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Chock_Full_o__N's avatar
Jul 31, 2013

Lessons from the road...

C'mon, you know you've learned some. I have a few recent ones, such as:
The navigator should navigate. DH driving:"Why are we in SC?" Eep.

Carry at least 2 of those critical items DH:"hand me the WDH tool so I can put these bars on?" Me:"What tool?" The tool I left on the bumper yesterday

Make a list and check it.twice. . Me about to pull out of a.campground:"Why isn't the rt tail light lighting up? It was working awhile ago." Never assume.
  • My wife is always asleep at the wrong moment.. I'd rather run over something than wake her up!
  • When DW offers to move the vehicle forward a bit after unhitching make sure she knows how to release the parking brake. A 4Runner can really jump if you mash the gas hard enough while the parking brake is set.
  • bukhrn's avatar
    bukhrn
    Explorer III
    Jim Shoe wrote:
    I carry a set of Toad keys in the MH and a set of MH keys in the toad. Seeing the only set of keys to a vehicle in the seat of that locked vehicle is not fun. Don't ask. :)
    That's what we do.
  • Jim Shoe wrote:
    I carry a set of Toad keys in the MH and a set of MH keys in the toad. Seeing the only set of keys to a vehicle in the seat of that locked vehicle is not fun. Don't ask. :)


    Ugh.I'm need to take you up on this piece of advice. I drove several hours out to the middle of nowhere to go camping with my 78yo mother and her old lady friends one time. I had no sooner got there when I stepped out and slammed the door closed & locked with my keys and purse sitting on the front seat of the truck. Thank goodness my cell phone was in my pocket! And that I had roadside assistance with GEICO. They sent a little guy out there with some kind of un-lock thing and rescued my purse, with all my meds in it.
  • I carry a set of Toad keys in the MH and a set of MH keys in the toad. Seeing the only set of keys to a vehicle in the seat of that locked vehicle is not fun. Don't ask. :)
  • Not camping but "camping adjacent" - when teaching your spouse to launch a boat don't get distracted and forget to release the trailer strap. It's near impossible to launch a boat with the trailer attached!
  • I don't make mistakes, I make opportunities and take smart pills.
  • Don't assume the dang thing won't roll even if level! Use the blocks!

    Was storing my TT at a site and had it all "level", so we thought. Dang thing came off the block and the front jack strut stuck in the ground like a lawn dart. Luckily was able to recover without assistance or damage, could have been worse.

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