^^^ This
And a *rant
People think they can dispersed camp anywhere they want.. Last year,
@OrangecrushBronco and I were on a camping and 4 wheelin' trip in Gifford National Forrest in Washington State.
I camped and wheeled that NF frequently so I knew there was a super cool - small little man made beach area that runs along the river. There is a small, pull off the trail, shoulder area for people to park while they visit the beach. It's a pretty cool little beach. There
is was a 'no camping' sign by the beach so I assume the slobs described below must have taken it down.
As we were heading out on the trails, I see a full-blown camping setup on the beach. Not on the small pull off area, but dead smack on the small beach. They were about 15 feet, at most, from the water and their camp site took up almost the entire beach area.
I pull over and tell them they cannot camp there. I get an earful from the man and woman who were responsible. I tell them:
- A) It's a public beach area intended for everyone to use
- B) It's not their own personal private camping site
- C) Dispersed camping rules say that you must be a minimum of 100 feet from the water.
They go off on me again so I end up taking a photo of the plates on their vehicles to send to the Forest Rangers.
After our camping and 4 wheel trip, and as I am driving home,
@OrangecrushBronco and his wife go back to see if the irresponsible and slob campers had left (they were at that spot for all 3 of the days that we were in the area) so they can check out the cool little beach. He later sent me photos of all the trash these slobs had left behind on the beach. I also forwarded those photos to the Rangers for enforcement.
*/rant
TLDR: People need to follow dispersed camping rules as well...
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