Paris Mountain State Park
Greeneville, SC
Small lake near the campground headquarters.
Well, it has been a while since I had a
blog rant so maybe this is overdue. We
headed back to Paris Mountain State Park in Greenville, SC again. I was scheduled to work the night shift for
the next week to 10 days, and I was looking forward to the peace and tranquility
that we normally have when staying in state parks in the motorhome.
That wasn’t going to be the case this
time. It wasn’t too long after we
arrived that we noticed that every single camper coming into the park had
multiple dogs. Now, it is not unusual
for some of our camping neighbors to have a dog, or even a couple of dogs. And don’t get me wrong, I like dogs….I have
had many dogs throughout my life and they all became a big part of the
family. But, when every single campsite
has multiple dogs you begin to wonder what the heck is going on.
As it turns out, there was a big “dog show”
at the Convention Center in Greenville on the weekend, and folks had started
arriving early to enjoy the area. That’s
cool. At least it is cool until people
in the campsite next to me pull up with 13 dogs. Yes, 13 dogs !! …. all in dog travel cages
(prisons)….all yelping…..all the time….all day long….while I try to sleep after
flying night vision goggles all night long.
Dahleen did say that the dogs calmed down during night (big deal….I was
working then).
Note: Dahleen could sleep through a 7.5 earthquake and I am a light sleeper who ALWAYS sleeps with ear plugs.
I spoke with the owners
and explained my situation….while they did listen to me and acted like they
cared….nothing changed. I went to the park office and asked if
there was a limit on the number of dogs per campsite. The lady said she wasn't sure, but she thought maybe
two was the limit. She then asked me if
there was a problem, and I told her about the 13 dogs being kept in cages all
day and night; and about them barking all day while I tried to sleep after working all night. She acted truly shocked that anyone would bring 13
dogs into a campsite. She assured me they would check into it.
I left the office thinking the park
rangers would handle it…..nope. Nothing.... except continual barking from next door, 25 feet away. All. Day. Long. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday. Saturday. Sunday…..and yes, they stayed an extra day after the show was over. Monday.
A most miserable, tiring, sleepless week. Oh, and the funny thing (hahahahahaha) ……the park rules state
there is a 6 person limit per
campsite. Guess you can have 50 dogs if
you want, but you’d better not be a father and mother with 5 kids.
Beautiful, wooded, winding roads throughout the park.
Kinda challenging for a motorhome passing another motorhome. :-)
Home for a couple of weeks.
View from our outdoor dining room. Motorcycles ready for the beach in the trailer.
Our quiet neighbor.....unlike the loud, annoying ones directly next door.
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