My wife and I (and two beagles) debuted our 2017 Passport 2520RL this past weekend. It was also our first camping adventure ever. We had a great weekend at Gettysburg Campground. We were off in a corner near the tent sites. We had only a few neighbors and nobody in any site bordering ours. Some veteran camper friends came to visit on Saturday and we got a few pointers from them as well as positive feedback on what we had done thus far and accessories we acquired. We learned a few valuable lessons...
- Use a real level in the interior to determine level-ness rather than the little levels the dealer stuck on the corner of the unit.
- If one expects 30a of power on the inside, one must turn on power at the pole!
- We need to come up with a better BRS (Beagle Restraint System). We purchased several sections of an inexpensive garden fence at Lowes(visible in the attached photo) that didn't do the job.
- Spending $10 on ponchos would have been wise.
- The number one lesson though, and this is a big one, the absolute most important lesson we learned was this: DO NOT assume that the valves are all in a closed position when you remove the dump cap! Bad things will result!
All in all, a great weekend. We look forward to Labor Day Weekend at Swallow Falls State Park in western Maryland!
- Use a real level in the interior to determine level-ness rather than the little levels the dealer stuck on the corner of the unit.
- If one expects 30a of power on the inside, one must turn on power at the pole!
- We need to come up with a better BRS (Beagle Restraint System). We purchased several sections of an inexpensive garden fence at Lowes(visible in the attached photo) that didn't do the job.
- Spending $10 on ponchos would have been wise.
- The number one lesson though, and this is a big one, the absolute most important lesson we learned was this: DO NOT assume that the valves are all in a closed position when you remove the dump cap! Bad things will result!
All in all, a great weekend. We look forward to Labor Day Weekend at Swallow Falls State Park in western Maryland!