I need advice on coping with a muddy campsite
Our recent trip to the Northern California redwoods was fantastic, except for one thing: mud. It rained on and off for four days -- not a lot, but everything was wet. We had all the right gear for hiking, and our stuff dried out (more or less) inside the trailer -- I have installed clothes hooks all over the place, and the trailer looked like a badly-administered garage sale. No problem there.
We put up our awning, and tilted it away from the door to the trailer so that it drained downhill and away from the trailer. We have a non-absorbent rug that we spread out on the ground outside, in front of the door to the trailer, and we put an astro-turf welcome mat on top of that, and we have one of those boot wiper things -- it cleans not only the soles of the boots, but also the sides. Inside the front door of the trailer, we have a carpet remnant for wiping our feet.
But the floor of the trailer still got pretty darn muddy, despite all of those precautions -- we had to sweep twice a day.
So that is my question, especially for those of you who (unlike me) are from rainy territory -- how the heck does one prevent the interior of the RV from getting muddy? Maybe string up some sort of an extra tarp near the door somehow? (And if so, how??)
Your advice will be appreciated -- DW likes to go to moist places, precisely because we live most of the year in a dull, dry climate -- so I am sure I will need to know how to deal with mud, sooner or later. And this is a particular problem for boondocking, since RV parks (and many campgrounds) have paved or gravel sites. Not out in the boonies, though.
We put up our awning, and tilted it away from the door to the trailer so that it drained downhill and away from the trailer. We have a non-absorbent rug that we spread out on the ground outside, in front of the door to the trailer, and we put an astro-turf welcome mat on top of that, and we have one of those boot wiper things -- it cleans not only the soles of the boots, but also the sides. Inside the front door of the trailer, we have a carpet remnant for wiping our feet.
But the floor of the trailer still got pretty darn muddy, despite all of those precautions -- we had to sweep twice a day.
So that is my question, especially for those of you who (unlike me) are from rainy territory -- how the heck does one prevent the interior of the RV from getting muddy? Maybe string up some sort of an extra tarp near the door somehow? (And if so, how??)
Your advice will be appreciated -- DW likes to go to moist places, precisely because we live most of the year in a dull, dry climate -- so I am sure I will need to know how to deal with mud, sooner or later. And this is a particular problem for boondocking, since RV parks (and many campgrounds) have paved or gravel sites. Not out in the boonies, though.
