I would have done the same thing -- I'll always take the "path of least resistance" when it comes to parking (or driving!).

I laughed about the boat...ours stay at the lake but we do have to take them out of the water (well, out of the boat lifts) for service -- Mark can back the trailer up the first time -- and I -- well, I can't back it up period. It goes every which way except the way I want it to go!! He's told me do it this way or do it that way -- but, nope, it just ain't going that way if I'm driving it!!

Lynn