A calamity of errors...

FunnyCamper wrote:
I have to say I have work days like that and family days that go insane, but I haven't had a camping trip where everything went wrong :) I have camped over 15 years and so far I have to say my percentage of at least 99.9% are great trips. Fingers crossed, I probably jinxed myself on the next trip!

LOL! Good luck... good luck. :)

Kirk wrote:
Are you telling us that this story is true? :@

I don't think many would go back for more of that experience..:R

Are you kidding me? I wish I could weave a tale of angst and woe such as this!

Sadly- it was all true. We literally kept turning around and something else would happen. I'm realizing now that we also had slide-out issues on that trip (before it and after it- in fact, the camper is going back to the factory shortly because of it).

After I got down from my rage of almost getting stuck and the dead battery- we were able to almost instantly laugh at everything as it happened. Even the arm down the toilet- gross, but didn't have me spun into a tizzy.

And, we've camped a few times since then with not nearly as much fan fare!

Are you telling us that this story is true? :@

I don't think many would go back for more of that experience..:R

I have to say I have work days like that and family days that go insane, but I haven't had a camping trip where everything went wrong :) I have camped over 15 years and so far I have to say my percentage of at least 99.9% are great trips. Fingers crossed, I probably jinxed myself on the next trip!

I think we all have days or trips like that. The problem is that the harder you try to make it better, the worse it gets!

2012Coleman wrote:

Oh, and I also got to stick my arm into the toilet to dislodge a clog.

Can't feel sorry for you on this one - it happened to me, and I went out and found a big stick. No way I'm sticking my hand in there. :p

LOL! My concern was if I simply pushed the clog further down- where would it clog next? I was literally trying to pull as much out as possible (with a gloved hand- but even that fell short of my goal).

I did eventually rip the head off of a badminton racket and poked with.

Finally, what actually cleared things through was a direct hose blast down the hole repeatedly.

Easily one of the grossest things I've *EVER* done!

Oh, and I also got to stick my arm into the toilet to dislodge a clog.

Can't feel sorry for you on this one - it happened to me, and I went out and found a big stick. No way I'm sticking my hand in there. :p

Yeah, I think most of us have "been there, done that". It's all part of the experience! Makes the next successful outing that much more enjoyable.

Happy Camping!!

Yep, me too, but not as bad as yours. Yesterday was one of those days!!