Season 1; Episode 4
Trip number four was to familiar territory at Bennett Springs State Park and while the weather was gorgeous, the experience was not familiar as we encountered many firsts. Bennett Springs is a large campground with sites very close to one another in order to accommodate the popularity of the campground with trout fisherman.
We discovered, arriving mid day on a Saturday, compared to early Friday meant we would have an audience watch our feeble efforts to back and park Lil Red. This was our first unpaved, un-level, short pad with no easy access. Naturally, our audience was four drunk women who were amused by our backing efforts, with a look that suggested “I bet you’ve never been to a quilting bee either.” The ring leader was a bossy brunette who told P Rob many times that her husband was a trucker and could do this in his sleep- did we want her to get him? We persevered through their disdainful glances and got Lil Red into position. We should have known catcalls were in order when prior to parking the camper we stopped at the fill station to fill the tank with water. This time the audience was the older set with bigger toys – big 25 ft plus rigs we refer to as “living rooms on wheels.” One saw tiny Lil Red and me work the hose and surmised quite loudly “Look at the little camper. He must have a skinny wife.”
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