There's one thing I especially hate about fulltime life: LAUNDROMATS!!!!!! How many dirty disgusting laundromats have you been in? Why isn't there a website dedicated to nice shiny new laundromats? Even my Garmin Nuvi lacks a category titled: laundromats. It's AWFUL to pick one out of the phonebook and find oneself in a BAD PART OF TOWN. And I ain't talking about Leroy Brown. These guys will send shivers down your spine and make you hold one to your cellphone with "911" on the quick dial.

And there's the horrible thoughts that go through my head as I throw my clothes into the dryer: is it possible to get lice from this? What about those high levels of E-coli in wet laundry? I use bleach but I'm worried about the other guy! And did the establishment even bother to clean out the lint traps because it SURE IS TAKING A LONG TIME for my clothes to dry!!!!!! Oh how I hate laundry day!

Maybe I should invest in a wardrobe of quick-dry synthetic fibers and break down and build one of those stupid plastic pipe laundry racks on the back of my rig. Or better yet maybe I won't even do laundry. I'll just become another crusty, stinking curmudgeon!

IT'S EASIER TO WRITE ABOUT PET PEEVES so here goes: Why is it some Rvers feel a need to decorate their campsite with outdoor statues,plants, flags, patio furniture and all those other accoutrements that distract fellow campers from their natural surrounding? Some campgrounds take on a "Barnum Bailey" atmosphere. If this is the kind of home you want (And yes, I know that some people will say but this IS my home!) My reply is this: Maybe you should have stayed in a real house. This is the kind of thing I'm trying to escape by being an rv'er. I would much prefer to gaze upon the natural beauty of our world than have it cluttered with a bunch of cheap manmade crap!
(artwork by Jamie Treadwell at the Opera Gallery NY)

SORRY FOLKS BUT THIS CAMPGROUND AIN'T A TRUCK STOP!!!

Don't get me wrong - I don't have a problem with big rigs but COME ON! Doesn't there come a time when you draw a line in the sand? This rig has been parked here for a week and looks nothing short of an 18 wheel tractor/trailer. What's up with this? In the same vein what about those fivers that are being towed by what looks like the front half of a semi. Are these wannabe truckers or maybe they are truckers. What's next? Is somebody gonna zoom down from the skies and park a space shuttle in here? I mean we are talking EXTREMES here. Wouldn't these folks be more at home camping at a FlyingJ? Let's get real.

THE BLUE BOY BLUES

Have you ever been hanging out in your campsite and seen some guy driving slowly by dragging one of those blue boys behind? Then here they come a 2nd time and then a 3rd time and then a 4th time! My God! Wouldn't it be easier and little bit less messy to just hitch up and drive down to the dump station? I mean really folks! I've seen some of these guys drive by 4 or 5 times in an afternoon. I couldn't help worrying that the durned thing would come unhitched and cause a toxic spill near my campsite. I guess some of those guys revert back to that age when you like to play with the stuff! DON'T THEY HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO! Makes me think of a certain song by the Doobie brothers!