In all the times that we have been a Gate Attendant or camped in other parks, I don’t ever think of recalling of theft being so high in just one campground.
We did have our share of minor thefts while working the parks; coolers here, chairs there, and the most was being gas cans stolen the one year at Robinson Point.
While spending our winter months down in Quartzsite, AZ we have been warned that Generators were a hot item in the theft department and to make sure you locked up your generators or put them away.
In our case, we don’t have to worry about our generator being stolen, it’s a 4000 Onan that is attached underneath the frame of the motor home-so let a thief try and take it. I don’t think they will get very far.
Anyways, while staying here on the National Recreation Area and in one of the more populated parks, one would think that theft would be low. Specially when over 90% are seniors traveling slowly back north, with a few locals coming out to camp.
This week is National Park Week, so entrances to all National Parks are free for this week, ending on Sunday April 24th. With the entrance being waived and Easter falling late this year, the parks are booming with young adults with kids and the younger crowd coming out.
With this being said, on Thursday Evening 4 of the Honda e2000 generators were taken from varies campers site. All being under cable and lock. The thief cut the cable and at one even took the cable with them.
Now comes Friday night and we are socked in with one family with 8 kids, a neighbor that has a big mouth and don’t know when quiet hours are and young adults that came out to have a good ole time. By 11:00pm Brian yells out it’s quiet time and to shut it down. The family with the kids quieted down-other than their screaming baby. The big mouth got bigger and the party down a ways got louder. By 1:00am, we have no choice but to try and get some assistant.
We don’t like calling 911-so I go on the Internet looking for the non-emergency phone number the local sheriff’s department. found one, just to learn it’s the wrong number! No choice now but to call 911. The gentleman was understanding and directed our call the the National Park Service dispatch. Come to find out-no rangers on duty and no assistant. He asked if we got the host involved.
I guess from years of our own experience-we were never to get involve at night and to always call for assistant. I guess the National Parks works differently around here. So we had to go and get our poor host out of bed to get the folks to understand what quiet hours mean. It did get quiet, but now we have been putting up with a screaming (and no it’s not crying) baby for over an hour…..I guess we are being punished. I can understand a crying baby, but I have a hard time with a screaming baby or child.
One more night to go before they should all go home-hope it’s quiet…..
We did have our share of minor thefts while working the parks; coolers here, chairs there, and the most was being gas cans stolen the one year at Robinson Point.
While spending our winter months down in Quartzsite, AZ we have been warned that Generators were a hot item in the theft department and to make sure you locked up your generators or put them away.
In our case, we don’t have to worry about our generator being stolen, it’s a 4000 Onan that is attached underneath the frame of the motor home-so let a thief try and take it. I don’t think they will get very far.
Anyways, while staying here on the National Recreation Area and in one of the more populated parks, one would think that theft would be low. Specially when over 90% are seniors traveling slowly back north, with a few locals coming out to camp.
This week is National Park Week, so entrances to all National Parks are free for this week, ending on Sunday April 24th. With the entrance being waived and Easter falling late this year, the parks are booming with young adults with kids and the younger crowd coming out.
With this being said, on Thursday Evening 4 of the Honda e2000 generators were taken from varies campers site. All being under cable and lock. The thief cut the cable and at one even took the cable with them.
Now comes Friday night and we are socked in with one family with 8 kids, a neighbor that has a big mouth and don’t know when quiet hours are and young adults that came out to have a good ole time. By 11:00pm Brian yells out it’s quiet time and to shut it down. The family with the kids quieted down-other than their screaming baby. The big mouth got bigger and the party down a ways got louder. By 1:00am, we have no choice but to try and get some assistant.
We don’t like calling 911-so I go on the Internet looking for the non-emergency phone number the local sheriff’s department. found one, just to learn it’s the wrong number! No choice now but to call 911. The gentleman was understanding and directed our call the the National Park Service dispatch. Come to find out-no rangers on duty and no assistant. He asked if we got the host involved.
I guess from years of our own experience-we were never to get involve at night and to always call for assistant. I guess the National Parks works differently around here. So we had to go and get our poor host out of bed to get the folks to understand what quiet hours mean. It did get quiet, but now we have been putting up with a screaming (and no it’s not crying) baby for over an hour…..I guess we are being punished. I can understand a crying baby, but I have a hard time with a screaming baby or child.
One more night to go before they should all go home-hope it’s quiet…..
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