The stupidest thing I've done while RVing, was going back home!
But seriously, the stupidest thing I've done (so far) was last fall when we had a rather uneven site. By the time I got the rig leveled, the front end of the rig was high enough that the bottom step was an uncomfortable height above the ground. I looked around, and found some cinder blocks nearby that I could use to build an additional step. Problem solved.
When it came time to break camp, and I was putting things away, I looked at the cinder blocks, and made a mental note that they would have to be moved before I raised the leveling jacks and dropped the front end back down. Well, a minute or two later, I raise the jacks, the front end goes down, and the stairs go crunch as they drop onto the cinder blocks that are still in place.
The steps still work, but there is an annoying kink in the bottom step that makes me sick every time I look at it.
2007 Holiday Rambler Endeavor 40PDQ 400 ISL Cummins/Allison
2002 Chevy Avalanche toad
Inside: Him, Her, and a pack of little furballs...
the truth is it is amazing I've lived this long for as dumb as I have been. OK, once, just once, I swear it will never happen again, at least I hope it doesn't. I forgot to check the frig door and it wasn't locked, we were on the coastal roads of Oregon and we stopped for a potty break and found all the contents of the frig on the floor. One of the items was a bean salad. I have never liked bean salad and I don't like it even more now.
While boondocking in Utah, DH hopped in the truck to go buy more beer, oblivious of the generator in the truckbed, running. I was sitting at the table in the fiver and saw the power cord go snaking by the window. By the time I got out the door to stop him, the cord had taken out both satellite dish tripods. Now one tripod leg is securely duct-taped, and we had to buy a new HD LMB.
You know how you read about someone's mistake and ask yourself "how could anybody ever do that?" I was one of those folks......unitl I was pulling out of a site at a repair facility (site you stayed in while repairs being done) and saw a looooooong black thing following me. Yep; I forgot to unplug from power, even though I had unhooked water. Luckily it was a straight pull on the power cord and no damage to either the plug or the pedestal - - - just my pride
Retired SMCM(MDV) USN 30 years
3 'Nam Tours
As of 11/04 Full-Timing with:
2003 Gulfstream Friendship, Quad slide
1 lovely wife
and 1 sassy Bichon
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Not going over how to signal directions with my wife. The first time she helped me it was hilarious she was doing some kinda chicken dance in the rear view mirror and I let her. When she came to the window to see why I wasn't moving I was busting a gut laughing. She didn't think it was funny I can still see the image in my head an am chuckling while I am writing this.
Dumbest thing I ever did: let a friend cook in the truck camper, while driving down a dirt road (near Jacumba) in the world's oldest and worst maintained truck. Axle pins (?) broke, wheel folded under the truck, truck skidded into deep dirt, slammed into an earthen embankment, started to roll. Made it way over, then hit the embankment again and slammed "upright." Meanwhile the guy cooking had left a couple of pounds of 1" bits of stew meat browning on the stove and decided to climb into the cab over bunk to retrieve his book. When the "fun" started he just grabbed on and watched the food - including the hot oil - tumble everywhere. He swore that the second the thing stopped moving he dove out of the bunk and shut down the gas. Smart move. No fire. Anyway, we were digging meat chunks out of there for years, and the whole thing was lightly basted in Crisco, which also took a ton of cleaning. Never did stop smelling funny.
I guess I was way to excited as I did the Ben Johnson bolt down the steps with a can of beer in each hand. With great speed I whipped around the corner, vaulted over the dog, over the cooler and was about 3 steps closer to my beckoning camp chair when to my horror, my right foot (the one being used at that moment for propulsion) stepped on a round stick that my kid was playing with earlier. I spun out launching myself into the Coleman and about 3 quarters of the way over the portable camp table cracking my knees on the propane tank in the process.
When my eyes began to refocus, I found myself in a twisted pile of camping gear with my wife looking down at me shaking her head with cell in hand ready to dial the last #1 in 911.
Fortunately the camp gear was ok and I escaped with only minor injuries.
Any others
But did the beer survive? You didn't spill any or bruise it did you?
My boo-boo, first trailer was inherited. Didn't know squat. Backed it into the site, unhooked it and proceeded to level it with the 4 stabilizer jacks. Do you realized they will not lift one side of a 20 travel trailer to level without bending? I didn't 13+ years ago...but no beer was hurt in the process!
Bill
Bill & Cheryl
Gypsy, the travelin' cat (new 8/06, first trip, Glacier NP)
1997 Dodge Ram 2500, 4X2, 8.0L V10, ext. cab long bed, Powervision mirrors , RBW Hitch, Prodigy Controller.
2005 Holiday Rambler Savoy 29RKS, Honda EU2000I Generator.
Markke: Thank you for posting that. I haven't laughed like that since the kids were at home. I haven't gone camping yet but I'm sure I will have my own story really soon. G.
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