First trip experiences

[ny_rocking_chairs]

Just laughed these off, but seeing everyone has their unique experiences, though would share mine from our first long trip...

Driving out and stopped for gas/lunch, after filling up the TV, pulled in behind a 5th wheel, older couple gets out he starts pointing out all the cool features they have that we don't...like their own bathroom and less setup time, etc. I just smiled and nodded...

Then on our trip back we stopped at a mid-point KOA and had another older gentlemen come up to me and start yelling at me how green hoses were full of toxins and I was poisoning my family, had the kids kinda scared even. Wouldn't let it go until the camp ground manager showed up and told him to bugger off. Now at this point I was unaware of the toxins in green hoses...though after doing some research I found no study of how much was actually leached into the water, just that the hoses contain these elements. So how much of it is a real risk versus public panic and paranoia.

Needless to say we swapped out the hose with a white one we already had, but talk about a tactless way to "educate" someone.

 

[92coleman]

How many of us grew up drinking straight from a green garden hose all summer long? Yes, we use a white hose, but I certainly wouldn't go ape on someone for using a green one. Some people need to get a life.

 

[HiFiDave]

Driving out and stopped for gas/lunch, after filling up the TV, pulled in behind a 5th wheel, older couple gets out he starts pointing out all the cool features they have that we don't...like their own bathroom and less setup time, etc. I just smiled and nodded...

All the "cool features"... bet he can't get his 5th wheel up this road and to this secluded spot. I say, NEEENER NEEEENER!

 

[kitphantom]

I just figure there are advantages to each type of camping, and enjoy where we are at the moment. We learn something on every trip, whether about the camper, how we can enjoy it more, or a new place to camp.

Safe drinking water hoses aren't that difficult to find, nor all that costly (I think we spent less for ours than the last heavy duty one for our garden). Peace of mind is worth it to us. IIRC, there was someone on the Portal in the last couple of years who had a child develop lead poisoning due to drinking from the garden hose.

 

[f5moab]

All the "cool features"... bet he can't get his 5th wheel up this road and to this secluded spot. I say, NEEENER NEEEENER!

True. I have gone places no 5th wheel will ever go unless airlifted in by a Sikorsky skycrane. And I have told them that. And if they really get smart, just look at your watch for a few seconds, then when they start looking at you like your crazy, just tell them you don't have the time to really care. (Although I usually use different works.) They don't know what to say after that and leave the area.

As for the guy yelling about the hose, if it were me, he would have gotten very wet and polluted with my nasty green hose.

But I'll be truthful, I am not a nice person when someone bothers me.

 

[Orchid]

To the guy at the gas station: I would have told him that my PUP has two bathrooms, thank you. And, when I get too old and feeble to do the set up, perhaps I will upgrade to something bigger and deal with the crappy gas mileage.

To the guy at KOA: I have zero patience for people like that. I don't think the scene would have been very pleasant and I can't say the things here that I would have said to him. How did he know you were not just using the water for washing, and drinking bottled water?

If he really wanted to be helpful, he could have quietly asked you if you realized. I don't even think I would have to nerve to approach anyone at all. I would assume they knew what they were doing, and butt out. Even so, there is way he could have handled it properly.

Sorry you ran into some bad apples on your first big trip. Hope the rest of it was fantastic.

 

[jmkay1]

Wow. I never met up with anyone like those two on any of my camping trips. I've received a lot of, " I started out in a popup until..." to the fist comment, I would probably also point out that I'm able to get into the smaller more private sites, but to each their own. What works for some won't work for others. The drinking hose comment I would just thank him and walk away. If someone wants to be a jerk he doesn't need my attention.

 

[R00]

If you really want to freak people out, use the heavy duty black industrial rubber hoses.

 

[yetavon]

How many of us grew up drinking straight from a green garden hose all summer long?

I did and have no issues issues issues....I'm perfectly nor nor normal....just ask anyone that doesn't know me....

 

[Tin_man]

We use one of those 50ft shrinking hoses with a inline filter.

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[D_Gibb]

I did and have no issues issues issues....I'm perfectly nor nor normal....just ask anyone that doesn't know me....

For some reason, I read that as Max Headroom... Sometimes the 80s comes back in odd ways.