The summer is over and we are still busy with our Halloween weekends and the fall foliage followers. Our Halloween weekends went off very well - but we still had a few "interesting" things that happened. Some are funny and some, well, not so funny.
The funny first - then I will get up on my soapbox. We had a couple come in with several family members for the Halloween weekend. The took up three to four different sites which we certainly appreciate. The couple in "question" booked later so they were in a different area of the park. The site they had was a back-in site with full hook ups. Luckily for them and us, it was in our field area where there are NO trees. Apparently the gentleman was not very good at backing up because he drive down the road and around several sites so that he could pull into our back in site. Now we have had this happen before, in fact, a gentleman with an airstream trailer tried it and caught one of our 400 pound concrete firepits with his trailer. The firepit ripped the side of the airstream like a can opener. That is why we emphasize the "back-in" part of this site.
Well now, you think he is safe in his site. He missed the firepits by inches and pulled straight into the site. Well upon inspection he was too far from the sewer hook up for his 4 foot hose. Yes, you heard me right, 4 feet. So, back up and pull forward, get out and still to far away. Back up and pull forward, get out and still to far away. Back up and pull forward, get out almost there. Back up and pull forward, get out and finally got within 4 feet of the sewer connection. For all the gas this fellow wasted going back and forth and driving around, he could almost have bought a longer sewer hose. And how did he get a 4 footer? The come in 10, 15 and 20 foot lengths.
OK - now it is time for my soapbox. I am a parent of two seven year old boys. It absolutely drives me crazy when I see parents dragging their young children who are absolutely terrified into the Haunted House that we set up at the park for our Halloween Weekends. I am usually the person that admits and monitors those going in to be sure that we don't allow too many people in at one time. I am always in costume and I enjoy the banter that happens with the anticipation of going into a dark and possibly scary place. I also know that not everyone is scared in a Haunted House. Why the unfraid go in is beyond me. But to physically drag the young kids in just to show them that it is "not so bad" is absolutely beyond me. If the child is afraid, dragging them against their will will not make them less afraid. I told one father that perhaps it would be a good idea if he let his young (6 - 8 year old) son who was near tears change his mind and not go through. His response was "your not his parent so stay out of it". My response was, I may not be the parent, but I own the park so leave the boy out. This may have made it worse for the boy, because then he said "I wasted all that time in line and then you chicken out." I don't know what happened later at the site, but I am sure that they boy took some hazing.
We are a family oriented campground and we want everyone that comes here to have fun and remember their experience in a positive way. I am sure that some of these kids will not have fond memories of their visit to our park and this saddens me.
I hope everyone has a great fall and I will be posting over the winter with some of the fun off season antics that still happen.
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