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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I'm posting because I have similar problems to the OP. Not everybody on this forum has got it all figured out yet :).
After 5 years living halftime in a very small van, I decided to get a bigger van. I haven't sold the small one, though. I felt that I need to spend a winter camping in the big one to make sure that I really do like it better. This is my first winter in it.
I got the bigger van because, frankly, I wanted to be able to bring more stuff. But I think I have kind of overshot that. Something I loved about living in the small van was that I knew exactly where everything was. In the big van, I spend a lot of time searching for things. Partly this is because it's a new setup and I have not yet found the right place to keep each item. I also haven't finished building cabinets. But it's also just because I have too much stuff with me.
I have a problem when doing the packing, too. I don't have any storage space at my S&B where I can keep the van stuff. And I can't keep it in the van if I'm building cabinets and all. I think I'm going to have to get a shed.
I also have allergies, so I can't just keep things in the van all year and then hitch up (metaphorically) and leave. I have to wash everything in the weeks before I go, or I will sneeze myself to death.
But I still think it would be easier if I had separate van stuff, kept it in the shed. Then I could just pull it all out and wash it and stick it in the van. Rather than what I have been doing, which is basically sifting through my entire S&B every fall, choosing which things to bring with me in the van. It's too time-consuming.
Edits: TYpos!
After 5 years living halftime in a very small van, I decided to get a bigger van. I haven't sold the small one, though. I felt that I need to spend a winter camping in the big one to make sure that I really do like it better. This is my first winter in it.
I got the bigger van because, frankly, I wanted to be able to bring more stuff. But I think I have kind of overshot that. Something I loved about living in the small van was that I knew exactly where everything was. In the big van, I spend a lot of time searching for things. Partly this is because it's a new setup and I have not yet found the right place to keep each item. I also haven't finished building cabinets. But it's also just because I have too much stuff with me.
I have a problem when doing the packing, too. I don't have any storage space at my S&B where I can keep the van stuff. And I can't keep it in the van if I'm building cabinets and all. I think I'm going to have to get a shed.
I also have allergies, so I can't just keep things in the van all year and then hitch up (metaphorically) and leave. I have to wash everything in the weeks before I go, or I will sneeze myself to death.
But I still think it would be easier if I had separate van stuff, kept it in the shed. Then I could just pull it all out and wash it and stick it in the van. Rather than what I have been doing, which is basically sifting through my entire S&B every fall, choosing which things to bring with me in the van. It's too time-consuming.
Edits: TYpos!
