Not sure if this is the right forum for this, or if there even IS a right forum for this, but...
Purchased our first RV (a 32' Winnebago Brave) in early July. Spent most of July getting it roadworthy...little stuff like fixing the damned auto-park brake (replaced RGS and then solenoid valve) and cleaning/rebuilding the carb for the genset. Since then we've put nearly 3,000 miles, camped about 25 times at 9 different properties (mostly COE properties on/near lakes).
On about our fifth outing, this time without our kiddos, after parking and getting a good fire going (so within about 30 minutes of arrival) we were "approached" by another couple from a nearby site...they basically asked us what we were "into" and if we wanted to hang, drink, then "see where things went." We were a little stunned and of course politely declined. My sweetheart was very confused by this and a little worried since we're reasonably new to camping. I convinced her that they were probably drunk (although I honestly couldn't tell if that was the case), or that perhaps there was some other "event" going on at the campground and they just assumed we were a part of it. The couple was otherwise polite and generally not what we'd typically consider to be creepy. So we both wrote it off as a freak occurrence.
But then just this last weekend we were at a completely different campground, freezing to death (it got near freezing here) and essentially the same thing happened... While walking our two tiny dogs and waving to other campers who took notice of them, we were approached by yet another couple and asked if we'd like to hang out, have some drinks and watch baseball on their big screen LED TV. We figured it was just a neighborly invite and declined saying that we basically needed to stay with our dogs and get them back to our rig/site. But then they dropped the bomb... They suggested that after we took our dogs back we could head back to their 5th wheel and stay as long as we liked and maybe even put on our PJs in case we wanted to crash. Who the Hell abandons their dogs to go "crash" at a neighboring site? So since I'm a fairly bold person I came right out and asked if they were trying to pick us up, and after stammering around a bit they conceded that yes, that's essentially what they had in mind but that there was certainly "no pressure" and that they "didn't intend to offend us."
We're a couple in our mid-40s, no Ken and Barbie but not hard to look at, either. The first couple to approach us was probably in their mid to late 50s and it was on a Thursday night. The couple this past weekend was much closer to our age, perhaps even a little younger. And we were walking around in jeans, pull-overs, and baseball caps...with dogs...not half-naked with cocktails. So delete this post if it's horribly inappropriate to discuss this here but, WHAT THE HELL? Are RV campgrounds or parts thereof known to be popular swinger hang-outs? Most of the time we just see what we assume to be retirees or families. So while these two experiences are exceptions, we still think that two such occurrences within a few months is STRANGELY FREQUENT!
And no, we didn't "hook up"... Sorry if that's why you were still reading...
Anyone else have similar experiences? Or is that a question that's well, out of the question? :\
EDIT: I'm certainly not trying to offend anyone who is into that lifestyle. Live and let live, to each their own, blah blah blah, etc.
Purchased our first RV (a 32' Winnebago Brave) in early July. Spent most of July getting it roadworthy...little stuff like fixing the damned auto-park brake (replaced RGS and then solenoid valve) and cleaning/rebuilding the carb for the genset. Since then we've put nearly 3,000 miles, camped about 25 times at 9 different properties (mostly COE properties on/near lakes).
On about our fifth outing, this time without our kiddos, after parking and getting a good fire going (so within about 30 minutes of arrival) we were "approached" by another couple from a nearby site...they basically asked us what we were "into" and if we wanted to hang, drink, then "see where things went." We were a little stunned and of course politely declined. My sweetheart was very confused by this and a little worried since we're reasonably new to camping. I convinced her that they were probably drunk (although I honestly couldn't tell if that was the case), or that perhaps there was some other "event" going on at the campground and they just assumed we were a part of it. The couple was otherwise polite and generally not what we'd typically consider to be creepy. So we both wrote it off as a freak occurrence.
But then just this last weekend we were at a completely different campground, freezing to death (it got near freezing here) and essentially the same thing happened... While walking our two tiny dogs and waving to other campers who took notice of them, we were approached by yet another couple and asked if we'd like to hang out, have some drinks and watch baseball on their big screen LED TV. We figured it was just a neighborly invite and declined saying that we basically needed to stay with our dogs and get them back to our rig/site. But then they dropped the bomb... They suggested that after we took our dogs back we could head back to their 5th wheel and stay as long as we liked and maybe even put on our PJs in case we wanted to crash. Who the Hell abandons their dogs to go "crash" at a neighboring site? So since I'm a fairly bold person I came right out and asked if they were trying to pick us up, and after stammering around a bit they conceded that yes, that's essentially what they had in mind but that there was certainly "no pressure" and that they "didn't intend to offend us."
We're a couple in our mid-40s, no Ken and Barbie but not hard to look at, either. The first couple to approach us was probably in their mid to late 50s and it was on a Thursday night. The couple this past weekend was much closer to our age, perhaps even a little younger. And we were walking around in jeans, pull-overs, and baseball caps...with dogs...not half-naked with cocktails. So delete this post if it's horribly inappropriate to discuss this here but, WHAT THE HELL? Are RV campgrounds or parts thereof known to be popular swinger hang-outs? Most of the time we just see what we assume to be retirees or families. So while these two experiences are exceptions, we still think that two such occurrences within a few months is STRANGELY FREQUENT!
And no, we didn't "hook up"... Sorry if that's why you were still reading...
Anyone else have similar experiences? Or is that a question that's well, out of the question? :\
EDIT: I'm certainly not trying to offend anyone who is into that lifestyle. Live and let live, to each their own, blah blah blah, etc.
