Cranky Campers!!!!

We have had an uncomfortable weekend at camp and I am open to any suggestions on how to deal with our neighbors.

One of the first weekends, we stayed at camp we were reminded by several people that we needed to be careful about the 5 miles an hour driving rule. Okay we agree that their are a lot of children wandering around and we need to be careful. However, I do not think that our truck even idles that low. We have to ride our brake when we are on the grounds. So, sometimes you may not be watching but believe me they are and will even follow your car to remind you. We have had this happen to our friends a few times. We joked and laughed the first few times.

Then this weekend things became more strained. We decided to go swimming Saturday evening and we were only at the pool for about 10 minutes, when the owner shows up. He asks who has been jumping in the pool and doing flips. A young mom with 3 little boys admits that her boys have been jumping in. He then proceeds to yell at her and says that there are signs posted as well as the fact that she signed an agreement. This lady had just arrived at the campground for a week and was not accustomed to the rules. Instead of giving her a warning or simply talking to her, he yelled at her in front of many people. He could have handled the situation many different ways and it was uncomfortable for everyone.

Finally, yesterday we went swimming as a family. When we go anywhere we put our 2 dogs in the camper while we are gone. We have a small Lhasa Apso who can be mouthy when we are not around. I guess she barked the whole time we were gone. We had left the windows open. So anyway our neighbor greets us and tells us that we need to muzzle her or take her with us. I was not happy. We were only gone a little over an hour. She was inside the camper, so while you could here her but she was not any different than the tons of other dogs in the campground. The neighbor also has a small dog that barks whenever someone walks by their camper. I was really upset because Jasmine is my dog and she does fine when we are with her. We are not at the campground all the time and do not often leave them alone in the camper. I think he could show a little understanding and tolerance.

At this point, we are not sure what to do. I at first told John and my girls that we should do as they ask and try to kill them with kindness. Any campground we go to will have a set of rules that we need to follow. But come on - relax already. Camping is suppose to be fun.