I'm almost 46 and I think its time for me to start using a check list.This last camping trip to Myrtle Beach, I did two or three stupid things that I have never done in the past. Or was it 5??? I forget...:oMost were just minor little things like forgetting to pack a cooler. Which cost me money. One was potentially bad: I forgot to fold up the hand rail on the door when leaving. Luckily a neighbor camper stopped me before we pulled off.I downloaded an app for my phone, but I may just make some kind of binder. Any suggestions/experiences are welcome.

If you have an IPad rvchecklist is great. Think it is also available for android.

jamnw wrote:I'm almost 46 and I think its time for me to start using a check list.This last camping trip to Myrtle Beach, I did two or three stupid things that I have never done in the past. Or was it 5??? I forget...:oMost were just minor little things like forgetting to pack a cooler. Which cost me money. One was potentially bad: I forgot to fold up the hand rail on the door when leaving. Luckily a neighbor camper stopped me before we pulled off. I downloaded an app for my phone, but I may just make some kind of binder. Any suggestions/experiences are welcome.keep it low tech. we have a loading checklist (actually 3 of them) that we use at home in preparation for a trip and a departure checklist we use when leaving a campground. we keep the departure checklist in a soft cover binder in the pocket of the driver's seat.

Laminate a 5x6 index card with one side being going and the other breaking camp.

About the only thing I always have near me is my phone.I use the Notes Lite app. It is free from Google Play. It is like having a legal pad in your smartphone. You can make a file for a departure checklist, am arrival checklist, and a breaking camp checklist.

We use a few wooden clothes pins clipped to the dash. Write on them things to check and remove them when complete. Works for us.Keith

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WoodLark
Explorer
Jul 21, 2013
I'm with the OP. I too need a checklist. My last trip, I made it 20 miles down the road after leaving the campground before I realized I had forgotten to plug the electrical connector from the trailer into the tow vehicle (realized it when I noticed I had no trailer brakes!).
rhagfo
Explorer III
Jul 21, 2013
Well at 62, I still don't use a physical check list.
I do a walk around with all others in the TV, undistributed, no out side influences.
If I get in the TV, and have any second thoughts, I get out and check it again!!
kedanie
Explorer II
Jul 21, 2013
We use a few wooden clothes pins clipped to the dash. Write on them things to check and remove them when complete. Works for us.

Keith
lgarcia
Explorer
Jul 21, 2013
About the only thing I always have near me is my phone.

I use the Notes Lite app. It is free from Google Play. It is like having a legal pad in your smartphone. You can make a file for a departure checklist, am arrival checklist, and a breaking camp checklist.
wildtoad
Explorer II
Jul 21, 2013
Laminate a 5x6 index card with one side being going and the other breaking camp.
rk911
Explorer
Jul 21, 2013
jamnw wrote:
I'm almost 46 and I think its time for me to start using a check list.

This last camping trip to Myrtle Beach, I did two or three stupid things that I have never done in the past. Or was it 5??? I forget...
:o

Most were just minor little things like forgetting to pack a cooler. Which cost me money.

One was potentially bad: I forgot to fold up the hand rail on the door when leaving. Luckily a neighbor camper stopped me before we pulled off. I downloaded an app for my phone, but I may just make some kind of binder. Any suggestions/experiences are welcome.

keep it low tech. we have a loading checklist (actually 3 of them) that we use at home in preparation for a trip and a departure checklist we use when leaving a campground. we keep the departure checklist in a soft cover binder in the pocket of the driver's seat.
donn0128
Explorer II
Jul 21, 2013
If you have an IPad rvchecklist is great. Think it is also available for android.

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