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Roadside Camping.... CLOSED
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 12:43 am
by Wes
With the arrival of spring, new NO CAMPING signs have sprouted all over roadside parking lot.
Wes
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 12:58 am
by Jeff
That's interesting.
Any idea who put them up?
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 1:08 am
by Wes
Nope, but they were kinda "official" looking wooden ones.
Wes
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 4:49 am
by MAT
There were 2 guys in a white pickup, with some sort of county or park symbol on the side, putting signs in friday morning. It appeared that they were just adding more, unless they got there really early at like 5.
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 1:32 pm
by Artsay
Aw man...how sad. Roadside parking lot camping stories will be a thing of the past, left in the dust of RRG camping memory. Where the hell will those folks camp now? I don't think Miguel's can handle the overflow.
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 1:52 pm
by Yasmeen
I wonder what the reasoning behind it all was. I mean it was getting pretty dirty-- we noticed last time we were there that it seems like the trash cans never got emptied.
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 2:17 pm
by Gretchen
That has been an ongoing thing for years with the trash. I called the place the ghetto. I don't see how Miguel will be able to accommodate everyone. I guess there is a need for another tent city!
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 2:44 pm
by deleted username
What about that place that Winterstorm was hyping up a while back... sounded way cool... though it wasn't free.
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 2:59 pm
by Hefe
JB, tyhat place is pretty nice. I camp there alot for now cause no one else does. There is a LOT of room for the overflow and I am sure the owners would love to see the business. Good people, good spot. Hell, they had even cut firewood for us and stacked it next to my favorite site
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 3:12 pm
by Steve
That is a Wolfe County owned park so I'm guessing that was the official looking truck you saw. The trash has been a problem there for years. The dumpster was being used by locals that don't want to pay for curbside pickup and don't want to dump illegaly. IF I had to guess the county probabbly had to cut some funding in their budget somewhere (its a tough fiscal year for the state of KY). That or they were getting a lot of complaints about the people camping/trashing (not entirely the climbers fault) the area.