Jim Scoggins question about the correct key position for towing a Jeep reminded me of this event. This was back in Sept. of 2007.
I was never going to tell anyone I did this, but it is so stupid I'm gonna confess. Leaving Navarre Beach, Fl. yesterday to drive home to East Texas. Sent wife ahead to the Publix grocery store to buy dry ice for the fish we caught on Monday. I park the MH at Publix and get in the Jeep to hook up and head home. While doing this, I have three of the grandkids asking me if they can ride in the MH instead of riding in the car with our daughter and SIL who are pulling the sailboat. Also, wife wants to know if she got enough dry ice and, if I'm ready for lunch. Lots going on while I'm hooking up. But, I get everything done and we head out. Drive West on I10 and stop at the Mississippi Welcome Center to dump my tanks and look things over. Head back out and everything is going smooth and nice but with a car full of kids following, we are stopping every hundred miles or so for a potty break or to get something to eat. So, on about seven thrity last night I'm watching the Jeep in the camera and it looks like the headlights are on. I think it must be some kind of strange reflection and knowing that we will be stopping again soon I keep driving. When we do stop, I go back to see why the Jeep headlights are on. When I open the door, I get a blast of cold air from the AC and it hits me what I have done. I have just driven seven hours with my toad running. Still had a quarter tank of gas and all the gauges looked fine, so I just shut her down and kept my mouth shut. I have owened a MH for over twenty years and hooked up and headed out hundreds of times but this is the first time I failed to turn the engine off on my toad. I'm laughing now, but boy did I feel like the Village Idiot last night.