campground sites - can you leave them empty?

[LoveCareThinkDo]

the metal box or pole or whatever that you drop your envelope into is referred to as the "Iron Ranger". I am surprised nobody called it that. highdesertranger

That's what we call it amongst us camp hosts. but most people then have no idea what we're talking about and we have to explain what the heck an "iron ranger" is. So all the signs just say "fee box" and that's what we call it to the campers.

As a technical writer, I learned that special-purpose words are nice, unless no one knows what they are or what they mean. In which case they are less than worthless.

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[LoveCareThinkDo]

Most of the campground sites I've used have a post at the mouth of the site where you clip your receipt, indicating the site is occupied. Sometimes people will forget to remove them when they're done with the site, so if you see a receipt on a site that looks otherwise abandoned, get out and check the dates on the receipt.

Another rule we were told in camp host training is that if somebody pays but doesn't put any items in the site and then someone else comes along and pays but puts items in the site, that second person wins. You have to literally stake your claim. Just having a tag hanging on a post with nothing in this site is usually not good enough.

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[bigsallysmom]

Was recently looking at some NM camping opportunities on the reservation site. This is on Reserved America site... Reserved campsites shall become available to other visitors if the visitor holding the reservation does not occupy the reserved site or contact Reserve America or the park by 4 p.m. the day after the scheduled arrival date. At that time the site will be available to other visitors and reservations. The visitor holding the reservation is not eligible for a refund.

 

[VanFan]

A few weeks ago, we left our tablecloth on the table, weighed down with some fire logs.  When we got back, it was gone.  I called the office (state park) and was told that most likely, an animal had taken it.  I was pretty sure that animal was a well-meaning camp host or park employee, since the wood was neatly stacked by the fire ring.  After a hike, the table cloth reappeared, carefully weighed down with the logs.  Raccoons are darn clever, huh?

 

[tx2sturgis]

A few weeks ago, we left our tablecloth on the table, weighed down with some fire logs.

 After a hike, the table cloth reappeared, carefully weighed down with the logs. 

I think it must have been David Copperfield.

 

[RoamerRV428]

wow, crazy VanFan, you got Houdini in the woods

 

[Ken in Anaheim]

the metal box or pole or whatever that you drop your envelope into is referred to as the "Iron Ranger".  I am surprised nobody called it that.  highdesertranger

Another one I like is speed bumps are (were?) called the "sleeping policeman".

 

[LoveCareThinkDo]

Was recently looking at some NM camping opportunities on the reservation site. This is on Reserved America site... Reserved campsites shall become available to other visitors if the visitor holding the reservation does not occupy the reserved site or contact Reserve America or the park by 4 p.m. the day after the scheduled arrival date. At that time the site will be available to other visitors and reservations. The visitor holding the reservation is not eligible for a refund.

YMMV

We don't have that rule. Kinda wish we did though.

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