Back to Paul Wolff

We returned to Paul Wolff Campground, part of the Burnidge Forest Preserve, on Sunday. As I mentioned a couple of posts ago, we had reservations so knew which site we were going to park in -- this is nice because a first-come, first-served system means you have to choose based on what's available. However, when you have a reservation, you have that specific site to stay in --

... even if the rig in the site next door is the one that reduces the property values in the neighborhood! I guess "Cousin Eddie" might be staying next door!

The additional interesting thing -- when we got to our reserved site, we unhooked the Jeep, and Carl proceeded to the dump station since we had done a few loads of laundry while we were at Big Rock. I noticed that there was some liquid on the asphalt of our site, and I tested it with my finger and found that, no, it was not water, it was motor oil, and quite a puddle of it. We had kitty litter available and poured that onto the spots, but we also contacted the ranger / camphost to let them know so they would be aware that it was here when we got here. They said that they had had to ask the nextdoor neighbors to move their extra vehicles the day before -- that they had been using the site we reserved as overflow parking (they had 3 additional vehicles besides the motorhome parked next door). They had moved the additional vehicles to parking available for extra vehicles, and we noticed that the pickup had a basin under the engine compartment.

It turned out that the camper next door and all of their other vehicles left by Wednesday morning -- and according to the camp host, the tarp was still strapped on top as they drove out. 

This is why many campgrounds have 10 year rules, indicating that rigs over 10 years old either cannot stay there, or must provide a photo before their reservation is accepted (the Forest Preserve campgrounds do not have this rule).