Question: What do you think is the worst thing that could happen on an RV road trip? Getting attacked by a bear maybe? Well, that very well could have happened yesterday given our proximity to about 4 dozen brown & black bears (see my last post from yesterday for more details on this), but it didn't, so I think the camping gods threw us a bone on that one. Oh no. Here are the 4 little words that you definitely never, ever want to hear on your camping trip:
"The floor's all wet!"
Yep. That's right. Our toilet overflowed during the night.
I thought it was bad enough that this morning Olivia chose to get up at 5:00 a.m. sharp (I might as well set my alarm for 4:30 a.m. tomorrow right now), but oh no. A leisurely morning of coffee, eggs, and talk radio would have been too much for this accident-prone family to ask for. Instead, we spent our very early morning hours moving suitcases, bags, clothes, etc. off of the floor and sopping up the water which now covers about half of our RV carpeting. Which leads me to my next camping tip:
2) When camping in an RV, I suggest covering the entire floor with Saran Wrap. That way, if the toilet overflows, you have a ready-made slip 'n slide! Fun for the whole family!!
"The floor's all wet!"
Yep. That's right. Our toilet overflowed during the night.
I thought it was bad enough that this morning Olivia chose to get up at 5:00 a.m. sharp (I might as well set my alarm for 4:30 a.m. tomorrow right now), but oh no. A leisurely morning of coffee, eggs, and talk radio would have been too much for this accident-prone family to ask for. Instead, we spent our very early morning hours moving suitcases, bags, clothes, etc. off of the floor and sopping up the water which now covers about half of our RV carpeting. Which leads me to my next camping tip:
2) When camping in an RV, I suggest covering the entire floor with Saran Wrap. That way, if the toilet overflows, you have a ready-made slip 'n slide! Fun for the whole family!!
After checking various buttons, pumps, and valves, my husband fortunately determined that it was only clean water that had overflowed when the toilet slide thing didn't close all the way and therefore the water that flushes everything down just kept filling up in the bowl. Major crisis averted, I suppose...for now.
Oh, and did I mention that after Pat took the dogs for a walk this morning he came back to the RV and said, "Can you hand me some wet paper towels and some dry ones? Buddy just fell in his own poop." I didn't? Because that happened too.
And it's only 9:30 in the morning.
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