The Camping Trip That Wasn't
By DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
United States
March 10, 2017 8:41pm CST
My missus and I left on our camping trip this afternoon as soon as I got home from school. An hour later we were at our campsite. Ten minutes later we realized we had a problem. Only one side of our slide out slid out. The other side didn't move a bit. And then there was the smell of burning rubber.
Fortunately we were there with our camping club and they were able help us get the slide out slid back in. Unfortunately, the malfunction meant we would not be able to stay.
Both my missus and I are disappointed at missing the camp out, and concerned at what the cost of fixing whatever is wrong with the camper might be, but considering the cold and possibility of snow, maybe it is a blessing in disguise.
Either way, we'll be home this weekend instead of camping.
How's your weekend shaping up so far?
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
11 Mar 17
Good so far, I plan tomorrow off and work Sunday at the rentals.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
11 Mar 17
@DWDavis NEVER! I have a small pile of trash that was left so I will pick it up and put as much in my weekly can as possible.
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@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
11 Mar 17
What a shame that you missed out on your camping weekend. Hope the malfunction isn't a costly repair. Nothing planned here for the weekend except the usual chores
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@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
11 Mar 17
I'm sorry you missed camping but as you said it could be a blessing in disguise. That's how I felt when we had a flat tire the other day.
I hope it won't cost too much to fix and I hope you get to go camping soon! =)
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@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
11 Mar 17
@DWDavis I'm sorry that's probably going to feel like a lifetime to y'all without your camper.
I hope you enjoy your dinner there though.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
11 Mar 17
@LovingMyBabies Dinner should be enjoyable. The folks in the club are a fun bunch to spend time with.
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@LeaPea2417 (40020)
• Toccoa, Georgia
11 Mar 17
Sorry that happened to you. We are having a cold snap and all of a sudden yesterday, they are predicting we could get a little snow in the morning. I am betting if it happens, it wont be much snow and it wont stick since it has been warm.
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@LeaPea2417 (40020)
• Toccoa, Georgia
11 Mar 17
@DWDavis Yes, I am hoping it is not much. Getting more than an inch here, causes a panic among the people.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
12 Mar 17
@LeaPea2417 I can just picture the mad rush on milk and bread around here this morning as the first flakes started falling.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
11 Mar 17
You didn't go very far to camp...which was probably a good thing in this case.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
11 Mar 17
@AbbyGreenhill You could say that. Served its purpose, though. We found out we had a problem and we weren't hundreds of miles from home.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
11 Mar 17
@DWDavis A test run gone bad in a way.
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@paigea (36143)
• Canada
11 Mar 17
@DWDavis Last year a small town nearby had a deal to camp and golf. It is a 20 minute drive and where we go to the doctor. Not any kind of destination really.
But we sat out by our trailer and cooked our camp meal and got up and golfed in the morning. I drove the trailer there and even tried parking it before my husband arrived on his motor bike.
I brought my bicycle and rode on the town's nature trail too. A great little vacation.
And my husband discovered something that had to be fixed in the water heater.
And my husband discovered something that had to be fixed in the water heater.1 person likes this
@allknowing (153544)
• India
11 Mar 17
"Man proposes but God disposes" but God could have done that before you set out 
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
12 Mar 17
@DWDavis You sure have a positive outlook to life
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
11 Mar 17
Sorry your trip got messed up. Will you get to go another time when you get your camper fixed?
We're planning to celebrate our anniversary (51years!), going out to eat tomorrow night, then grilling steaks on Sunday night.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
12 Mar 17
@1creekgirl We've got two trips planned over the next month so we're hoping it will be an easy fix as well as low cost.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
12 Mar 17
@DWDavis Thanks! Hopefully the camper can be repaired without too much cost.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
11 Mar 17
This morñing we went to Pilot mountain. It was too windy to spend much time there. We had the presidential tour of Horne Creek Hostorical Farm. I would recommend that tour.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
11 Mar 17
@Morleyhunt I was reading on the website that they have several special events during the year. Some of them sound like a lot of fun.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
11 Mar 17
@DWDavis it was a very worthwhile experience....and the price was right.
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
11 Mar 17
Aww poo!
I was actually thinking of you last night.
I went grocery shopping after work, and it was bitter cold and brutal wind.. and all of a sudden out of nowhere we had a white out blizzard! Couldn't see a thing while driving from one store to another.
Then I started thinking "I thought we weren't getting snow until Sunday"
Then I remembered it was here that I'd heard about snow on Sunday... in your post, which obviously has no bearing to what our weather will be here, but it reminded me that you were camping and I wondered how your weather was last night..
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
11 Mar 17
Awww, and you were so looking forward to it. *sad face* I hope that whatever needs fixing is affordable and easily fixable.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
11 Mar 17
That's getting the weekend off to a disappointing manner. Hopefully you can salvage the weekend without a list of chores from the missus.
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@teamfreak16 (43567)
• Denver, Colorado
11 Mar 17
Well that's a drag. Hope it doesn't cost too much to repair.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
11 Mar 17
We have a travel trailer. The burning smell may have come from a fuse that is designed to burn out when there is too much stress on the motor, so the motor itself doesn't burn out.
We were tent campers for a long time and moved up to RV's three years ago.
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
11 Mar 17
Sorry to hear things didn't go as planned.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
11 Mar 17
It is all part of the RVing adventure. We had lots of people rally to our aid at the campground, and were lucky enough some of them had incurred the same problem and knew what to do to fix things enough for us to be able to get the camper home.
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