Strangest thing seen while camping.

Back around 1985, I was in a campground in Spartensburg. A BRAND-NEWBIE in a high end coach was attempting to dump his tanks for the first time. The coach had some sort of pressurized system for removing the contents. The dump station was right infront of the CG owners house. You can probably guess what happened. I didn't know a plastic hose could go parallel to the ground. It looked like a run-away firehose. Needless to say the CG Owners green grass wasn't green any longer. Didn't go back there the next year, but I'll bet it was the best looking lawn in town. JM2¢...

Well we were camping at our favorite lakeside campground with hookups and enjoying the lake with our jet skis. We were next to a group of about 15 twenty year olds and all of a sudden the last guy pulls up and brings an apartment size refrigerator!! They used the fridge to keep the beer cold all weekend. It was the funniest thing I have ever seen.

campinginthewoods wrote:
While camping at a SP we were sitting by the campfire and I looked over by the lake and thought I saw movement grabbed my flashlight and ended up seeing about 15 skunks taking a stroll past didn't bother us and we didn't bother them but talking with the host they come out all the time never smelled them but saw them every night walk by.....:B

They wont squirt unless you scare them....then LOOK OUT.

Locky wrote:
Well there is a couple of funny stories I could tell but its a family site and I have been warned before. =-O

Is there a forum where you can share your stories about RVing.....?

427435 wrote:
There's a place in Canada we go fishing. The last 27 miles is a logging road, but there are a few MH's that make the trek in. One afternoon, an older MH came in followed by a flatbed auto retriever with a boat and trailer on it. The trailer had suffered a wheel bearing problem. The young truck driver had his very pregnant girlfriend with him (they thought the rough road might speed up her delivery)!!

The tow truck driver said he would just unload the boat directly from the trailer while the trailer was still on his truck. The people in camp gathered around.

The picture below is my rig on the launch site to give you some idea of the steepness.






The driver tilted the truck bed (it got pretty steep) and released the winch. He lost grip of the winch and it free spooled out. The back of the boat and attached outboard motor hit the water at a steep enough angle that it just dived under water. The driver tried to catch the spinning winch handle and broke his wrist!!!.

He was able to drive away, and a bunch of us helped pull the mostly submerged boat out of the water. Fortunately, the outboard motor cover kept most of the water out of the engine, and it started up soon after a little drying.

I'm guessing he won't do that again!

A couple years back we were camping in Oregon. It had been raining seemed like every day. Finally we had a nice day and we decided to walk the dog. As we were walking through the grass in our camping spot my wife got all upset and told me, some people are so dirty and never pick up after there dogs. So she pulled out the plastic dog bag and reached out to pick up somebody else mess. When she picked it up she starts screaming. I asked what is the problem? She said that thing is alive. Turned out, it was about a three inch slug. Never knew they got that big, and it did look like dog poop. Lol

This year our snowbird group was having a summer reunion. One member of our group was building a new home and was living in his trailer. We did not think he would attend as we did not think he would want to move for a 5 day event. We were quite surprised to see a cabin cruiser behind towed into the campground. Yep a boat which had a cabin. Galley and a toilet, he had it all and did not miss the reunion.

We were camping at Dinosaur Valley state park in Texas. I was out walking down this road and was passing this group that had several campsites. They had a big fire going in the fire pit and several coalman lanterns going. As I was passing by on the road one of their dogs was barking up a storm at the edge of the light. I heard one of the camper yell at the dog “Shut up there is nothing there.” Well yes there was an armadillo was walking just off in the shadows. I always felt a little bad for the pore dog he is going “Yes yes there is something out there boss you got to believe me.”
One other time in the next camp site the people were watching a football game on a portable TV. They had it on the tailgate of their truck and were sting on the end of the picnic table closest to the TV. They had their backs to the table. There was a mother raccoon and her two half grown kits going through the left over stuff on the table. The campers were so intent on the game they never knew the raccoons were in the area say nothing to being just feet away right behind them.

While staying at the RV resort for Lagoon (an amusement park north of Salt Lake City) our daughter and our 15 yo grandson came back from the park and opened what they thought was our motorhome, and came face to face with an elderly woman, completely nude, shaving her legs. Daughters face is still red, Grandson didn't say a word, however he stuck with me the rest of that stay.

Several years ago some friends were camping trip with two kids. Boy age 8 and girl age 12. They had a rotten day traveling, blown tire, then over heated TV. No campgrounds close. Finally at about midnight they spotted a sign for a campground just 3 miles off the highway. Pulled in found a spot and went to bed exhausted.
The next morning the dog had to go out at about 8 o'clock and the son, a real free spirit, got the job. When he hadn't returned by about 8:30 Mom went to the door to see where he was. He was sitting at the on-site picnic table with no clothes on. Mom screamed "What are you doing?"
Son replied,"Nobody else is wearing clothes." They had found a nudist campground. Needless to say they left quickly without paying. She was so ashamed, I don't know how she ever even told us the story. We still joke about whenever either of us leaves for a trip.