In our RV neighborhood things change
rapidly. It is not unusual to wake up with a different set of
neighbors. Traveling for the last ten years we have met a lot of
wonderful people. On the other hand there are always some real
dingers that move in and drive everyone nuts. A big part of the
outdoor experience is the peace and quite.
Last night the new neighbor left on his
“Scare Light” all night. One great pleasure in the wilderness
is the complete darkness and the view of the stars, then a dinger
moves in with his own portable street light. How do you deal with
dingers? When Kadizzle gets the chance today he will say to the
dinger “ You must have forgotten and left your light on all night”.
Since the dinger was collecting solar power during the day there
should be a way to explain to him that it gets you no where if you
collect power then piss it away scaring away the boogy man.
The noise offenders are the worst.
There is nothing worse than some simple minded dinger that has to run
a generator all day. The Kadizzles must make a confession. We have a
generator. We try to use it as little as possible and do everything
to keep it silent. However, The Kadizzles have seen dingers with
huge Hefalump Motorhomes go off and leave their generator run all
day. Must be to keep the air conditioning on. A few days back the
mother of all dingers pulled into our area with a huge trailer behind
his huge Hefalump. In the trailer he had a professional drum set and
large speakers. With no regard for humanity he opened the trailer
door turned up the speakers and blew the eardrums out of everyone.
Thank ya Jesus he left.
Strangely a lot of people's idea of an
outdoor adventure is to go to a nice place turn on their generator
and watch television in the great outdoors. The RV population can be
divided into three pretty broad groups. The purist have solar
energy, do a lot of walking, biking and hiking, and usually are into
birding. The purist never have the giant Hefalump RV's.
In the middle are the blenders with
moderate size RV's and a blend of the good, the bad, and the ugly.
The Kadizzles lean toward the purist, but in reality are in the
middle.
On the extreme are the gaint Hefalump
guys. The more crap they can take with them the happier they are.
Some pull a trailer and a jeep behind them. They love buttons. If
they can push a button and open a door, aim their antenna, or let an
awning go out they are in heaven. You know you are dealing with the
ultimate dinger when you see them with the TV pulled out on the side
of the Hefalump and are watching TV. The Hefalump drivers love to
polish. It is not unusual for a Hefalump guy to immediately start
polishing when he gets out. The Hefalumpl guys always have a
surprise in their trailer. Sometimes it is a huge Harley, a big
ATV, or best of all some shiny sports car.
On the bottom of the universe and
perhaps the happiest are the bum walkers that are simply tent camping
or making it through life on a bike. The people taking it simple and
slow probably soak up everything the Hefalump guys missed because
they could not get ten feet from some wheels.
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