While we were camped at Buses By the Bridge this year, there was an older ba=
y window camped in front of us that had a generator on during the day (to bl=
end his margaritas of all things). Our issue wasn't so much the noise (even =
tho it was annoying) but the exhaust that it was emitting. It actually got t=
o the point where it was setting off our CO detector. Our little girl was ta=
king her afternoon nap at which point I had to ask him to turn it off after =
showing him the readings off our detector display.

I specifically wanted to have my 80Watt solar panel and aux battery set-up p=
roperly for BBB so I wouldn't be annoying others with noise (and other pollu=
tion)

-----Original Message-----
From: "Don Hanson" [dhanson928@GMAIL.COM]
Date: 02/05/2015 11:43 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Fri. Generator rant.

Again I must comment on how selfish it is to "camp" with your generator
on.  Plug your ears, stick out your tongue and yell "La LA LA..." at high
volume so you don't have to "hear" what I'm saying here, but there it is!

Deny deny deny, but your generator noise DOES completely eliminate the
peace and quiet that many people go camping to find.  Is it fair to impose
your noise on everyone around you?  No it is not.

  I know that most people don't even get out into the country very often
and fewer yet think their generators make any noise at all, but they really
do.
  The natural world is getting full, I know, but dang!...There's Solar and
batteries that do not impose on others who may value no unneeded noise, and
nobody NEEDS to listen to a generator.

  OK you all who Generate....You can unplug your ears and stop going "LA la
LA LA LA!" now, my annual anti-generator rap is done...hit the starter
button and go outside by your exhaust pipe and enjoy your camping...