1st night camping in our yard, 2023.01.24
OK, time for a good laugh and hopefully some helpful hints. We were thinking about going to a state park just down the road a piece for our shakedown cuise, but it felt better just to stay a few ni...
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I don't even pay attention to the water meter at home.
For driving, we get up and get on the road and stop when we want to stop. Being a Class C, once I shut the engine off I am setup other than connecting shore power. With 2 drivers we can go as far as we want, 600+ miles if we want.
My tank sensors work but an idiot installed them so I don't trust the levels. The gray I have to trust the full sensor but for the black I will open the toilet valve and look down with a flashlight to gauge how much space I have in the top of the tank. I typically have another 4 inches of tank volume once my sensor reads full.
Back in the day we started with the pop-up and just loaded out stuff from home to the camper so it was a chore to get ready to leave. As we upgraded stuff at home the old kitchen gear went to the camper and eventually we just boxed and palletized our loading so all I had to do was raise the roof enough to open the side door. Now with the C its so much easier as we just make a packing list of food and misc and mark it off as we haul it out. A couple of reusable totes and we are GTG for hauling out to the camper. We will pick it up from storage on Thursday and bring it home for a Friday departure. That gives me time to get fluids filled and cool the fridge / freezer over night so I can take stuff straight from inside to outside.
As you gain time at the campfire you will figure out what works best for your methods for camping.
For driving, we get up and get on the road and stop when we want to stop. Being a Class C, once I shut the engine off I am setup other than connecting shore power. With 2 drivers we can go as far as we want, 600+ miles if we want.
My tank sensors work but an idiot installed them so I don't trust the levels. The gray I have to trust the full sensor but for the black I will open the toilet valve and look down with a flashlight to gauge how much space I have in the top of the tank. I typically have another 4 inches of tank volume once my sensor reads full.
Back in the day we started with the pop-up and just loaded out stuff from home to the camper so it was a chore to get ready to leave. As we upgraded stuff at home the old kitchen gear went to the camper and eventually we just boxed and palletized our loading so all I had to do was raise the roof enough to open the side door. Now with the C its so much easier as we just make a packing list of food and misc and mark it off as we haul it out. A couple of reusable totes and we are GTG for hauling out to the camper. We will pick it up from storage on Thursday and bring it home for a Friday departure. That gives me time to get fluids filled and cool the fridge / freezer over night so I can take stuff straight from inside to outside.
As you gain time at the campfire you will figure out what works best for your methods for camping.
