Wife is having our second child in August and is awesome enough to let me do a 2 day solo camping trip as a mental reset and so I could just be alone. When I booked my site, there were absolutely no other campers booked. I checked this morning, and someone booked a site two sites over. Would you ask to move your site when you check in?
EDIT: You know what guys? I’m a little slow. We’re having the baby in August, but I’m going camping this Monday. I didn’t want it to be too close to when the baby would be here so I figured I’d better go sooner than later. That’s why I was so annoyed. Because I booked this a month ago and now, a few days before my trip I have one person two spots away.
I apologize that I didn’t remember to put that in initially.
by awkwardaustin609
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Too right loop preferably the farthest too right spots
If all those black icons are open, I’m moving if it’s still the same on the day you arrive. You ever considered dispersed camping on blm or forestry land? That will provide some solitude. I suspect by August that place will have more spaces taken.
OK, I’m in the PNW, but all those sites are going to be taken by August. You don’t go to a group campground if you want solitude; you hike 5-10 miles out into the back country and string your hammock up between some trees on NF land that maybe isn’t actually a campsite but is NF land so it doesn’t matter. (I have a whole list of 24-hr solo backpacking spots within a 2 hour drive of my house for just this sort of purpose.)
As much as I feel for you, there’s not much, it’s a public campground. If you have the time you could cancel, get a refund, then move spots . That’s the risk with public campgrounds, you could be sat next to a broken wingnut who thinks their Spotify playlist and JBL speaker is gods gift to man through them.
I recommend doing a bit of hiking with a light hammock and finding a nice spot away from the campground
Best thing to do is look at the pictures and/or call and ask which sites are most isolated. Even with maps that show good separation sometimes sites are right on top of each other. I’ve had sites where the cars park literally next to each other on the same piece of pavement yet the maps show them as separate.
Stay away from the curve. Headlights.
Those sites are going to be long gone by August.
Where is this? Wouldn’t be surprised if they’re all taken by August, that’s still 3 months away
I would change my spot assuming this will fill completely by your trip. Best spots are generally outside loop with people only on 1 side. I see at least 4 possibilities.
Edit: 4 possible good spots, not 2
Can you edit your post to explain your going this Monday and not in August?
Also, yeah, just wait until day of, scope out the empty sites, and then ask the staff if you can move..
Today is mid-May. The start of the Happy Season.
August is off limits, for obvious reasons. That leaves about 2.5 months for which you could be taking this two day getaway.
Now, unless you’re independently wealthy, or unemployed, and can do a Tuesday-Wednesday trip, you’re talking about an Any Given Sunday situation here, which means that approximately 101% of those other sites will be taken by the time of your trip dates.
Campgrounds and paid campsites get pretty popular when the weather is perfect; You might be sweating the details a little too much here.
I’d just move to another spot void of people or RV’s. But in a campground like that, good luck finding that solitude. Your best bet for solitude is finding disbursed camping in BLM land if at all possible.
Brendan T Byrne! You know what’s insane, I camped that exact red circled spot last year twice, once solo and another time in with my daughter! Great site , secluded from the 2 nearby site by trees and set back enough that it’s nice and cozy. I’d say keep it, here’s a pic of my setup from August of last year 🙌
https://preview.redd.it/7i1ihnhdvd1h1.jpeg?width=4624&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e17e7a082b39962f366388a79592d47d940543c6
Hey! I understood you were camping soon, not in August when she’s close to delivering!! This campground is a rough one. No real tent sites off by themselves according to the map. Just go for it. Only other alternative is to go to a hike in boondock site in a national forest.
I would just go enjoy it. If you want solitude go backpacking. Even then it’s not guaranteed.
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Where did you book the site? I know when I book through recreation.gov it lets you change your site.
How far away are they from each other
Depends on the traffic flow, that corner could see alot of headlights
I would look at the photos of the site itself. Both could be very nice since you don’t have rear neighbors by the looks of it.
Keep the spot. Best that can happen is you make a new friend. Worst that can happen is that a dozen of his buddies will take the other spots around you and party all night and run a gas generator and play loud music until 3am and use your campsite as a thoroughfare and use motor oil to light their campfire and get in a fistfight with the park ranger and string-up annoying LED lights. Happy reset!
Maybe they have good memories there.
Ngl I did this once because I was scared to camp alone 💀 lol
I’ll be the a-hole since everybody else is being nice. You are camping 1 hr from the 6th largest city in the US and are complaining there is 1 other camper at the campsite, who is not even in the adjacent site to yours? My dude, you have got to get further from civilization if you want complete isolation.
Congrats on baby #2 tho!
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Keep driving
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Just go to a different spot. I’ve come across this situation plenty and most of the time nobody noticed or cares if the campground is so empty.
Id set up my tent a few spots over. If there is a campground manager just let them know.
I go solo camping all the time and love not having a neighbor. Two campsites away is plenty of space. You probably won’t even notice them.
Also worth mentioning there are websites/apps that resell camping spots. They aren’t gonna care about who is nearby when they assign a spot which is likely automated
That sucks. Ask the campground if you can move
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Have fun, and then make sure you give your wife some time to reset and be alone.
Can you change your site online? If you really wanted to be as alone as possible, I don’t see a problem with asking to change when you get there. The worst they can say is no. I’ve never camped at a place where there are ao many open spots. It’s like a race to get a spot at our favorite place as soon as booking opens. 😅
Legit thought this was a scene from Paperboy on the gameboy subreddit
Drive right on by and find a nice dispersed camping spot. No aśŝhat self entitled people to deal with that way.