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Originally Posted by Glenn Briglio
One of the reasons I got a motorhome........lol
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Me too and I felt it was a good idea...on paper. One year we were leaving Bowling Green for Indy. The highway was stop and go for miles. Accident or something with no place to pull off and I was about to wet myself.
My wife was sitting beside me and I convinced her to do a Dukes of Hazzard switch over while I went back to the bathroom. It was an emergency. She is from Peru and I used what little Spanish/English to convince her it was no big deal. She may not even move or at the most it would be a few feet or so. She bought into it.
Switch was made and I boogied back to the bathroom. No problem so far, but then I felt the RV start to move forward. Braced myself just in case and for good reason. I could hear the engine start to roar....then a gearshift.
Then another and another.
She had way more confidence than I thought she should have and my anxiety level was on the chip. I scooted back up front or levitated. Not sure which because it was all a blur when our collective lives were flashing in front of my eyes.
Oh lord give me the ability to muster up what Spanish I could to have her ease it back down gently with trailer intact and pull to the side of the road for a safe exchange back. There must be a higher power or one with a sense of humor because it all worked out.