Stifling States of America: Heat Wave!

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Alvin Walton

To avoid losing 250.00 I'll be any sex you want.

I bet you would.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Alvin Walton

To avoid losing 250.00 I'll be any sex you want.

lol, very true. it was cool, ended up zipping up the bottle coolie and of course ginger and whisky was in a cup. I think they wanted the appearence of alcohol to be limited. Of course its was the approach by the park ranger that rubbed me the wrong way. We never stopped drinking and never got a ticket. Funny to me, i can walk around with a gun in the state park, but not a beer.

[Monkeydad]

Woo...went to a minor league baseball game last night in Lancaster...until the sun went down it was miserable!

They did a great job trying to keep us cool...an ice cold sprinkler, free cherry slushies, cups of ice cubes and free water.

[MTK]

Are there posted rules in the park regarding alcohol?

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Are there posted rules in the park regarding alcohol?

The rules are out there ....

Maryland Department of Natural Resources - Maryland Park Service

Having camped with my 4 year old son next to a bunch of drunken a**-holes who partied until 3:00 a.m., I completely understand the restrictions.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

The rules are out there ....

Maryland Department of Natural Resources - Maryland Park Service

Having camped with my 4 year old son next to a bunch of drunken a**-holes who partied until 3:00 a.m., I completely understand the restrictions.

As do I

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

The rules are out there ....

Maryland Department of Natural Resources - Maryland Park Service

Having camped with my 4 year old son next to a bunch of drunken a**-holes who partied until 3:00 a.m., I completely understand the restrictions.

I don't understand the restriction at all. If I'm renting a spot and want to consume a few drinks as long as I'm not bothering anyone then who's business is it what I drink? If I was you I would just get up at the crack of dawn and make a bunch of noise like all the other campers seem to do. After all its just camping.

[Alvin Walton]

Originally Posted by firstdown

I don't understand the restriction at all. If I'm renting a spot and want to consume a few drinks as long as I'm not bothering anyone then who's business is it what I drink? If I was you I would just get up at the crack of dawn and make a bunch of noise like all the other campers seem to do. After all its just camping.

Mom and dad at campsite tent camping with six and seven year old.

Campsite next to them.
Four 20 some year old guys drinking beer and sipping JD until late at night.

You dont see the problem?
(those four guys are not going to sit there and quote bible passages to pass the time)

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Alvin Walton

Mom and dad at campsite tent camping with six and seven year old.

Campsite next to them.
Four 20 some year old guys drinking beer and sipping JD until late at night.

You dont see the problem?
(those four guys are not going to sit there and quote bible passages to pass the time)

That's part of camping. For guys sit around late drinking and being respectful of other campers late into the night. Mom and dad with 6 yr old wake up at the crack of dawn banging pots and pans around as they yell at little jimmy.

You don't see the problem?

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by firstdown

I don't understand the restriction at all. If I'm renting a spot and want to consume a few drinks as long as I'm not bothering anyone then who's business is it what I drink? If I was you I would just get up at the crack of dawn and make a bunch of noise like all the other campers seem to do. After all its just camping.

Any number of reasons, open fires, excessive littering - just to name a couple. I agree, a few drinks is not a problem. AND, if you're smart, respectful and "not bothering anyone", you have nothing to worry about when having an adult beverage or two b/c the rangers won't be checking in on you. Generally, they come by once give you a quick howdy and make sure you know that rules exist and let you know if you have any current, obvious infractions. If others complain about you, they come back and look for less obvious infractions, and so on and so on.

And by the way, I did get up at the crack of dawn (along with other campers) and, as we walked to the showers, my son & I sang the little ditty "Good morning to you" with the same gusto the partiers had singing less pleasant lyrics a few hours earlier. They were just as unamused as I had been.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Are there posted rules in the park regarding alcohol?

According to the man, if we had rented a cabins (they had like 10 cabins you could rent for a minimum of a week) we could drink inside there and it was prohibited anywhere else. If I wanted to drink inside I woulda stayed home.

[MTK]

I hear ya, but rules are rules.

[Chico23231]

Yeah, but it pays good to be a little bad sometimes.

But you always need to be respectful where ever your at drinking or not.

[MTK]

Muggy as hell and 88 today where I'm at. Went out for a walk at lunch and was drenched.

[GMScud]

Yeah it's 95 here right now.

August not off to a good start.