The Never Starting Trip

So last winter I stayed at home. This summer I took a number of trips in my RV.  I should be able to get it together fairly fast. But this winter I just couldn't get it to work. I planned to leave Dec 10th, but finally left a week later. Forget about leaving at 7:00 AM. I promised myself I would get on the road that Sunday, by hook or by crook. I finally left at 2:00 PM.in my RV. The day before I left I put together a month of pills - for the morning and night. Then bringing them out to the rig the case came apart and pills fell all over the floor - under the couch and the recliner. I just picked up the pills and put them in a container, to be sorted out on the road. After two days on the road things I had not secured fell to the floor and pills again escaped. I'm counting my blessings that they didn't fall outside.

So this was a trip of many little mishaps. But one that amused me quite a bit concerned my driving. I was at a Flying J truck stop. I drove around and around looking for a place to park. I remembered they usually had some RV spots in the front by the restaurant. Not this time. I then went into this little enclosure. It had some trucks in it but I could see an opening on the far end of the trucks so I wouldn't get stuck. As I got closer I could see the opening was not big enough for me. Thank God I didn't try to get through it. I have done that before and made a mess worse. But this time I stopped. I cannot back up my tow. When I bought the tow package I asked the mechanic if you backed up the tow like you would a boat trailer (not that I was ever able to do that very well). He quickly said NO, don't back up. OH,OK!! I decided I would have to take the car off and move the vehicles separately. BUT... I couldn't budge the connections. Maybe if I had been lifting 100 pound weights for 10 years I could have done that. BUT...with my muscles there was no hope. I was going to have to wait until the blocking truck was moved. SO...I went to bed to worry about it in the morning. At around 2:00 AM I had to go to the bathroom. I got up and went into the facilities. When I came back it was obvious that a gaggle of geese had flown over and chosen my little car for their MANY deposits. I have a black car which was at this time was half black and half white. So maybe they were seagulls or some other bird with white poop. Who knows!!! I was just upset they had chosen my car.

I decided to back up - very slowly and cautiously - back up a little, straighten it out and go back some more, etc., etc. Then I moved the vehicles in position and reconnected them. While doing that, I noticed a sign which said "Reserved." Ahhhh - I shouldn't have been there anyway. In my seat with the RV running a man approached telling me I was blocking his way, and I was not supposed to be there. I smiled sweetly, said I just realized that and was leaving. Please excuse me, and thank you for giving me a place to sleep. And so Tawny (my cat) and I took off again. And by now it was raining and did so for 18 hours. I was very happy. Nature was removing all this bird shit. It is stubborn though. When I hit Dallas some of it was still there and I needed a car wash.