These amazing RV tips for your first camping trip will help ensure you get the best experience for you and your family. Learn how to get the best campsite, plan ahead, and tackle your setup and breakdown at the campsite like a pro.
Book Your Campsite Ahead
The first thing you’ll want to do when you know you’re ready to start traveling with your new RV from Keystone RV Mega Center is to pick a destination. Once you have settled on the place you’d like to go, research campgrounds in the area and the dates you hope to travel. It’s a good idea to book as far out in advance as possible, so call your campground of choice as soon as you have a destination and dates picked.
Learn All You Can About Your RV
After you purchase a new RV, it’s important to spend some time getting to know the ins and outs of your vehicle. You will want to understand all the features available in your RV as well as anything you might need while traveling. Get familiar with the slide, opening the awning, all of the appliances, and how to safely haul and park your RV.
Make a Camping Checklist
It never fails for us if we don’t make a camping checklist, something gets left behind. On this last camping trip, we forgot sunscreen and heat-resistant gloves for cooking around the fire. You can find RV camping checklists online to download, or you can just make your own. We tend to keep a list of things in our camping kit and add to it whenever we travel as needed.
Practice Cleaning Out Your Black Tanks
You don’t want to get caught at the campground cleaning your black and gray tanks for the first time. Take some time before you head out to learn about emptying the tanks and how to properly flush them. Then, clean the tanks with fresh water until you can do it without getting any liquid on yourself. This is great practice for avoiding the disgusting black water and gray water from your RV when you are at a dump site.
Plan for Rain
On most camping trips, you’re likely to encounter some rain, so it’s a good idea to keep a kit of rain gear in your RV. We recommend storing tarps, raincoats and ponchos, rain, boots, and games to play indoors while you wait for the rain to pass.
Stay Close to Home
Lastly, for your first adventure, keep it close to home. This gives you to practice driving your RV without going too far it also gives you the flexibility you need in case accidentally leave behind some campground essentials.
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