Scared -first time for everything

PaisleyDale wrote:
A couple weeks ago we were traveling some back roads here in Oregon when we stopped at a small open area and deer camp for the night. This was about 3 miles south of Granite, Oregon. We felt very safe. Ate dinner, played cards till after dark, went to bed and read. For some reason I pulled in the slide? don't know why as we have never done this before. Shortly after I fell asleep my wife woke me up, she had heard some scratching noises on the left side of the Motor Home. Our dog was alert, starring forward but not barking. I thought it was just weeds, so back asleep I go. Shortly I wake-up to the dog barking and the wife yelling "let's get out of here". I just up heart pounding, slip on my pants, jump in drivers' seat and off we go, wife still in bed. My wife had heard someone pull on the man-door handle (later I went out and pulled on the handle and it was the same sound). We drove to Sumpter and stayed on a side street and getting a very good nights sleep. After breakfast we drove back to the deer camp to check it out. There was not any vegetation tall enough to touch the MH. The ground was so rocky and it had rained during the night that we could not find any tracks. This place is along the paved road and several vehicles had drove by before dark and as far as we know there are not any homes closer than in town at Granite. My thought it was kids looking for beer, but why try to get inside? Just a scary night - we boon-dock a lot, hope this doesn't stop us. I wish I would have taken a flashlight to bed as it is easy to open my window and screen, then I could have shinned a light on the man door, maybe next time. Happy RV travels - Dale

I'd just turn on outside lights and look what's out there,,that would be enough to scare would be robbers away imo..
If the perp didn't run away but tried to break in I'd turn the dog loose and use whatever weapon to put the sob to sleep ..

My scariest time was at Flying J in Alberta when bunch of dudes and girl in a car parked next to me and started cooking something on a spoon and then jabbing the needle into their veins,,
I couldn't sleep obviously so waited what will happen next as one of them was talking or texting on the phone and then some old truck pulls up and these dudes open a trunk and hand that guy a big bolt cutters,,then they all take off ,,I'm guessing to break into some of the trailers trucks or place..I was thinking about calling the cops,but these punks were gone fast,,I wrote down their licence number just in case ..