"You've got to be kidding me!!!"
I declare shenanigans!! Two friends from work and I choose to go camping this weekend at Fall Creek Falls. We took the day off Friday and arrived around noon to have a choice campsite. We set up camp and went exploring. We came back later that day and saw we have some neighbors in the next campsite but really didn't think too much of it. They were a family of four w/ too small children. One being a tot of around 13-16 months. This kid cried every hour on the hour during the day. We did get a reprieve from around 9 pm to 4:30 pm where we were treated to early wake up calls. It wasn't too bad Sat morning as it rained all night and we were a bit wet anyway. Sunday morning the kid cried at 4:30am, 4:45, 5:00 etc. Upon the first wail, Budd loudly stated "You've got to be kidding me." We finally all got up at around 5:45 as it was cold and the kid wouldn't shut up. The parents also didn't keep an eye on him and he would constantly wonder over into our campsite and we would have to watch him so he wouldn't fall into our fire. I declare shenanigans on the parents of the child who did very parenting this weekend and who didn't think for a second about the many other campers on the campground. We did get a laugh when they packed everything away and then couldn't find their car keys. Their friends in the next site over apologised for the crying child but the parents never did.
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I've been with my kids when my daughter especially would wake up crying. I usually would go right next to her and calm her down because I know sounds carry in tents. Sounds like these parents didn't bother.
I also love the snoring in crowded campgrounds. I'm starting to experience that with the Boy Scout campouts that we've been on. I've become good friends with a pair of earplugs...
If that kid would have fallen off of the cliff behind our campsite. I don't know if I would have been horrified or relieved.