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> ...Most of the time when I go to rides I am meeting gals from
> different parts of our home state... I can get there early as I
> don't have a "real" job...  So I try to save spots as close
> together as I possibly can... Also, sometimes we share horses 
> so if I bring an extra horse, it is easier to have the rider as
> close by as possible.
>  
The angst doesn't arise because people begrudge friends wanting to camp 
next to friends.  It comes when people arrive early enough to get a good 
spot and find all the remaining primo locations have been blocked off.

While getting together with friends shouldn't be penalized by having 
your rigs in the least convenient spot, neither should it penalize 
others who make the effort to arrive early so *they* can get a good 
spot.  Like Connie said, it's reasonable to save one spot for a friend 
but when one person blocks off a large area of the best spots, that's 
really annoying.

One solution is for the early arriver to block off the 3 or more spaces 
that are wanted in an area that is not the closest to the water, or the 
vetting, or whatever constitutes "the best" at a particular ride, but 
rather chooses an area that is a bit out of the way instead.  That way, 
others arriving early won't feel as though they've been deprived of a 
good location by someone who has cherry picked the best spots for late 
arriving friends.


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