exterior US map stickers - protocol?

Doug33 wrote:
Until you get a letter in the mail from the National RV Map Association.

That's what I'm afraid of. My trailer has a map from the previous owner on it. They'll catch up with me some day.

thirtydaZe wrote:
but you have to actually, physically stay there, none of this "we drove through it" stuff right?

I'm actually of the opinion that the journey is part of the experience. Many times we stop in states to eat or check out a park or other destination. I don't have a map on our current TT, but if I did I would include states we've visited, not just the ones we've stayed overnight in. It should be a journal of everywhere the RV has been, not just where it has rested overnight.

If I leave NJ and travel to Ohio, but pull over in a rest area in PA and eat in the TT, I'm putting PA on my map! ;)

I also agree that it should be a conglomerate of where I've been to, not specific to any one RV. I've owned 3 PUs and 2 TTs over the last 25 years, so I wouldn't want to start over each time.

But as others have said, follow your own preferences. Until you get a letter in the mail from the National RV Map Association.

I just want a map

FWIW, our map is dual purpose. States colored in for where we've been on the bikes (40); further IDed for the states we've been to with the RV (only 6 so far).

I don't stickers on my rigs, we collect magnets and put them on the fridge. I need a bigger fridge.

My golden rule "each to their own"

We had a pop-up for 12 years and just bought a new TT. I am not starting my map over as I fill in a state once I have camped at least one overnight and I want it to represent my camping history overall and not just with one camper.

I have trouble enough figuring out where I am without worrying about where I've been.

I'm always curious about what people do as "rules" as well.

For us, we decided as a family what our rules are. We don't have to actually camp overnight in the state. Because, technically, we could drive 12 hours, sleep in a state, and drive out first thing in the morning without ever really seeing the state or experiencing it. That's not exactly memorable for us.

We have decided that to earn our sticker, we have to actually do something in the state. Driving through doesn't count and sleeping in the state doesn't count. We must get out of the car and do something. Visit a garden, museum, stroll through downtown area, see a national landmark, etc.

Water-Bug wrote:

A lot of former military service members have camped in Hawaii, but there was no RV involved. :)

There was a time when people knew that 'camping' included tents and not just an RV.

IndyCamp wrote:
We don't have one on the rig and the one in my sig is for me only, not the family. My wife and my three-year-old don't post on here.

I have camped in 48 states, either in a tent or an RV.

I added Hawaii because I did sleep in a chair on the beach and while there was not a piece of canvas between me and the outdoors, I consider that as close as I am going to get to camping in Hawaii. :)

A lot of former military service members have camped in Hawaii, but there was no RV involved. :)