Pretty Obvious

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The elderly couple were in trouble; with the angle at which they had backed into their space; they would not be able to get the pin out of the bed of the truck without putting a nice curve in the side-rail of the seventies F-350 gasser. The gasser was a shiny black beauty.

He, struggled with the 5th-wheel release pull, it was stuck. The trailer wasn’t chocked and the emergency brake was not set. Oak Creek was only 20 feet away, and most of that was downhill! Thankfully the pin lever hadn’t had the pressure relieved.

She was trying to plug a 50 amp cord into a 30 amp receptacle, and showed the frustration of a person out of her league with those electrical things.

Catastrophe was near.

She asked for my advice about several setup related tasks.

My mind raced remembering my early backing-up experience, the time I was out of my league; this RV thing was something I just didn’t have enough experience at yet. After several attempts at backing into a space at our home-park, ok, many-many attempted backups; I had determined there was no way to back into this flat uphill angled spot.

Our new presumptive neighbor seeing my frustration, walked over with a sheepish smile and asked;

“Is this a new rig?”

Tom was a smart man. He had the words, and the way to be able to get past my male ego without me knowing.

“How did you guess?” I retorted.

Tom says, “Have you tried turning it to the right which will get the tail-end going to the left? Yeah, keep coming back! Good job! Ok, now back to the right, pull forward, and hold it, where are your slides? Ok, you’re probably going to want to level from there.”

At that moment my thoughts were that this beast was finally in a position that we could live in, comfortably. I’m done. Whew. Thanks neighbor!

Today was a special day for me. I was able to repay my good friend, Tom. I was able to help someone else, who in this busy world of people thinking about themselves most of the time, there just needs to be more compassion with the ways we all have of helping with the simplest of tasks….something some of us may do every day, something that is easy for the knowing and not so easy for those less experienced. It takes very little effort to notice and make a difference.

My new neighbors have electricity, water, heat, their refrigerator is turned on, and their hot water heater now works after some simple electrical troubleshooting. The sewer line is connected. Their trailer is chocked, level, and secure; hopefully, they are now comfortable and safe.

Tonight, I’ll be sleeping with a smile……I highly recommend it!

Thank you, Tom, I never forgot.

Robbie