There's Still Always Prep

@porwest (107426)
United States
September 10, 2025 8:20am CST
The camper we have is sort of "built in," when it comes to what's inside that we need. We keep clothes in there, for example. Towels and rags. The scissor legged grill is in the pass through. There are certain seasonings we keep, and the pots and pans and other necessities. But we still have to pack things. Chairs. The smaller propane tanks for the grill. Changes of clothes since we bring things back to wash. Certain food items and condiments like butter or margarine, beer, sodas, ketchup, mustard, water etc. Most of the major food stuffs we get when we get to the site and usually stop into the local Walmart wherever we are. The truck has to be loaded. I like to gas up. We take a certain amount of cash with us. No matter how "self-contained" the camper happens to be, there's still always some sort of prep that has to happen before a trip, so, the day of and the day before can usually be quite full.
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• United States
10 Sep
Sounds like you've gotten it all down to a science for your camping adventures.
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@porwest (107426)
• United States
10 Sep
I am not sure it is down to a science. There's always something "new" that comes up. But we're better prepared now than when we first started doing it, for sure. lol
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@snowy22315 (195927)
• United States
10 Sep
Makes sense..
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@porwest (107426)
• United States
10 Sep
Every time we do this, we always joke, "I thought the idea was to take our home with us, yet we're still taking stuff from home to take with us." lol
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@noni1959 (10556)
• United States
11 Sep
It's so humid here, you don't dare leave towels, clothes etc. inside. I leave in dishes and pans. I'm a minimalist so packing is simple.
@LindaOHio (200515)
• United States
10 Sep
And we would have had a tendency to take MORE crap because there's more room than in a car!
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@porwest (107426)
• United States
10 Sep
lol. You still have to be a bit careful and mind weight. I can only tow so much before all the wheels will do is spin. But I know what you mean.
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