Anybody else have trouble packing for camping
This has always affected me. I love camping, I would go full time if I could. But I always have trouble packing. It's almost 9:30 am and I'm waiting for the kids to get out of school around 3. So ...
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When we had our pop-up, we kept basic stuff in the camper all the time, like personal hygiene items, bedding, pots and pans stuff.
Then we had 3 or 4 Rubbermaid totes we carried in the back of the car (actually it was a mini-van). We carried our clothing in them and our food items. We also had an electric cooler we kept in the van since the pop-up did not have a refrigerator (I removed the ice-box and tuned that space into storage).
In preparation, those Rubbermaid totes were in the house where they were packed and pretty much ready to go as soon as laundry was done. Food items were packed also, like canned good and such. The electric cooler was brought in the house also and packed when convenient.
Then, when it came time to actually leave, all we had to do was put the totes and the electric cooler in the back of the mini-van, hitch and go.
We reversed the process once at the campground. When clothes emptied, that became the dirty laundry hamper. And food items almost always stayed in the back of the van. It was easier than hauling things back and forth all the time.
Packing was not a problem this way. The only time it became a little more challenging was when we decided to wash bedding. Then, we'd remove everything on the last day of the trip and simply pack it in the back of the van. After getting washed, the bedding would be put with the Totes and finally put back in the van. Once at the campsite, we'd make the bunks up.
No stress doing it this way.
Now that we have a TT, we keep food in the camper all the time, especially since we use it all the time. We just bring laundry in once home, wash it, and put it right back into the camper. Done! ready for the next trip.
Then we had 3 or 4 Rubbermaid totes we carried in the back of the car (actually it was a mini-van). We carried our clothing in them and our food items. We also had an electric cooler we kept in the van since the pop-up did not have a refrigerator (I removed the ice-box and tuned that space into storage).
In preparation, those Rubbermaid totes were in the house where they were packed and pretty much ready to go as soon as laundry was done. Food items were packed also, like canned good and such. The electric cooler was brought in the house also and packed when convenient.
Then, when it came time to actually leave, all we had to do was put the totes and the electric cooler in the back of the mini-van, hitch and go.
We reversed the process once at the campground. When clothes emptied, that became the dirty laundry hamper. And food items almost always stayed in the back of the van. It was easier than hauling things back and forth all the time.
Packing was not a problem this way. The only time it became a little more challenging was when we decided to wash bedding. Then, we'd remove everything on the last day of the trip and simply pack it in the back of the van. After getting washed, the bedding would be put with the Totes and finally put back in the van. Once at the campsite, we'd make the bunks up.
No stress doing it this way.
Now that we have a TT, we keep food in the camper all the time, especially since we use it all the time. We just bring laundry in once home, wash it, and put it right back into the camper. Done! ready for the next trip.
