Our first day on
the road this camping trip exposed
us to our
lowest experience ever in despicable conduct by fellow RVers in
the 463 days we’ve been on the road with our travel trailer.
Whoever used the dump station at the pristine Stephen Foster Cultural
Center State Park in White Springs, Florida, in front of us emptied
their holding tanks without the benefit of a discharge hose. They
simply opened the valve to their black water tank and let their
sewage drain onto the pavement in the general area of the dump
station drain. That was the “Downright
Abominable.”
We thought the unit
next to us that left their bright, LED awning lights on all night was
“Worse,”
until, of course we departed the flag-ship Florida State park and
found I had to hose down the apron of the dump station so not to
spoil my shoes. We have had
thoughtless neighbors next to us before who left their bright,
glaring lights on all night, so we have a set of black-out curtains
we drape over our regular window blinds when we encounter them. I
personally think they are afraid of grizzly bears or boogeymen, or
who ever they think evades
the campground security system. Whatever the reason, they are a pain
to park next to at night.
I have outside lights on my awning as well, but they are on a timer
so they shut off automatically in case I forget to
shut them down when we pack it in for the night.
If I can’t sleep with my own lights on,
how do they do it? Easy,
they’re unconscious to start with.
And
then there are the “Better,” the ones who make it all worthwhile.
The one-time neighbors you’ll probably never see again, who think
and act like you do. You know, the ones who smile, wave, and actually
clean up after their dogs. The ones who stop to chat and trade
information about restaurants or sights to see, tell you about their
pets or grandchildren, or sometimes their grandparents. You know, the
ones who shut their lights off at night, and use discharge hoses at
the dump station.
Next: Onward to our first Georgia State Park of the trip, at:
http://sleepstwo.blogspot.com/2017/08/cloudland-canyon-state-park.html
Next: Onward to our first Georgia State Park of the trip, at:
http://sleepstwo.blogspot.com/2017/08/cloudland-canyon-state-park.html
George
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