Welcome flag

[Art D]

For several years now I’ve toyed with the idea of a universal welcome flag to be hung out by those willing to share their campsite. I mostly trip solo and there are times when I’d be happy for the company, but other canoeists see my boat and keep going. Other times I simply feel guilty as a solo traveler taking up a site that could hand three to four tents. I’m thinking maybe a bright blue or yellow flag to signal I’m willing to share. I suppose there would need to be a flag indicating the site if occupied/full, too.

I doubt this would ever be adopted but thought I’d throw it out there.

Art

 

[snapper]

While I think your idea has merit, when I see folks paddling by and I know there is room (and I'm willing to share), I just stand on the shoreline and strike up a conversation with them. This way they know they're welcome if they need/want to stop. Otherwise, it's a quick conversation and they're on their way.

That's all for now. Take care and until next time...be well.

snapper

 

[Tryin']

Oh man....

 

[Glenn MacGrady]

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[lowangle al]

While I think your idea has merit, when I see folks paddling by and I know there is room (and I'm willing to share), I just stand on the shoreline and strike up a conversation with them. This way they know they're welcome if they need/want to stop. Otherwise, it's a quick conversation and they're on their way.

That's all for now. Take care and until next time...be well.

snapper

I like snappers idea. This way you can decide if you want to share with a particular group or not. Probably rare in most places, but a group may come by that are inebriated or undesirable and you may not want to extend an invite.

I don't remember ever offering anyone to share a site, but the thought had occurred to me. I have been approached by other groups asking if they could share my site and I never refused.

 

[Steve in Idaho]

Might have been a good thing to have last week. A family with kids appeared from around the point just as a squall got really dangerous. It would have been a really good time for them to find our campsite empty, but they turned and went back out of sight before we could communicate with them. There wouldn't have been room for them to set up a proper camp, but they could have sheltered there temporarily. A welcome flag would probably have brought them in.