One thing missed by people who don't RV is the endless hours of entertainment that is provided by other RVers. Take, for example, yesterdays arrival of the Titanic, a huge 40 foot diesel pusher land yacht with four slides, two on each side. They were assigned a 30 foot wide pull-through spot across from me allowing me visual access to the entire show. Now you would think with a 30 foot wide spot it would just be a matter of pulling in and parking, not so. Picture this, the motorhome stops in the road, the captain gets out and passes control of the ship to the first mate. Now the captain has someone to yell his directions to. The yacht is pulled into it's spot and the captain goes to the rear of the motorhome and commences to survey the precise location he wants his wife to place the yacht. Once he has the spot surveyed he proceeds to communicate his desired location to his mate with the waving of his arms in something akin to a spastic makarena dancer. First we go a bit forward, oops too far, a little back, another visual inspection and we decide we need to be a little to the right, pull out and start over, darn, too much, a little to the left. This procedure went on for almost a half hour. Once precisely positioned and aligned with the sun, the stars and the moon, it was time to deploy the slides, all four of them. The captain moved about the outside checking for clearances as the slides were deployed even though there was nothing within 20 feet of either side of the yacht. Now that we have deployed the slides it's time to decorate the site. This required switch from the makarena to the limbo. You see the limbo was necessary to access the storage compartments, which were under the deployed slides. Access to the storage compartments was necessary to bring out an assortment of electrical cable, sewer hoses, water hoses, rugs, chairs, tables and anything else necessary to create an outdoor living room alongside the yacht. The entire show lasted about an hour and a half and provided plenty of entertainment to those of us who are easily amused.
Today we are enjoying scattered showers and cooler temperatures so it looks like more indoor time will be spent enjoying the good life and waiting for the next arrival to provide more entertainment.
I, too, watched the mooring of the Queen Mary into port. Glad to see others are as easily entertained as me. It's the small things in life that keep us happy.
ReplyDeleteVery good John. RV Parks are almost as good as either airports or boat ramps.
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