Bad News: Campground Overrun by Hunters

(If you are receiving this in an email, it is because you signed up for a campground.)

BLM called me this morning, and we will no longer have the campground all to ourselves. They have decided to keep the campground open to the public through September 30th.  They have also decided, that yes, we do need to pay the campground fee for each site: $10, plus $5 additional vehicle. This also means that the following scenarios are possible:

A) Hunters indeed will drive out on Friday or may have been there all week using the campground as their home base and venison slaughter house.

B) No one will get their carefully selected (by me) campsite and instead will have to sleep in their car in the parking lot.

C) The dancing, etc. will have to cease and desist at 10pm.

D) The place will be deserted except for the campground host, and things will work out.

E) There will be fisticuffs over camp spots Friday night between our lot and the hunters.

F) There will be fisticuffs over camp spots Saturday night amongst ourselves.

G) All of the above.

I'm sorry to have to tell you, but the only guarantee that you will indeed get a place to camp would be to get out there and stay the night Friday. I'm not sure how my wedding committee will handle this. I know that BLM doesn't let you "hold" sites by purchasing them...but I also know that certain members on my wedding committee can be quite convincing and might be able to sweet-talk the campground host.

I will keep you posted on the outcome of this potential wedding disaster. Again, if you are thinking of camping and haven't told me yet, now would be a good time, because who knows, optimism may take the day and you may get exactly the spot you want.