Camping @ TRF

[Taylor Blu]

Party In The Woods! Here's your glow stick antlers!

[azchris]

Hmm all this talk of ravers is really having my Wife and I thinking about our plans to camp on AHE.  Between not even knowing if we are going to be able to get a spot and then having to deal with these buffoons, might just use the shuttle service. 

[Lady Rosaline]

I cant say for this last weekend but as from my experiences from opening weekend it was really tame. I only saw one group of ravers and really they were pretty laid back. Maybe I missed something but I think the lack of fire kept them to a minimum.  Really I'm only out there to see my friends and have a place to sleep between fair days and don't pay much attention to the idiots. If someone, raver or rennie, gives me trouble I just walk away or call security.   

[Taylor Blu]

By the way. The camp was trashed pretty bad today.  We were the last people to leave the grounds so we saw what was left behind, truly sad.  While some at least stuffed trash into bags, they did not take it to the set up trash cans next to the porta johns(that were very clean all weekend, hand sanitizer FTW).  We had made friends with the only group that camped within 20 feet of us.  Yes they stayed up late getting toasted but made sure any outside girls were taken back where they came from. Awesome.  when morning came, that place was trashed.  If we try to camp clean then breaking down and heading out is easier. It will also cost less time and money to clean up the grounds.  Seriously, established groups that are well known left camp in a way that I would not want to be associated with.

[eldatari]

While I have heard horror stories for the last couple of years, I have to say that I always have a wonderful time.  My hubby and I camp AHE and closing every year and have never had anything happen.  Azchris, please remember that while people on this forum get annoyed with the raver problem every year, there is a reason that they come back, they still have a great time with good friends.  Otherwise they wouldn't bother complaining about it and they would just stop camping.

I want to encourage everyone to add good points about camping, not just complain about the ravers.  We have to remember that there are new people on these forums that are considering camping for the first time.  While I agree they need to be warned of areas to avoid, never being alone etc., we shouldn't scare them off either.

EVERYONE PLEASE OFFER UP A BALANCED VIEW OF CAMP AND REMEMBER WHY WE LOVE TO CAMP AT TRF!

[DancingDogDairy]

We are camping almost 2miles from the patrons campground and Friday night was just awful. Quiet time starts at 10 pm where we are, but at 11:00 the music started. A neighbor set off to find out who was making all of that racket. We were shocked to find out it was so far away. It must have been torturous for those closer.

My neighbor called the police who I know showed up because they drove right past me. Finally the music stopped and we all got some sleep.

I'm thankful it didn't go on all night. I might have lost my last shred of sanity.

[Bonny Pearl]

Hmm all this talk of ravers is really having my Wife and I thinking about our plans to camp on AHE.  Between not even knowing if we are going to be able to get a spot and then having to deal with these buffoons, might just use the shuttle service. 

Don't let this deter you and your wife from camping.  While there are a few issues with 'dull knives in the drawer' at camp it is still a very fun experience!  

[DancingDogDairy]

I could not hear anything on Saturday night. I assumed that everything had quieted down, but maybe I was so exhausted that I slept right through it.

[crashbot]

I always have a good time at the camp grounds. We are a small group of 4 usually and other than the occasional goob walking through, we don't get bothered.

[Rani Zemirah]

We haven't been camping out there for very long, but we've never had any problems, and only witnessed the occasional lost, stumbling drunk wandering about looking for home.  We don't camp in "party central", though, and it's always seems to get pretty quiet around 1-2am, when everyone starts looking for a nice warm fire to hang out around (maybe not this year, though).  I think if you want to camp where all the "action" is, then you take the bad with the good.  But it's easy to walk over that way and visit for a bit, and then head for the outskirts later on when it gets to be a bit much.  

[xed]

We haven't been camping out there for very long, but we've never had any problems, and only witnessed the occasional lost, stumbling drunk wandering about looking for home.  We don't camp in "party central", though, and it's always seems to get pretty quiet around 1-2am, when everyone starts looking for a nice warm fire to hang out around (maybe not this year, though).  I think if you want to camp where all the "action" is, then you take the bad with the good.  But it's easy to walk over that way and visit for a bit, and then head for the outskirts later on when it gets to be a bit much.  

+1

[THELADYKAT]

Wondering where everyone is camping and where we should set up camp.  Master Dorian and I will be there this weekend but the people we know from up here that is going are talking about setting up with a bunch of people I do not know and would not want my 2 year old around. They are also talking about partying all night. We do not mind hanging out till 2 but I don't know if Dorian needs to camp near them.

[azchris]

Hmm ok we have talked it over and have decided to give camping a chance.  I know honestly both of us would feel a bit better if we were able to camp with a group of like minded people, any chance any of the clans/groups here has room for one more tent AHE weekend? 

[Breandan]

I have a challenge for those who are in the "everything is fine" camp- convince ME, the man who spent his last year camping out there having to haul two underage drunken girls I found passed out on the ground half-naked to the authorities, and helped prevent a rape of a woman who was slipped something... and then carried HER back to her tent with her boyfriend's help, all in one night- that after the assaults on first weekend and the belligerent drunks I ran into last weekend (not to mention the blasting rap music) that I should bring my family, including my pregnant wife and 19-month-old, and camp there. I can be convinced, but it will take some work. It is a hell of a commitment for us, since we have to pony up the money for an RV to go (see aforementioned pregnant wife and toddler), and I would prefer to camp with friends.

[Rani Zemirah]

PR... the crazies and the dedicated drunks usually give that part of the campground a pass, mostly because they just don't make it that far from where all the lights and the noise are, but also because they just don't even know it exists.  So, it's the much more mellow partiers who just want to hang at camp, or go on walkabout for a while before coming back to crash.  There's also the fact that you can kick into the donation jar and eat Zaubon's cooking Friday and Saturday night, and breakfasts, as well, so that's less stress on you AND Tiff...  The camp is family friendly, and filled with people you already know... and right across the street from other people you already know... and only a few rows over from other people you already know... and surrounded by a whole bunch of other people who are generally fun and easy to get to know!  Oh, and Fi would undoubtedly be spoiled rotten the whole time... and surrounded by cooing women and girls who are all too happy to make a fuss over someone else's baby... until it's time to change her.    LOL 


There... not as difficult a sell as you were hoping, huh?