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Date:         Thu, 9 Apr 2009 19:15:24 -0400
Reply-To:     Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: was solar panels, now gen. noise
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <49DE5BCA.2070100@gmail.com>
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So there I am, quietly sitting in my Westy's open side door, somewhere high on the Blue Ridge Parkway, absorbing the magnificent view of the rising sun dispersing off the low-lying fog in the green valleys below. My egg burrito, still hot, in one hand, my wife's favorite brand of coffee in a cup in other. I turn to her to thank her for the freshly brewed treat when BLABLABLABLABLApatatapatapata! Interrupts the moment. No, it's not the burrito. It's a Harley Davidson. I wait for the leather clad couple to fade off into the distance and the world returns to balance. Good coffee, honey!

On 4/9/09, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > Right on. But you make my point: Next to a river or busy highway, those > bitty generators are drowned out and perfectly acceptable. On the other > hand, quiet campgrounds where all you can hear are breezes in the tree > boughs and birdies chirping are 20 to 40dB quieter than places with > continuous background noise and the sound of the generator can really > carry. Those are the places I like to camp. > > There was a fellow in a quiet CG near Lake Arrowhead that fired up his > construction-site type generator for a few hours each day. The racket > carried for a mile or more. I was gonna ask the campground host if she > could maybe put a bug in his ear or something, but two things dissuaded me > from bringing it up: > > 1. She drove from campsite to campsite twice a day in a stunningly noisy > Diesel pickup. Could hear that thing clattering 20 minutes before she got > to my site. She didn't like to turn it off when pausing to chat (why is it > that the people with the noisiest engines are the least likely to turn > them off?) so I had to literally shout over the sound of the engine to be > heard by her, and me standing only a few feet away from her truck. So I > guarantee that she never, ever, heard his generator over the rattle and > roar of that beast. > > 2. She mentioned that the fellow had been in the CG for a few weeks > because his house had been damaged in a fire. So I felt the man was > already going through enough misery w/o being hassled by someone whining > about his generator noise. > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano > Bend, OR > KG6RCR > > > > On 4/9/2009 12:47 PM Robert Fisher wrote: > >> On one of our camping trips last year our next-spot neighbor had one of >> those wee-bitty Hondas that he was using to charge the house batteries in >> his travel trailer. He ran it from around 9 a.m. to lunchtime each day- >> plugged it in and sort of shoved it under the trailer. I only knew because >> I saw him do it; I couldn't hear it over the noise of the river, the kids >> playing and my wife listening to (low-level) music via her zune/sirius >> boombox. I didn't smell it either. >> In contrast, my step-dad, on the other side of us fired up the 80's era >> Onan gennie in his motor home in the afternoon and basically drowned out >> the world, and it stank. I mentioned to him at one point that he might >> consider doing himself and the world a favor and upgrading to something >> more modern and he got a little defensive, but that's the way that goes. >> Sometimes a 'seed planted' is sufficient; they're considering getting rid >> of the behemoth altogether and getting something from this century. >> The point is, the little Honda wasn't bad at all from maybe 30-40 ft. >> away. >> >> Cya, >> Robert >> >> --snip-- >> No sir -- I'm sticking to my generators make poor campground neighbors >> stance until someone demonstrates otherwise. In a quiet campground. Like >> White Tank CG in Joshua Tree, or Laguna CG (on a weekday) near San Diego. >> Places where you can hear a car coming long before you see it. >> --snip-- >> >

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Chris S. Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur"


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