Tidbits

Tidbits of Observations and Useless Information While Traveling

I am way behind in my travel blog for this trip. Before I catch up, I thought I would post these little diddys. Check back every once in a while because I am sure the list will grow.

1) Why is the Ladies’ Room always further away from the Men’s Room? In all the public restrooms I have ever gone to, I think I remember only one place where the Ladies’ Room was the closer of the two. These restrooms must have been designed by men without a woman’s input. Don’t men know that when women have to go, they have to GO??? Those few extra steps can mean a matter of life and death.

2) And speaking of restrooms, why does every single public restroom have a sign on the door that says, “Please do not flush sanitary napkins, paper towels, or anything other than toilet paper down the toilet.” ??? Do women flush sanitary napkins and paper towels down their own toilets? Is every single public toilet a “first” for someone and they never knew this before? Are people really that stupid? The campground I am staying in has the ultimate sign: “Please do not place your toilet paper on the floor. Flush it down the toilet.”

3) Frozen lettuce just ain’t right. I have yet to figure out at what temperature with what source of power I can set my fridge so that my lettuce does not freeze. I am not the only one with this problem. Frozen carrots and celery are also gripes from other RVer’s. I am currently eating a frozen-lettuce salad. It is raining, rather cool and raw outside and I am eating a frozen lunch. I may have to heat up a pot of soup to warm up. Hope and Olly have had to crunch through frozen canned food for the last week. Have you ever tried to scoop frozen dog food out of a can?

4) With this trip, I had my first experience with a Border Patrol check stop. I now consider myself an expert having gone through at least five of them. You drive up, they ask if everyone in the vehicle is a United States citizen and they let you through. Is an illegal alien from Mexico going to answer that question by saying, “No, I am not a United States citizen; I just crossed over the border at the corner of that field.” In something like an RV, you could hide a little Mexican in numerous spots. I have yet to be inspected. If a bunch of Mexicans want to get through the Border Patrol real easy, just be passengers in an RV with Connecticut license plates. This week, I have been through Border Patrol stop-points in RVs from California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Connecticut. What exactly do the Border Patrol Officers look for to clue to them that there may be illegal aliens in a vehicle? Certainly not Roadtreks.