Yet another newbie question!

jhfxrtleeh1 wrote:
What is an EMS

Not to be confused with a surge suppressor, it's an energy management system. It protects anything connected to 120 volts inside an RV (low voltage, open ground connection, reversed polarity and some other things). The best one around is a Progressive Industries EMS. Lifetime warranty, made in the US and a few more or better features than the competition. Info. on a PI EMS here. We have one of these and when we pulled into a Thousand Trails CG a couple of days ago, it tripped on us. It indicated both an open ground and low voltage. The power was so bad at the site, we had to move to another one. An open ground is a serious safety concern. Sure glad we have an EMS.

I've forgotten pajamas a few too many times so finally hid some in the TT just in case. Then I stopped forgetting! (True story)

If going on longer trips or driving on unfamiliar roads and towing a TT, a GPS can really help. We also don't go camping and "roughing it" without taking our laptop and Verizon 4G. Can't imagine camping anymore without internet. It's also good for when you are having problems while out camping and you can onto to RV.net for help. :)

Can't think of much that shoulda/coulda been left at home, except for maybe DW once in a while, lol. We've got space to store rarely used things tho.