Your Top 10 Tips - Large Family
We are hoping to purchase a 2011 jay feather sport hydrid X20 E and have an appropriate tow vehicle. My question for you is... what tips do you have about camping? What did you learn your first time o...
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Lots of good suggestions have been given already. My few:
1. Camp in your driveway first, and keep track of what's missing. Add those items. Also take inventory and remove items that are not being used and are not necessary; it's easy to start to drag along stuff that just takes up space and weight for no purpose.
2. One of the most useful tools you can have along is a little rectangular piece of plastic. Mine are somewhat multicolored and have emobssed letters and numbers and some words like "Visa" and "Mastercard" printed on them. It's often more sensible (in my opinion) to pack less and buy needed stuff on the way than to tote around a bunch of things just in case; this applies to tools, supplies, groceries, etc.
3. Have and use a sense of humor and adventure. Some things probably (almost certainly) won't go exactly right, but you can still have a great time.
4. Retract awning if there's any chance of relatively high winds. It's as much a bit sail as it is an awning.
5. Turn off the water pump and city water spigot when leaving the RV. A leak or a dripping faucet won't cause a big flood if you do this.
6. Do a careful walkaround before pulling out. Make sure the electric cord and hoses are not connected up, the TV antenna is down, the wheel chocks are removed, and the hitch connections are all firmly and properly attached. It would not hurt to do this walkaround again afterwards.
1. Camp in your driveway first, and keep track of what's missing. Add those items. Also take inventory and remove items that are not being used and are not necessary; it's easy to start to drag along stuff that just takes up space and weight for no purpose.
2. One of the most useful tools you can have along is a little rectangular piece of plastic. Mine are somewhat multicolored and have emobssed letters and numbers and some words like "Visa" and "Mastercard" printed on them. It's often more sensible (in my opinion) to pack less and buy needed stuff on the way than to tote around a bunch of things just in case; this applies to tools, supplies, groceries, etc.
3. Have and use a sense of humor and adventure. Some things probably (almost certainly) won't go exactly right, but you can still have a great time.
4. Retract awning if there's any chance of relatively high winds. It's as much a bit sail as it is an awning.
5. Turn off the water pump and city water spigot when leaving the RV. A leak or a dripping faucet won't cause a big flood if you do this.
6. Do a careful walkaround before pulling out. Make sure the electric cord and hoses are not connected up, the TV antenna is down, the wheel chocks are removed, and the hitch connections are all firmly and properly attached. It would not hurt to do this walkaround again afterwards.
