

one of the primary reasons I am trying desperately to leave California.

Wow - I knew California wouldn’t allow me to visit their state due to rig size, but didn’t realize they banned pineapple on pizza too!

 

[J&JD]

“no pineapple on pizza”
What a great rule!! As a matter of fact I believe 49 of the 50 states have included this rule in their Constitutions. The only one that hasn’t is California so I,
too, am considering leaving the state.

 

[mjeds]

Wow - I knew California wouldn’t allow me to visit their state due to rig size, but didn’t realize they banned pineapple on pizza too!

huh?

I was responding to this comment:

"Rules are typically the result of unacceptable behavior. if the campers have to be told not to do these things, it is not a place I care to be."

California enacts stupid laws because of the actions of a few stupid people. While some laws are good, the vast majority of the protect people from themselves laws are oppressive.

if laws, rules, or warnings have to be made to prevent people from drinking bleach or eating tide pods, then something is wrong, IMO let them do it, thins the herd.



common sense - so rare it should be classified as a superpower.

 

[Buc]

huh?

I was responding to this comment:

"Rules are typically the result of unacceptable behavior. if the campers have to be told not to do these things, it is not a place I care to be."

California enacts stupid laws because of the actions of a few stupid people. While some laws are good, the vast majority of the protect people from themselves laws are oppressive.

if laws, rules, or warnings have to be made to prevent people from drinking bleach or eating tide pods, then something is wrong, IMO let them do it, thins the herd.



common sense - so rare it should be classified as a superpower.

There’s a reason the stupid person memes are usually Florida Man does… and not California Man does…

 

[GTS225]

common sense - so rare it should be classified as a superpower.

MJ.......I like that line.....I'm going to have to steal it.
Now, if I can remember it when the opportunity arises.

Roger

 

[MrsSquid]

Reminds me of the time I saw this "outrageous rule" on the men's room door at a campground. Someone's prank or what? The imagination runs wild.