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Re: [RC] buckets and chairs - Barbara McCrary

This is the very reason we say riders from at least 7 hours drive away may come in on Thursday; the rest may come on Friday. We've seen someone come in early and block off huge areas for friends; this does not allow others to choose.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Trefethen" <tref@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:30 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] buckets and chairs



...Most of the time when I go to rides I am meeting gals from
different parts of our home state... I can get there early as I
don't have a "real" job... So I try to save spots as close
together as I possibly can... Also, sometimes we share horses so if I bring an extra horse, it is easier to have the rider as
close by as possible.


The angst doesn't arise because people begrudge friends wanting to camp next to friends. It comes when people arrive early enough to get a good spot and find all the remaining primo locations have been blocked off.

While getting together with friends shouldn't be penalized by having your rigs in the least convenient spot, neither should it penalize others who make the effort to arrive early so *they* can get a good spot. Like Connie said, it's reasonable to save one spot for a friend but when one person blocks off a large area of the best spots, that's really annoying.

One solution is for the early arriver to block off the 3 or more spaces that are wanted in an area that is not the closest to the water, or the vetting, or whatever constitutes "the best" at a particular ride, but rather chooses an area that is a bit out of the way instead. That way, others arriving early won't feel as though they've been deprived of a good location by someone who has cherry picked the best spots for late arriving friends.


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