We normally don't go out on weekends, leaving the roads and the shopping malls to the people who work during the week and who need to run their errands on their days off.
So while watching the President's Cup golf program was entertaining, it's nowhere near as fun as watching incoming RVers attempting to pull into their sites. If you're not an RVer or haven't camped, it's hard to explain to you why we RVers find this so entertaining, other than the fact it gives us a sick sense of superiority when we watch folks struggle to get into their site, especially when there's a lot of yelling and finger pointing going on between spouses/partners. And basically the reason we enjoy it is because we've all been through it ourselves and we like to see the shoe on the other foot, as it were.
If a couple has owned a RV for any length of time, they have (or should have)developed a method of communication for backing/pulling into a site. The basic methods of communication are hand-held radios, voice-activated headsets (nice), hand signals and finally, yelling. We have the voice-activated headsets, but after having the batteries die at inopportune times, we agreed upon a few set hand signals for maneuvering and they have worked well for us. Partners need to trust each other to guide the driver while allowing enough clearance for slide-outs, tree branches that may hang overhead and watching how far the electric/water/sewer connections will be from where they attach to the rig. It's the antics of the person doing the guiding, or the driver's expertise or lack thereof, that provides most of the fun as you watch them pull in and then out or attempt to move the rig six inches over closer to one side or the other. This applies whether the RV is a 45 foot monster or a small pop-up as they each have their own idiosyncrasies when it comes to being moved into a site.
Watching others maneuver into their site is something we all do, some more discretely than others. And the downside is, the next time it may be us providing the entertainment!
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Watching people slip boats is WAY fun toooo. I have a 30ft Sailboat and it's caused me endless areas for 'fun' when dealing with 20 mph winds AND things to run into too. I so feel everybodies pain and still laugh. hehhehhhhehhe.
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