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Boatycall
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May 30, 2016

"...Nice new truck with one of those old fashioned campers"

So, had been working for the last week and a half on my new (to me) 2015 F450 getting it ready for short trip with just the TC this weekend. I have a much longer trip in 2 weeks, but only one more major thing to do to haul my TC with my trailer.

Went from my place to the Packwood Flea market - the whole entire town of Packwood, WA turns into one huge flea market. I do it every year. I stay on a privately owned property that the owner uses for day and overnight parking. $15/night gets you your own strip of grass.

As I'm leaving, I stop to talk about reserving a spot for next year with the family patriarch who oversees everything. She looks over in the driveway at my shiny new truck and says---

"That seems so out of place with such a nice new truck with one of those old fashioned campers on it".

I told her the truck is a '15 and the camper's only 2 years older. She said---
"Oh, I didn't think they made those any more".

:S
  • she rents camping spaces and doesn't know about campers??
  • Out of a sense of desperation, I pulled into a campground near Royal Gorge and the desk clerk, looking at my old Lance 300 says that those are not allowed. I was confused. Why not, I ask. She says No tents. That's not a tent, I say. Whatever, you can't stay here.
    I guess some people perceive the TC as a contraption for poor folk.
  • Maybe it was the rocking chair and coon dog sticking out of the top.....