So last night the peace and tranquility of the campsite was shattered by caravans and RV's rolling in, mainly for 'York Fest'.
If you ever needed to be shown how wasteful Americans can be - here goes:
Whilst sitting on the bench, stoking and tending to my modest, yet wonderfully hot fire (see Fire Making 101 to build your own!); I looked around.
At one site, featuring an old couple, the man pulled in on his wee 4X4 dragging a whole tree, yes a whole tree, behind him. He proceeded to chop it into pieces with a loud obnoxious chainsaw and throw it onto a giant, not very hot, flaming mess of a fire.
On the next site within my view there was a family with a unnecessarily large RV running a generator for what seems like no apparent reason. My thought is: if you are camping and you need a generator going for hours at a time, you have way too much shit you really don't need.
On the third site, a large family of fat people, with TWO large caravans, decided to leave a propane lamp burning until 3 in the morning - after going to bed at 9 o'clock. It wasn't a small lamp either. 30 odd feet away, I could see everything in front of me better than a full moon burning. Now, maybe their fat children were scared of the dark, and needed to see where their fat little legs were going in the middle of the night; but isn't that why we invented flashlights?!
Three examples, all on one night. A massive, pointless waste of resources that are too few, and are fast running out. I don't quite know at what point camping became a luxury based activity. People need to think more about what they take with them and how much of it they REALLY need to take. If you need a generator going to power the air-con in your over-sized RV; get a smaller fucking RV, and go somewhere not so fucking hot. You never need to go off and chop down a whole fucking tree to burn on a fire that's really not gonna keep you warm (cos it's a wet, live tree you're burning!) Go into the forest, look around a bit more, and you'll see... lots of FALLEN trees already on the floor! Take an AXE, not a fucking chainsaw, and hack pieces off that tree for your fire. It might actually burn better! And you won't need so fucking much wood. I admire people trying to get their fat children out of the house and away from the TV, out into the REAL world; but don't let them sleep in a giant big caravan with the same life they're accustomed to at home - stick them in a tent (they won't die) and hike their fat little asses all over the beautiful country you have decided to camp in the middle of.
I would like to apologize if my language is a little strong/harsh in this blog, but this is something I care about, something that actually matters. If people keep wasting EVERYTHING, then their won't be anything left for future generations to appreciate; when they actually WANT to go out and appreciate it. I would greatly welcome any and all thoughts you may have on this topic. Thank you.
About Alex and Candice
- Alex and Candice
- Bay Area, California, United States
- Alex was born in London, England and has been living in the States for about 5 years. He has had many jobs in his life including being in the British Army, being a promoter in London and bartending.
Candice was born in Los Angeles, California and has been living in San Francisco for almost five years. She has also had many jobs in her life including being an archaeologist, an ESL teacher and a Director of Studies at and ESL summer camp. Her current hobby is learning to fix ailments using essential oils.
Pebble is a female dwarf tuxedo hamster who has recently found much joy in escaping from her cage and running about! She is always a rambunctious barrel of laughs!
Peanut was a standard dwarf hamster. He was a lover of his bed and enjoyed sleeping most of the day. He died peacefully in Southern Oregon and is buried near a river there.
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