Up until Vrai went to the office, we both thought it was an adult only pool. That's what it was last year. We incorrectly assumed it was still a valid 'rule' this year. I had gone in the pool a few times by myself. I grab my noodle seat and just chill. The pools are separated by huge blocks of local stone. It's like a mini stonehenge with a few cactus and palms tossed in for good measure. It is a great set up. I call it the oasis. But each and every time I went in, inevitably some kids would wander over and it was always in pairs or a small group. Meanwhile it's cannonball central over at the big pool. I'd give the kids the hairy eyeball and my best REALLY!?! look. But c'est la vie. I have bigger fish to fry, as they say. But all in all, it's still a minor irritant. Go splash and jump over where kids are already doing those things.
We did chat up the parents. They live here all the time. This is there home. We are the transients. Quite a few families live here. Last year I was the school bus pull up and about 10 kids got out. People are realizing that staying in a reasonably priced campground is an economical option instead of paying rent for an apartment.
This is the same park where last year a lady opened her RV door and let her large dog run out unfettered. It was dark and all we heard was barking while Apollo was looking up at us with his Please Save Me Biped, I'll Be Good look. We are yelling at the lady to control her dog while she is telling us to stop yelling at the dog. Then a few night ago the same thing happened. I will say that the guy was walking 2 large dogs and both were leashed but when Fido broke bad, walker guy lost control of the leash. Luckily the dog was just a butt sniffer instead of intent on doing Apollo harm. He was very apologetic and somewhat embarrassed. All was forgiven, no harm no foul. In 2 + years of vagabondary, we've had 3 doggie incidents with 2 occuring at our current location.
In the big picture of things, we have it pretty good. Pools and dogs and traffic and slow servers and sand burrs are way down on the list of things that annoy us. In the next few weeks we will embark on a 4,400 mile road trip heading east then north then west then back to where we are now. It will be refreshing to get a break from the triple digit temps. Honestly severe heat here isn't as bad as high 90s on the east coast.
And this issue is why you will find campground where the minimum age is 55 and over.
. I was more annoyed that this particular set of parents felt the need to "show me" rather than tell their kids to go play with the other kids and stop bothering the adults.
Those people are just like you said - redneck trashy types. The places we've been to visit you guys (Cody, WY and PCB, FL) have been very pleasant with very pleasant guests. That includes Solomons Rec Center here in Calvert. 