CottontailCurl
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Anybody have any stories about people they've seen while camping at Fort Wilderness who have remained part of your 'camping at the fort' memories?
One trip there was a campsite near us that had nothing on it but a small two person tent on it, no car, no supplies. We later found it was the honeymoon suite of a couple who had flown in from Mexico City just after their wedding. (I asked them if they thought the Mexican Pavilion is representative of their country and they said yes, especially the restaurant which is almost an exact copy of a chain in Mexico City).
Another trip found us with neighbors across from us who were tent camping who had a dining tent that was set up with everything you could think of that would make their campsite a home away from home. Tables were set up like counters around the walls of the tent and they had a really impressive amount of stuff set up.
I've already mentioned two families who became bosom buddies during their trip; one was from the US and the other was from Scotland. Although they'd never met before, they ended up going to the parks together every day of their stay (heard this from Sundee at the campfire singalong, but I can't remember if they met at the singalong or if they were next to each other at the campground).
I tend to get connected to the people we run into from our loop. One trip I kept bumping into the wife of pop-up family nearby, doing laundry, brushing teeth, etc. About 4 days into our trip we came around the corner from the bus stop and their pop-up was gone, it actually made me kind of sad. I guess everyone is supposed to stay the same amount of time as we are!
This past December we invited my family to come over from their resorts for a cook-out with us. We had the van opened too long I guess, the next morning the battery was dead, I called the front desk and they sent a very nice guy out to jump start the battery. He said to let it run for a while and it would be good to go. I asked a gentleman who was going by on a bike if he knew how long 'a while' was (CM had already left) and he said he didn't think I should rely on that type of jump, he had a system that you attach to your battery and would give it a longer better charge and I could use it if I wanted. He helped set it up and came back a couple times to check on it. We ended up leaving it overnight, it was a very generous thing for him to do; above and beyond your usual neighborly camping experience.
The campers of Fort Wilderness are a big part of what makes a stay there something a lot different than a stay in a hotel.
One trip there was a campsite near us that had nothing on it but a small two person tent on it, no car, no supplies. We later found it was the honeymoon suite of a couple who had flown in from Mexico City just after their wedding. (I asked them if they thought the Mexican Pavilion is representative of their country and they said yes, especially the restaurant which is almost an exact copy of a chain in Mexico City).
Another trip found us with neighbors across from us who were tent camping who had a dining tent that was set up with everything you could think of that would make their campsite a home away from home. Tables were set up like counters around the walls of the tent and they had a really impressive amount of stuff set up.
I've already mentioned two families who became bosom buddies during their trip; one was from the US and the other was from Scotland. Although they'd never met before, they ended up going to the parks together every day of their stay (heard this from Sundee at the campfire singalong, but I can't remember if they met at the singalong or if they were next to each other at the campground).
I tend to get connected to the people we run into from our loop. One trip I kept bumping into the wife of pop-up family nearby, doing laundry, brushing teeth, etc. About 4 days into our trip we came around the corner from the bus stop and their pop-up was gone, it actually made me kind of sad. I guess everyone is supposed to stay the same amount of time as we are!
This past December we invited my family to come over from their resorts for a cook-out with us. We had the van opened too long I guess, the next morning the battery was dead, I called the front desk and they sent a very nice guy out to jump start the battery. He said to let it run for a while and it would be good to go. I asked a gentleman who was going by on a bike if he knew how long 'a while' was (CM had already left) and he said he didn't think I should rely on that type of jump, he had a system that you attach to your battery and would give it a longer better charge and I could use it if I wanted. He helped set it up and came back a couple times to check on it. We ended up leaving it overnight, it was a very generous thing for him to do; above and beyond your usual neighborly camping experience.
The campers of Fort Wilderness are a big part of what makes a stay there something a lot different than a stay in a hotel.
