BajaNomad

Ever Wonder?

bajarich - 1-23-2006 at 03:55 PM

Why is it that you can be camped off by youself on any one of the nice beaches in Baja, and, when someone else drives in, they pull in right next to your campsite and start setting up camp without even asking if they are too close. I have had this happen numerous times, even though there was plenty of beach to allow some space between camps. Are people that insecure, or do they
just assume you like to have them camp right on top of your camp? I like a little space around me and would never even consider pulling in real close to a strangers camp unless it was the only option.

comitan - 1-23-2006 at 03:59 PM

Rich

I think you hit on it insecurity!

Cincodemayo - 1-23-2006 at 04:00 PM

Any cute women in their group? If not just bring a roll of "Police Line-Do NOT Cross" tape.

surfer jim - 1-23-2006 at 04:10 PM

I hate this subject....I thought it was always ME that they pull up next to.....I feel like a magnet sometimes....I have had people pull so close that I can't open door all the way.....this happens EVERYWHERE....something about more remote areas makes it even worse when they do it.....and yes...loud music is OK for them....smoking fires.....fireworks....drunks....well you know what I mean.....

Next time that happens...

Sharksbaja - 1-23-2006 at 04:28 PM

be sure the beer is hidden. Oh, and the ladies too!:lol:

Maybe they'll move on.:cool:

Cincodemayo - 1-23-2006 at 04:32 PM

Sharks...
How about those SEAHAWKS!!!!!

Grouping

MrBillM - 1-23-2006 at 05:05 PM

I used to always be the guy that would camp as far away from any other campers that I could. Invariably, when I would then meet one of those campers on the beach, they would ask me if I was "Anti-social" (YES).

bajaandy - 1-23-2006 at 06:35 PM

Wow... and here I thought I was the only one this happened to. Guess there are a lot of insecure people out there. When this happens to me, I make it a point of carefully removing my wetsuit so that my unwanted neighbors get the full moon they deserve.

Cincodemayo - 1-23-2006 at 06:50 PM

I'd think it would be wierd to pull up to a beach and camp out next to someone when there is so much area versus going down furthur and walking to say howdy with a cerveza in hand....space the place.

Bruce R Leech - 1-23-2006 at 07:09 PM

Loud music over Big speakers will usually get them to move back:lol:

Ever Wonder... AND

mcgyver - 1-23-2006 at 07:15 PM

The same people will drive past a campsite that is dirty, overgrown, needs ruts filled etc ,etc, and then when you clean it up, haul off the empty cans and broken bottles and make a nice camp site out of it and go to town for supplies or return the next week or what ever and who is camped in the site??? So you go on down a ways clean up another site and the next time their friends are in it, BOY now they can camp together!!!
You know who you are!! So I am only a 70 year old disabled vet so I will clean your 30,s something self another camp site.
Yes MRBill I am anti-social too!

Frank - 1-23-2006 at 07:23 PM

We usually just pull up and introduce ourselves and ask if there are any spots as good as the one you have. We can take our hints from there, and we leave camp sites in better shape then when we found them.

Cincodemayo - 1-23-2006 at 07:30 PM

Frank...
Great point. Always gets me as people can carry full bottles and cans in but can't carry out empties? Trash bags work wonders.

that has never happened to the Baja Boyz

BajaVida - 1-23-2006 at 08:38 PM

whose members include thebajarunner, el almirante and yours truly

in fact, we were once breaking camp north of La Gringa and el gato loco did not even come by to help or visit

we later found out it was him--his excuse? he didn't think we had any beer left

wrong!!:cool:

bajarich - 1-23-2006 at 08:41 PM

I have been known to say "There are 3000 miles of beach in Baja, how come you chose to camp right on top of me?"
One time when a camper pulled in within 10 feet of mine, I asked him if he would mind moving over a little, and he told me that he was afraid someone else would pull in between us if he left more room. There was plenty of space on the beach, but I think he was used to camping in RV parks.

Dave - 1-23-2006 at 09:02 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by bajarich
Why is it that you can be camped off by youself on any one of the nice beaches in Baja, and, when someone else drives in, they pull in right next to your campsite and start setting up camp without even asking if they are too close. I have had this happen numerous times, even though there was plenty of beach to allow some space between camps. Are people that insecure, or do they
just assume you like to have them camp right on top of your camp?


Next time, greet them enthusiastically...sans pants. If that doesn't produce results then I would hurriedly break camp.

Frank

Baja Bernie - 1-23-2006 at 09:27 PM

Never doubted for a minute that you were that kind of guy.

4baja - 1-24-2006 at 07:40 AM

next time crank up the AC/DC and pull out the fire works, theyll leave.

Camping etiquette

Pompano - 1-24-2006 at 07:42 AM

We camp a lot with friends so we do camp close to each other...but not too close. Just close enough for that comfy get-together at the campfire each night.

If some stranger finds our spot, we find out right quick if we are compatible, which 'generally' turns out to be the case. We have met lots of people this way and have thankfully formed a few lasting friendships. We go to adventuresome places and these places attract adventuresome people..hence, we have something in common already when we meet.

I feel for your plight, bajarich, but thank goodness we have not met any rude campers yet. Maybe the beach attracts more people like that..being it's usually so easy to get there? We tend to like the interior wilderness more for camping.

Campers too close?

Pompano - 1-24-2006 at 07:53 AM

Like another Nomad posted a while back (Neil Johns, I think), you could always chose a spot where nobody will bother you.

oladulce - 1-24-2006 at 09:35 AM

We seem to attract the guy who recently inherited his grandma's vintage LTD and decides to take it on an adventure down the peninsula. You can usually see him coming from off in the distance- the sparks coming from his dragging muffler hitting rocks on the way down the dirt road are a clue.

Always a very friendly chap, and he'll decide to pull right next to us on the deserted beach.

Soon we'll discover that he has no sunshade, is out of water, brought no sunscreen or bug spray, doesn't have an ice chest let alone any beer, has no chair to sit on at his "camp", and "boy your coffee sure smells good" in the morning.

the worst is when people roll up

eetdrt88 - 1-24-2006 at 10:30 AM

next to your campsite and start playing board games,nothing more annoying than that:no::no::no::lol::lol::lol:

Two words

DanO - 1-24-2006 at 10:43 AM

Chain. Saw.

David K - 1-24-2006 at 10:50 AM

You guys crack me up... Go to Shell Island or some place you really need 4WD and deflated tires to go to!

I have camped there when Hotschott and his wife were there... and we do dinners together and have fun... but my camp is over a sand dune and 300' away to allow them privacy. That seems natural to me... we go to Baja to get away from the crowds...

At our Matomi Gang reunion where we all camped at Nuevo Mazatlan, we each were in seperate camping spaces, but got together around one big campfire... Same was true of M's BBBB camping fiestas.

It seems we Nomads understand the 'rules' naturally... about space between campsites!:tumble:

[Edited on 1-24-2006 by David K]

bajarich - 1-24-2006 at 04:29 PM

It's not that I don't like meeting other people, it is that some don't seem to have any problem crowding in right on top of my camp without even asking when there is plenty of space for them to camp just over there a bit. I have met many nice people camping on Baha's beaches.

elgatoloco - 1-24-2006 at 06:53 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by BajaVida
whose members include thebajarunner, el almirante and yours truly

in fact, we were once breaking camp north of La Gringa and el gato loco did not even come by to help or visit

we later found out it was him--his excuse? he didn't think we had any beer left

wrong!!:cool:


Clarification- We saw that you were breaking camp and figured we better get to town while there was still some beer left at the mercado. Admittedly a bit of an overreaction but better safe then sorry. :biggrin:

We do regret that we did not come over and say hola. :(

Next time! :yes:

Debra - 1-25-2006 at 07:56 AM

Once Gecko was packed (Spring Break) so Mary Ann, David K, and I planted our tents wayyyyyy south of camp in the dunes. I set up my tent aways away from them (they both snore!) I wake up to his horrible snoring! (WHAT THE HE%^%$*!!!) I thought I'd moved far enough away! I get up in the morning and find some strange man, all alone, with his tent not 5ft. from mine! What's up with that!!! :fire: I didn't invite him for tea and he didn't stay long. Could it have been the "unhappy camper" look on my face?

thebajarunner - 1-25-2006 at 07:53 PM

man, I been outta town (actually in another civilization- Dallas) for a few days and Baja Vida told me to check out this thread.

Matt (Gato) you must remember that we fired a rocket or two your way, just to try and get your attention, never did understand why you took offense to our aerial bombardment of your camp...

and, as to running out of beer.... Baja Vida (a.k.a. El Commandante) requires each member of the Baja Boyz to bring two cases of road beer from home, then we buy two cases per member in Maneadero.... and we try to bring at least one case of wine per member. we seldom run out, although sometimes we have to resupply en route home in Ensenada.

and I don't even drink that much......

bajarich - 1-25-2006 at 09:10 PM

Last year, at Los Frailes, I had a big yellow schoolbus full of young surfers from California camp right next to me. They were actually pretty nice guys and didn't make too much noise, but they were a little too close for the size of their group. Los Frailes is not a deserted beache by any means, but there is still no reason to pull in within 20 feet of another camper. Luckly, they were headed for Los Cerritos and only stayed a few days at Los Frailes.

There is another group of kids from No. Cal. who have been coming the last two years. They are very loud and don't respect anybody else's peace & quiet. They camped in the trees on the north end of the beach where many retired and older Canadians camp and caused quite an uproar with their loud rap music. They are young and wonder why no one seemed like them. People generally are camped at Los Frailes for the fishing and wake up early to be on the water at sun up, so they go to bed early (Baja Midnight is 9 pm. Last year those kids stayed at the rental house south of the hotel, but they rented ATV's and ran them all over the beach, between & through peoples camps. That's about the time I headed north.