RV Camping
1. Take a professional course in driving focused on the specialized requirements of efficiently and safely operating your RV.
2. Practice your skills on roads with minimal traffic.
3. In the U.S., if you're 62 years of age or over, you should acquire a "Golden Age Passport". It will be your ticket for free access to wildlife exhibits, national monuments, parks, and national recreation facilities.
4. In tourist areas and peak seasons, make reservations at least 3 weeks ahead.
5. Checklist:
- First aid kit
- Packed meals
- Canned foods
- Ample supply of Purified drinking water
- Toiletries (soap, shampoo, tissue)
- Cooking essentials
- Flashlights
- Mosquito and bug repellant lotion or spray
- Enough clothing
- Fire extinguisher
- Map, compass
- Books, game boards, cards, puzzles
6. Park your RV in the shade.
7. Build your campfire away from the vehicle.
To build your campfire, begin with easy burning tinder like dry needles of pine, wood shavings, paper or tiny twigs.
Put your broken dry twigs carefully placed atop the tinder, which is where your will start.
Then place some sticks in a teepee style over the small twigs and tinder, making sure there is less space in between the sticks, tinder and teepee.
Once your fire rises up, add more twigs, then logs.
8. Safety on campfires. Make sure you attend to your campfire always and extinguish it before you go inside your RV to sleep by splashing water on it.
9. Before leaving the campsite, walk around completely your RV to examine that all electric wires, sewer and water are unhooked and check if the Television antenna is put down.
Likewise, clean around the campsite making sure you leave it as it was before you came. Bring your trash with you.
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Seasonal Camping Grounds
Seasonal camping begins during spring season where you are free to "come and go" whenever you please, all throughout summer until it closes in the fall. In a seasonal campsite, you can leave your trailer settled on the campsite all season, and some sites even store it for you during winter. Many...