This morning's show was two sites down. A lovely couple with a travel trailer went through the motions of getting ready to go. As the rig started to pull away I did my customary "neighborly glance" to see if anything looked terribly out of place. (We saved a big diesel pusher from "automatically" unplugging from a power pole on the way out just the other day!) Much to my surprise, he had left his hoses and his wife!
Yep. There she sat, looking happy as a clam as he pulled out of the park.
Because I have waaaaay too much time on my hands, I immediately tried to figure this out. My first thought was that I had witnessed a dramatic breakup. But, I quickly ruled that out. She looked too happy. Plus, no man would leave perfectly good hoses.
My much more logical conclusion was that he was taking their rolling home in for service. It's a nice day, so I surmised that she opted for hanging out in this dumpy park instead of the waiting room of some RV service department. Just as I was readying myself to step over and offer the waiting wife a cup of coffee, he reappeared with the rig. He'd been gone for ten minutes. Maybe.
I put the empty coffee cup back in the cabinet, filled my own and sat and watched. He backed halfway into the site and reattached the sewer hose. Then he filled two five-gallon buckets with water and took them inside. For the next few minutes they were both in, out and around the rig. Neither of them looked very happy. Moments later the hoses were stowed and the not-so-happy-looking couple pulled away.
I've given them a few minutes. I don't think they're coming back.
All of this activity has this coffee-sipping detective thinking. Care to weigh in and help solve this mystery du jour?
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HaHaHa. We have seriously had some of the best entertainment through neighbors (in RV life and Stick N Bricks)!
My favorite part:
"She looked too happy. Plus, no man would leave perfectly good hoses."
Thanks for the good laugh! =)
{{hugs}}
Maybe they were clearing their black tank of a blockage. He might have put something into the tank to loosen it, filled it half way, and drove around to agitate it. The buckets of water might have been a repeat flush, or a partial fill to put some more water in the tank for more agitation on their next drive.
Just a guess from someone who doesn't have a rig, but has read some of the blogs about "cleaning the black tank!."
Fight!!!
Your guess is as good as mine but we also enjoy watching our neighbours coming and going. One of the things I miss most about our site here "down the road from Dogpound", we only get a couple of visitors over the summer so no happy hour observing to do most days.
I think I agree with Merikay..cleaning the black tank..what is your take on this mystery, my friend??..you really should watch tv in the morning..Regis and Kelly are pretty entertaining most mornings..but it sounds like the neighbours are way better!!!
I am guessing a tank drain issue. I love the comment on the possible breakup. "He would not leave good hoses behind" Great!
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