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I was reviewing my notes from our Sept/Oct cross country trip and would like to sight a couple of campgrounds that we thought were very nice. 1. Rippling Waters CG, West Virginia – This is a Christian campground just north of Charleston off I77. We paid $15.00 a night with electric and water. They have a dump station. Very clean and very well run. Quiet. Very good restrooms and showers. A beautiful pond with a miniature chapel. 2. Long Branch State Park, Missouri – Believe it’s an Army Corps of Engineer project. Near the intersection of Rt36 and Rt63. $14.00 a night with electric and water. Dump station. Very clean rest rooms and showers. Sites are in amongst the trees. Nice and quiet. 3. The Cotton Gin, Goodlett Texas – On Rt 287 just east of Childress. This place was a real find. For $16.20 a night we had full hookups including cable. They had a free laundry and the $16.20 included a continental breakfast. The breakfast included hot and cold cereal, pastries, waffles, orange juice, coffee and tea. I don’t know how they do it. The main attraction is the restored cotton mill and campground store. The sites were pull throughs and grassy. Very clean and well run. Quiet. 4. Red River Army Depot, Elliott Lake Rec. Area, Texarkana Texas. For authorized personnel only. $9.00 a night for electric and water. Dump station. All wooded sites on Elliott Lake. Quiet and beautiful. Authorized personnel include active and retired military and other DOD employees. This is a great facility with boat rental and fishing. Campground is located directly on the lake. If anyone is travelling through these areas, I highly recommend these campgrounds. jtb

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I was reviewing my notes from our Sept/Oct cross country trip and would like to sight a couple of campgrounds that we thought were very nice.

‘Preciate you taking the trouble to make this well-intentioned post, John, but… 1. Rippling Waters CG, West Virginia – This is a Christian campground

… Does that "Christian" self-designation mean I have a choice of Roman Catholic, Methodist, Mormon, and Coptic services? Am I allowed inside the Rippling Waters CG if I am one of those Jews? If so, could I use the front gate? Are Muslims clean enough for this campground? Are Buddhists, Jains, and Zoroastrians restricted to their own area? Is their area the same as the dog walking area? A beautiful pond with a miniature chapel.

… Is there an indicator of the direction of Mecca? If some of we "modern" people think this way, is it any wonder that Sunnis and the Shiites murder each other and the Tutsis eat enemy tribes? We’ve still got a loooooong way to go. –RW

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I was reviewing my notes from our Sept/Oct cross country trip and would like to sight a couple of campgrounds that we thought were very nice. 1. Rippling Waters CG, West Virginia – This is a Christian campground just north of Charleston off I77. We paid $15.00 a night with electric and water. They have a dump station. Very clean and very well run. Quiet. Very good restrooms and showers. A beautiful pond with a miniature chapel.

snipped That brings to mind something I’ve wondered about. Has anyone seen a list of Christian campgrounds? I know there is one on route 50 west of Clerbrook in Florida. There must be more around the country. We talked to a couple who were camped behind us and they belonged to that one. They were going between Clerbrook and that one, can’t remember the name. HD in NY

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snipped That brings to mind something I’ve wondered about. Has anyone seen a list of Christian campgrounds? I know there is one on route 50 west of Clerbrook in Florida. There must be more around the country. We talked to a couple who were camped behind us and they belonged to that one. They were going between Clerbrook and that one, can’t remember the name. HD in NY

I’ll answer myself. Okay, I Googled and came up with; <http://www.christiansupersite.com/index.cfm?fuseAction=establishment…. HD in NY

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<< Does that "Christian" self-designation mean I have a choice of Roman Catholic, Methodist, Mormon, and Coptic services? RW, Even though I was raised Roman Catholic, since I gave up drinking, I can pass for Christian.  I’d just have to pull the shades before I turned on the TV. You guys drinking beer at the camp fire aren’t wanted. Tom M

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Talking about Christian campgrounds, here in Ohio I went to one where the manager was so Christian I came in on a Sunday mornng and couldn’t register or pay him until Monday morning because he would not do business on Sunday. He’s lucky I just didn’t drive away Monday morning. — Sincerely George W Becker

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‘Preciate you taking the trouble to make this well-intentioned post, John, but… 1. Rippling Waters CG, West Virginia – This is a Christian campground .. Does that "Christian" self-designation mean I have a choice of Roman Catholic, Methodist, Mormon, and Coptic services? Am I allowed inside the Rippling Waters CG if I am one of those Jews? If so, could I use the front gate? Are Muslims clean enough for this campground? Are Buddhists, Jains, and Zoroastrians restricted to their own area? Is their area the same as the dog walking area? A beautiful pond with a miniature chapel. … Is there an indicator of the direction of Mecca? If some of we "modern" people think this way, is it any wonder that Sunnis and the Shiites murder each other and the Tutsis eat enemy tribes? We’ve still got a loooooong way to go. –RW and I respond: MAN !!!!! Have you got ME all wrong!!! The only reason I mentioned the fact that it is a Christian campground is because I think that’s the way it’s listed in Woodall’s. Please don’t read anything else into my post. We have stayed there two times. Both overnighters. I never saw any religious activity either time. It was just a nice quiet campground with a very picturesque view of the miniature chapel reflecting out onto the pond. If they had referred to themselves as a  Muslim or any other religious affiliated campground, I would have mentioned that fact. jtb

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That brings to mind something I’ve wondered about. Has anyone seen a list of Christian campgrounds? I know there is one on route 50 west of Clerbrook in Florida. There must be more around the country. We talked to a couple who were camped behind us and they belonged to that one. They were going between Clerbrook and that one, can’t remember the name. HD in NY

Serious question:  Just what constitutes a christian campground? John — John De Armond http://bellsouthpwp.net/j/o/johngd/ Cleveland, Occupied TN

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Serious question:  Just what constitutes a christian campground?

The only one I know about — and only because I’ve stayed there — is Lakewood Christian Campground at Myrtle Beach. Come to think of it, something tells me they may have recently changed their name to Lakewood Family Campground, but my memory may be faulty on that. Anyway, the two criteria we saw were: (1) the use of "Christian" in their name, and (2) the posted notice of a "non-denominational" service in the picnic shelter on Sunday mornings. They also have rules against public display of alcohol, but lots of campgrounds have that, and probably for good reason. Otherwise, it didn’t seem different in any way from the other relatively few commercial campgrounds we’ve stayed in over the years. We simply found it to be a clean, quiet place — but we were always there in the way off-season and only for one night at a time, so it was kinda hard to tell what it might have been like in mid-summer. But I’ll never know, ’cause I won’t be there then.

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Serious question:  Just what constitutes a christian campground?

I offer the following: Like a nudist campground that offers a closed forum for bare-naked people, a Christian campground is one in which people may preach, proselytize, and evangelize in a closed environment.  Their actions do not interfere with the dogmas of the other campers.  The word "closed" does not refer to a prohibition on entry but to a limitation in that those coming to the campground know for what purpose that place plays. It is exceedingly good to have "adult" campgrounds, "nudist" campgrounds, and "Christian" campgrounds.  It segments those to their clique and limits their effects on others. Steve

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I’ve been there several times myself for overnighters. It’s a nice quiet place. No one asked me if "I knew Jesus" when I paid my money.

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The only one I know about — and only because I’ve stayed there — is Lakewood Christian Campground at Myrtle Beach. Anyway, the two criteria we saw were: (1) the use of "Christian" in their name, and (2) the posted notice of a "non-denominational" service in the picnic shelter on Sunday mornings. They also have rules against public display of alcohol, but lots of campgrounds have that, and probably for good reason.

I went by the picnic shelter one Sunday morning. The minister sat there drinking a beer out of loneliness. Listening to the endless barrage of fireworks from the hordes of unwatched urchins on the beach.

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I’ve been there several times myself for overnighters. It’s a nice quiet place. No one asked me if "I knew Jesus" when I paid my money.

Some people get uptight when the word "Christian" is mentioned. All it means is disguise the booze bottles and no fornicating on the picnic tables during daylight hours. LZ

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Serious question:  Just what constitutes a christian campground? Like a nudist campground that offers a closed forum for bare-naked people, a Christian campground is one in which people may preach, proselytize, and evangelize in a closed environment.  Their actions do not interfere with the dogmas of the other campers.  The word "closed" does not refer to a prohibition on entry but to a limitation in that those coming to the campground know for what purpose that place plays.

Steve, it’s hard to tell whether you’re serious. But I assure you that if anybody — staff or campers — tried to proselytize me to any degree whatsoever, I would have put a stop to it. The only evidence I have of its being a "Christian" place is the signs I mentioned. It was just like any other campground except for that. GB in NC

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All it means is disguise the booze bottles and no fornicating on the picnic tables during daylight hours.

Is it OK to do it on the picnic tables after dark?

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All it means is disguise the booze bottles and no fornicating on the picnic tables during daylight hours. Is it OK to do it on the picnic tables after dark?

From now on, be more careful where you put down your sandwich. –RW

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All it means is disguise the booze bottles and no fornicating on the picnic tables during daylight hours. Is it OK to do it on the picnic tables after dark?

No reason why not as long as the picnic table is able to withstand the ummmmm, activity. LZ

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All it means is disguise the booze bottles and no fornicating on the picnic tables during daylight hours. Is it OK to do it on the picnic tables after dark? No reason why not as long as the picnic table is able to withstand the ummmmm, activity. LZ

And if I’m anywhere nearby, I’d prefer that you hump on the table in the dark, rather than leave the Coleman on the table outside and hump inside. — bill Theory don’t mean squat if it don’t work.

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All it means is disguise the booze bottles and no fornicating on the picnic tables during daylight hours. Is it OK to do it on the picnic tables after dark? No reason why not as long as the picnic table is able to withstand the ummmmm, activity. LZ

They usually squeak too much. Lon

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? No reason why not as long as the picnic table is able to withstand the ummmmm, activity. LZ They usually squeak too much. Lon

Bring a lubricant.  (and don’t let Carolyn catch you fornicating). LZ

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No reason why not as long as the picnic table is able to withstand the ummmmm, activity. They usually squeak too much. Bring a lubricant.

I’m not touching this one folks (no pun intended). El Alumbrado "Civis Texanus Sum"

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I always thought of christian campgrounds as being like Boy Scout and Girl Scout camps. They are non-profit, but that doesn’t mean they are open to the general public. When I see a christian retreat, sometimes I do an internet search when I get home to find out if they have a website. I like looking at their pictures. A lot of them are focused on accommodating groups, but some say they have individual RV sites and give a reservation number. I’m not looking to crash a campground, but I’ve always wondered what they ask if you call the number. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Serious question:  Just what constitutes a christian campground? John De Armond http://bellsouthpwp.net/j/o/johngd/ Cleveland, Occupied TN

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – All it means is disguise the booze bottles and no fornicating on the picnic tables during daylight hours. Is it OK to do it on the picnic tables after dark? From now on, be more careful where you put down your sandwich. –RW RW, did you know that you cannot fornicate with your wife?

… Yeah, I’d noticed. BTW, how did you know? Are you the guy in the green Chevy? –RW

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