Opening Day Jitters
Last year when I retired, rented out my house and decided to Full-time-it not having camped since I was a teenager, I did a lot of research. I researched everything but winterizing. I live in the Sout...
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When we pack up everything goes back where it belongs. I'm a stickler for this because I hate digging for stuff. We also do the general housekeeping, strip the bed, etc. When we get home we pull up to the house and tale the dogs, food, meds and dirty laundry in. After that I take to the storage lot, drain the tanks, shut down the propane and pull the battery to be charged at home. Now it is ready for the next trip. The clothes and sheets will be washed, the food box restocked and what ever items on a list that the trailer needs will be done before we go out again. When it does start freezing in the fall it only takes minutes to winterize.
It'll be a month or so before it stops snowing up at altitude. When it does we will bring the trailer home, give it a good deep cleaning inside and out. check all the systems, fill the propane, grease the bearings, dewinterize, sanitize, etc. The clean clothes and sheets will go back in and I'll look through each space to get reacquainted and then it goes back to the lot ready to go as we never ever bring it home right before a trip.
The whole routine makes it for the least amount of effort to get going the next trip. We often decide on the spur of the moment and that doesn't play well if we need to spend a day getting it ready to go. We can usually be on the road a hour or two after deciding to go and that includes buying the fresh food to take.
So you will get use to it. Not just throwing things in or leaving them till the next time helps.
It'll be a month or so before it stops snowing up at altitude. When it does we will bring the trailer home, give it a good deep cleaning inside and out. check all the systems, fill the propane, grease the bearings, dewinterize, sanitize, etc. The clean clothes and sheets will go back in and I'll look through each space to get reacquainted and then it goes back to the lot ready to go as we never ever bring it home right before a trip.
The whole routine makes it for the least amount of effort to get going the next trip. We often decide on the spur of the moment and that doesn't play well if we need to spend a day getting it ready to go. We can usually be on the road a hour or two after deciding to go and that includes buying the fresh food to take.
So you will get use to it. Not just throwing things in or leaving them till the next time helps.
