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 Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 11:44 am Post subject: Re: Campgrounds or boondocking: Which do you prefer? |
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I thought most campgrounds have quiet hours from 10pm to 6am and that extended to generators?
I also though the point of generators were to keep house batteries charged during the day without having to idle. Are rvs insulated that good they cant hear their own generators? |
They crank up the volume of American Idol to drown out the generator.
Whether it bothers anyone has only been asked of us in maybe 5% of the instances.
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 1:39 pm Post subject: Re: Campgrounds or boondocking: Which do you prefer? |
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Yep, really hate the generators. They're to run big screen TV's, microwave ovens, play stations, etc. You know, all that stuff you go camping to get away from. 
We try to find the remotest corner of campgrounds when we have to use, or campgrounds down dirt roads where it's hard to drag a small house.
Got lucky on our last trip, most of the places were still empty or only lightly used. The most campers we met up with were at Sage Creek campground in Badlands:
It's a nice place. We got there early and it filled up quickly, can't imagine what it's like in summer. Good hiking, lots of Bison.
Here was a small campground along the Blackfoot River, fishing accesses are good places to check, not always listed as campsites.
All the rivers were running high!
As was the Yellowstone. This was a nice free campsite outside Columbus MT.
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