Denise Chapter 16 – Denise Realizes She is Unique

Tuesday and Wednesday were about the same as Monday. They had two appearances in a mall each day. Denise started to notice that the younger set went gaga over her but the moms were somewhat cold. On both days the local TV station covered the afternoon event.

During the break on Tuesday Susan mentioned that they were running low on promotional materials and needed to get a box of them off the top of the RV. Carol motioned to Denise. “Looks like that is your job. You have the legs for it.”

“But how?”

“See that ladder on the back? You climb up it, unhook the locker and hand down two boxes to Susan. Then you come back down.”

“But. It’s high.”

“No buts. We all do what is needed. It’s like dumping the black water tank. That is mine because I know how. This is yours because you have two legs.”

A few minutes later the boxes were on the ground.  Denise carried them to the table.

When they were ready to leave the campground on Wednesday Debbie pulled the RV to a place called a dumping station. Carol was dressed in Jeans. She motioned to Denise. “Come out with me. I want you to see how this is done in case someone else has to do it. I would teach the others but it has to be done right and you know how blonds are. They could break a nail.”

“Cut the blond jokes.” It was Debbie.

Carol went out the door and Denise followed. Carol showed her how to connect the fresh water hose to the fresh water tank and turn it on. “While I am doing the black water watch that gauge, when it gets up to here, turn it off.”  She pointed to a red line on the gauge.  “You may want to watch some of what I am doing too, in case you have to do it.”

“Why?”

“What if something happens that I can’t.  We can’t have a blond doing it.”  She laughed.

“But I’m.”

Carol ended the discussion with, “You are one of the crew.”

Carol pulled the two hoses out to the dump ports and opened the valves. A few minutes later she closed the valves and unhooked the hoses and washed the area of any spill. She washed her hands, sprayed her sneekers and turned to Denise. “I’m done.”

“Is that all there is?”

“That’s it.”

“I thought it was really difficult. I can’t see why a blond couldn’t learn to do that.”

“They can. We just want to keep them humble.”

During the break between sessions on Wednesday Carol told them they had a short run that night, less than an hour to the campground. This would be a good time for them to get some groceries and any personal items they needed. There was a “super store” in this mall, a combination department store and grocery. She reminded them that they were in an RV. They shouldn’t buy anything they didn’t need there wasn’t any space for it. Part way through the store Denise said she had to use the bathroom and left the others. Susan waited till she was gone and followed.

Ten minutes later Susan was back. “She got three bottles of booze, a bottle of mouthwash and went to the RV.”

Denise shrugged. “She doesn’t have a key, does she?”

“No, but she has to come back, I bet she has figured somewhere to stow it.”

“Like where?”

“The top rack or the AC cable locker. We gave her two places. Alkies are resourceful in finding how to get drinks, we all know that. I suspect the AC, it is easier to get to without being noticed.”

“Or when you are having the shakes.”  Susan quipped.

Denise was back in a few minutes. They finished their shopping and exited the store with their things. Carol had Denise help her store the groceries while the other women made sure everything else was ready to pull out. They ate on the way to the campground. At nearly nine thirty Debbie pulled up to the space and turned off the motor. “Time to hook up.”

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