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No pictures, no proof. Surely the King is making this up.
But for those who opt to go to the campground in Wildwood FL, just off exit 304 on the FL Turnpike do not listen to what the directions are when arriving from the south.
The lady said to exit the turnpike, turn north and make a left hand turn into the campground. It couldn't appear simpler and the turn lane appears to line up exactly with the campground entrance. Unfortunately, by the time you are committed to the turn lane, you realize the entrance to the campground is NOT aligned with the point at which you turn, but a highway sign is perfectly aligned. As you initiate the turn you manage to completely block all traffic lanes from the center of the road to the shoulder. The traffic sign ends up just about perfectly centered in the windshield.
The only way to make the turn is to start at the RH shoulder. Had the lady said that Roger would not be spreading these tales. Had he been in front he would have been the rolling roadblock.
It was impressive shutting down all southbound lanes. The cop never said much.
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Jon, can you give us word by word of what Di was hearing when this happened. I can almost hear the words in my head.
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What she was hearing was instructions to get her shoes on because she was going to have to drive the Hummer. I don't believe I said anything more than the required "Oh, $hit!"
By the time I got back to the Hummer, the King was already in it. He helped get it started, in gear and moved it enough to get the pressure off the hitch so I could unhook it, then he had to head back to his bus because I think the back of his toad may have been in one of the traffic lanes. He had to drive up the road a mile or so to wiggle through a supermarket parking lot to reverse course to get back to the campground.
There is a lot to be said for parking in rest areas.
The campground only had 30 amp and we parked on grass.
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Jon, Thats the kinda stuff thats tests the wall strength of the little blood vessels in our forehead.
These times are funny to look back on, not so funny at the time they're taking place.
Sounds like to perfect time to bump the remote tank dump switch. Might as well leave a memento.
Mike K.
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I think we stayed at that campground.
That is real close to The Villages. Did you go there? See any golf carts that you liked?
Ya know if anyone is in need of stainless polishing the truck stop in Wildwood is known countrywide by drivers as THE place to get the stainless and aluminum polished.
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I guess it could be called a campground. The owner that drove me in his golf cart to the site to show me where to park was drunk, and he did not hesitate to tell me he could make that turn across the highway with his 40 footer. My thoughts about the place went downhill from there.
I will admit it was nicer sleeping there than in a rest area.
Mike....I think I have had to unhitch because I screwed up a turn two times previous, and because I was experienced at the drill, and knew there wasn't a damn thing I could do to correct the error until I got unhitched the whole episode was less a big deal than if it had been my first time. It was still exciting, but seeing how utterly helpless that cop was when he realized the situation kind of took the sting out of it.
The one that suffered was the lady in the campground that gave me instructions. Her drunk husband ripped her a new one because despite his blathering at me in his drunken fog, he must have known the turn was impossible for a long RV. I think he was still barking at her about instructions when Roger came to check in.
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I just scanned the 6 pages of the Right Coast and I did not find one picture of the Balloon. Stop with the Viagra, you little pri_k.
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page 5, post #43 you have to open the attachment. They're crappy pictures from my cell phone. If you listen closely, you can hear Roger snorring.
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Here's the balloon. Quit yer gripin'.
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Lew takes 1/2 of a Viagra every day! Just enough to keep him from hitting his shoes when he tinkels:!!!
He's still a great host.
