Something humorous or silly that you've done camping

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Sitting at work thinking about camping instead of working. I started thinking about some of the silly things I've done camping, so I figured it would be fun to see what others have done.

One of mine.
We were always tent and popup campers. Finally I bought my current trailer. On our maiden voyage I stopped at the local Walmart, parking well away from the store, to check the hitch (because I was a bit nervous). As I opened the drivers door to get back in the Suburban my son cries out that he needs to go pee.

So I grab him from the car and we run across the parking lot while I'm picturing the layout of Walmart so we can go through the door closest to the bathrooms. After he's finished we walk back across the parking lot.

I swear I was almost all the way back to the Suburban before I noticed the shiny new travel trailer with a fully functional bathroom hitched up to it and my wife standing there with a quizzical look on her face. :B

[delosholly]

It was 2005 and my DW and I were doing a 58 day trip from Alabama to Alaska and down the west coast. I am a planner and had made reservations at all major stops along the way. Well we stopped at Whitehorse for our reserved site on the way up, and I made sure to confirm our reservation at the same campground for the trip back down a few weeks later. All was well.

So we come back into Whitehorse on what happened to be Canada Day. Now we are driving a 1999 F-250, but our TC was a very old 1972 Sell's rig that had seen better days. Plus, we were hauling a beat-up flatbed trailers with a scooter on it, all covered with mud, dust and other accumulated ****. The TC and truck were also covered with dirt.

As we pulled into the campground, there was a line of expensive Class-A's (talking Prevost here) all wanting a site, but with no reservations. I walked into the office and the person behind the counter remembered me and said that our site was ready for us. It was the first site, right in front of all those rigs. You could see the fumes coming out of the ears of the drivers.

Some might not find this humorous, but to my DW, it was very funny that we, with the junkie looking outfit, got a site and those big rigs did not.

[srt20]

When we had our gasser MH I was leaving our seasonal site after it sitting there for the year. Doubled checked everything to make sure I was ready to roll.
First of all, the solenoid went out so I had to crawl underneath to put a wrench on it to bridge the wires. Ok got it running. Got in an put it in drive. Wouldn't budge. Great. Didn't think the tires looked sunk in, but maybe. So I give it more gas until I'm WOT. No go. Did this a few times in forward and reverse. I looked down at dash to make sure I wasn't getting a light for a overheating transmission.

That's when I saw the light for the parking brake still on........lol

[Turtle_n_Peeps]

Tied one of these to a dead squirrels leg on a major highway.

[2gypsies1]

We were ranch sitting on a 10,000 acre ranch in Oregon. When we came in we were directed to park in a particular spot however there used to be an old septic tank there with a concrete top. We backed in and the rear left wheel broke through the septic and we dangled at quite a slant for two days while a ramp was built under the tire so we could drive out. The first ramp broke so there was a delay with a re-build.

[romore]

We were in an area miles from BCAA. I got out, made sure the dogs were leashed and tried to get things under control. DW got out, closed the door and discovered her purse strap was caught.
Both doors were locked, keys were still in the ignition:S We walked to the coffee shop, had something to eat and discussed our dilemma. The cook figured her son might be able to help. He was quite accomplished having had considerable practice. A good lunch, a twenty dollar tip and we were on our way. We now keep a spare key where we can reach it if necessary.

[Hideout17]

I was moving my truck so guy next to me could get his rig out. When I moved back I backed into a tree bending my bumper. Bad thing is i have a back up screen and...well I still hit it....

[Naio]

Well I can't think of anything nearly as good as some of you folks' stories :B

I did one time pitch my tent in a nice little low spot where the grass was soft and lush. Big storm that night, I woke up in 6 inches of water. Learned that lesson!

[Tachdriver]

My first TT I purchased and planned to do 2 nights at local campground to get the feel of it. A vendor that I have become friends with was in town for a meeting. I invited him over for a steak dinner and campfire talk in lieu of eating alone and spending the evening in a hotel room.

After dinner we talked a bit and I looked down and noticed that he had his feet on the metal fire ring, his soles were on fire...I asked him if his feet were nice and toasty when he felt the heat was a bit much and realized his shoes were ON FIRE!!!!

My running joke in meetings is that I put a fire under his feet to get things done!!!1

[Anmacc2]

My late parents, immigrants, came to live with my wife and I when our kids were born. They were up for anything and often went camping with us which was very far out of their experience. Dad had his own routines and moved so slow. We often went about our day allowing them to move at their own pace and do their own thing.

One morning I asked Mom, "where's dad?"
"He's taking a shower." She answered.
About a half hour later I asked Mom, "where's dad?"
"I told you he's taking a shower."
About a half hour later we repeated the same conversation. Sons and I went to the shower and no dad. We walked all around the campground, no dad. Finally he comes walking back happy as can be. He took a shower at the owners house instead of at the camp shower. Owner was very understanding when we told him. He even laughed.... I bet he started locking his door after that incident.

[Bendder]

OK so here goes. I'm sure this has been done before by someone else but they may not wan to admit it. I on the other hand have been on the receiving end, had time to think about it and see the funny side of it.

So here goes.

We were camping at a campground in Quebec not to far from Montreal. We were a group of 7 trailers and too get spots all one beside the other we opted for 2 service sites. We were only planning to be there for a 3 day weekend so we thought no problem we'll dump on the way out. Well needless to say with flush happy kids and friends coming and going(pun intended) our black water tank filled by Sunday morning with a day and a half left to go. As luck would have it this campground is right next to a flea market that had lots of camping stuff. So I thought this was the perfect time to pick up a 15 gal tote tank. I would just make a trip or two to the dump station and problem solved. I got the tank and spent a good portion of the morning modifying the hitch adapter to the Trailgator bike attachment(the thing that lifts up a kids bike front wheel and tows them fifth wheel style) that I still had on my mountain bike (kids bikes have not been hooked up to it for a year or 3! but I had not taken it off. Perfect I thought to take the full tank over to the dump station and I was right. The adventure really started when I got the tank around to the dump valve side o the TT and all hooked up everything is great and no problems. Just a note here is that our dump valves are between the main pullout and the pullout for the kids bedroom a small section about 2 feet wide, not a whole lotta room to move. So I'm on my knees right beside the trailer in this little cubby between the slides with the tank right beside me ready to go! SO I pull the valve... Right then as if in slow motion I see the tank sort of sweeelllLLLL UP and you guessed it POW!! right as I'm looking at the small vent cap that I had neglected to loosen. Needless to say the POW was followed by a whoosh of, you can guess this one I'm sure... Me covered sides of both pullouts covered along with the wall of the trailer and I pretty confident that brown spot on the roof of the TT was not there before. All this followed by a few VERY brown colored explicative words... hurriedly shut the valve and start running for the water hose to start spraying tings and ME down. During this whole happy episode my wife and kids had gone to the beach with our friends. Wondering why it was taking me so long my wife wandered back to the trailer to find the tank still beside the trailer and me not there. She moves around the trailer to find my clothes in a heap beside the TT door. Huuummm that bugger she must have thought. Who could I have been in the trailer with no clothes on with. Needless to say she found me in the shower along with a rather unpleasant smell in the TT. Looking back it was all very funny and a heck of a good lesson to always loosen the vent before pulling the valve to the tote tank!!!

[2lazy4U]

Well, not funny then, and I'm now really careful about triple checking my hitch. Was pulling a cargo trailer I'd converted to an RV and was coming down a really steep hill, hit the cattle guard (going slow) and the trailer jumped the hitch. All I heard was a grinding noise and it was so steep I was sure the trailer was going to rear-end my car, but it didn't. I had to drag it down the hill a ways to find a place to pull over. I was sure I'd ruined the jack and hitch, but a nice couple stopped and helped me jack it back up and put it back on my vehicle. No damage at all except a little abrasion on the end of the jack.

I drive that road a lot, and the marks where I dragged the trailer are still there in the pavement, nice deep grooves. I always wonder how I could be so lucky to not wreck everything and better yet, have someone come by and help me in a remote area.

[VAfan]

Ok...looks like I'm forced to confess. Forgot to put the pin in my hitch while leaving a campground in Cherokee NC. Made it out of the campground to the highway stop sign. Trailer hit the ground; thought someone slammed into us.
Had an audience in the campground....lots of laughs...nothing hurt but my ego.

[fla-gypsy]

That time I unhooked the pop up without discerning the slight elevation of the ground and me and the family were trying to stop it from rolling. Luckily that large piece of a limb made for a quick chock. Or perhaps that time when my wife told me to put the wheel chocks in before unhooking and you know she was right. Now my best memories camping can't be discussed here.

[ken56]

We were enjoying a nice week at a great CG in northern Alabama and had a site on the end of a row. Lake was on the other side of the road a few yards away with a pleasant light breeze blowing, perfect temp, iced tea in hand. I sat in my reclining chair and intended to read my book..... it took about a minute to fall asleep. SOUNDLY. When I woke up an hour later the wife said I was quite the spectacle with my snoring and general appearance....how nice. People were walking by on the road and would chuckle at the sight of me and the wife actually had some conversations with people with me not hearing a thing. At least she got a laugh along with some other folks......and I got a great nap.

[F1bNorm]

Years ago, running late, campground is probably full, but let's try. Pulled into Faria Beach campground in Ventura, CA. Surprisingly, the entire front row, nearest to the ocean was empty! We had our pick of prime spots. Did our trailer chores and hit the sack.

About 2am I'm awakened by the roar of the ocean. Opened the door and water was almost to the step. Got dressed, hitched up and moved to the back of the lot. Listened to the news that night and heard about the extra high tides on the west coast!

Norm