My wife Pam coined the term "looplapper" on our last camping trip. Most public campgrounds are laid out in loops with the campsites arranged off them. A "looplapper" is a newly arrived camper who is trying to find just the "right site." Around and around the campground loops they go, stopping now and then to get a closer look at a promising site. By the third or forth time the looplapper passes your campsite, you feel that you have known them for years - and when you awake the next morning, they're gone! The number of laps a looplapper makes is not in direct proportion to the number of nights he/she may stay. We always go around at least twice just to be sure we have chosen the bestest possible camping site in the whole campground. While camping at Morro Bay State Park, California, we must have completed at least five laps before choosing a site. While registering, the Ranger warned me that the beautiful tall eucalyptus trees surrounding our site were a favorite roost for Turkey buzzards. Despite the warning, we took the site. The next morning our trailer and tow vehicle had a new paint job - black speckled whitewash. Took a heck of a wash job to clean up that mess!
For some unknown reason, picnic tables are never sitting in the right spot when you pull into a campsite. Those tables have to be at least turned to face the proper direction and most often moved to a different (and better) location. I believe the campground directors place the tables in the wrong place just to be ornery! Some campgrounds even chain down their picnic tables - which can really get a camper upset. I like my table situated just so. When cooking on the ole Coleman or tabletop BBQ, I want the sun to rise in my face and set to my back; that way it's not too hot, and maybe I can see what I'm cooking. Oh yes, it helps also if the table is level, especially when frying eggs or cooking pancakes. Only I know where my picnic table should be placed, and I have noticed that other campers have their preference too. Watch for tableturners on your next campout.
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