Camping Etiquette - Minding Your Manners In Campgrounds

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While camping in our nations campgrounds, it is important to respect your fellow campers.  Listed below are a few rules to live by to ensure everyone has a pleasant experience.

• Respect other campers sites.  Do not just go walking through the camp sites of your neighboring campers.  
• Follow the rule for quiet time.  There comes a point in the evening when it is time to quiet down and just relax.  Your camping neighbors will appreciate you for this and you will appreciate your neighbors being quiet as well.
• Don't turn your radio up so loud that the entire campground has to listen to your music.  Not everyone wants to hear it.
• Make sure that your campfire is completely out before you leave your camp site.
• Be sure your any food is put up at night in coolers or in a vehicle....somewhere that it will not become a temptation for the wildlife.  Animals can become used to gaining easy access to food and will begin to hang around causing a disturbance to yourself and others camping in the area.
• Always dispose of your grey water in the designated areas provided by the campground.
• When leaving the campground, make sure it is as clean or better yet a little more clean than when you showed up to begin your camping adventure. Clean up all your trash.

By following these few tips, you will ensure that you and your fellow campground neighbors all have a good time.

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