It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, would you, could you be my neighbor?

It is a beautiful day in the campground.  The sun is shining, in the distance snow is on the mountains, and it is warm enough to sit here with the door open.  Humans are strange.  Humans that live out in the open become friends much more quickly than those cooped up in their compounds.  When you wake up on a sailboat and peak your head out to see your neighbor ten feet away it is far different from living in an urban house with a wall around it.  When you live in a camper and wake up to see people outside all around you, it is a different more friendly world.  People walk over and talk, people stroll by and say hello.   If you act like you have a mechanical problem with your RV or truck men will show up instantly to talk and help.  If someone notices you have a problem they are instantly willing to help.

In the old days people used to live in houses that invited guest.  Houses had front porches and sidewalks in front.  As people went by you talked and interacted as you sat on your porch.  Those days are gone and most of us live in isolation.  A great virtue of living the RV life is all the wonderful, crazy, and interesting people you meet.  Pull into a campground, and you will have ten new friends by the time you leave.  Some of these people will be friends for years, and you will often see them down the road.  Humans are tribal by nature,  and part of human nature is to cooperate and get along.  The way we live today destroys our good instincts.  Now we wall ourselves off, we invent ways to keep from interacting, and we ignore those around us with problems.  If you want to go back to the time when people interacted on the plaza go on the road, hike, camp, move among people that live outdoors.  Your life will be richer, your days will be brighter, your knowledge will increase, your mind will expand.