RV Rental Park Sign Joke Fails.

Driving the lower Surf Pines Road, my wife and I saw a friend who is one of Surf Pines more energetic walkers heading south. We stopped to say hi, to which she replied that she was on a mission investigating a rumor about a property owner at the south end of the lower road setting up a RV rental park on their property. We got a good laugh out of that and went down the road and observed a couple of homes that had trailers out in front. It was obvious that these trailers were family members here for the Fourth of July weekend.

Subsequently we forgot about it until yesterday, when it suddenly became clear there was more to the story than we first thought. In an email to our president and security person an old-time resident apologized for a sign her husband posted on a tree in front of their home before the July 4 holiday. This is funny. It appears their in-laws were headed over last Saturday with their RV. He placed the sign alluding to an RV camp as a joke. She went on to explain that she came in later that day after an exciting double header ball game her son played in and noticed the sign. She thought to herself ‘this is an odd inside joke that others will not get or appreciate’. Of course, life got in the way, and she forgot to ask her husband to take it down. 

She noticed it again while walking her dog the next day and reminded herself to have it taken down when she returned. Well of all things she and puppy had a challenging discussion with a momma elk and baby. They made it home safely, but thoughts of the sign again faded away. So, the sign was up for a few days. She was shocked when our security person called her about several complaints about their RV park program and had her husband take said sign down right away. 

She felt so bad that people would think they would even consider such a thing, particularly since her father was an early Surf Pines resident and active participant in early Association days.

Morel of this story could be many things. However, these days it is best to laugh at the absurdities of life and never take things to seriously.