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nasfd35

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Ok?.this is our first travel trailer and we?re making plans to take a trip. My question is, are there any traditions people do one their maiden voyage?
 
Yes there is. It is called a shakedown cruise. You don't camp very far from home and you camp near a Walmart. Then you try out everything on the rig and make several trips to Walmart to buy all the things you forgot to stock the RV with.

Oh, and don't forget to break a bottle of champagne on the RV as you pull out of the driveway. ;D ;D ;D
 
    Lots of people actually camp in the Walmart parking lot the first night, although it is often very useful to be near other more experienced RVrs to ask/scream for help.  We've all been there, and after the initial jokes, almost every RVrs will then show you anything that you need explained.
    Enjoy your new RV, it is a lifestyle that cannot be replicated any other way.

Ed
 
I would either camp in the driveway or close to a WalMart... Like my first trip out all the things I forgot I was running back and forth to stores picking up.

Also I would camp where there is a full hook up for one reason this allow you to load up and camp like your dry camping without hooks if something should fill up too fast or run out on you you can always dump or fill up again and figure out what you need to change to make sewer and water supplies last longer. Also same goes for the battery power see how long you can go without 120 VAC power. This will allow you to shake down without worries of ruining the first trip out.

 
Also, buy a logbook!  I looked at the preprinted, "form" logbooks like the ones at Camping World, but didn't like them.  I got a nice, hardcover book with blank lined pages, although any simple notebook will do.  You can record anything you like, but I like to record my beginning & ending mileage, where I went, campground, campsite number, who's along on the trip, what we did, ate, bought, liked, disliked, fish we caught, fish that got away, hiking trails, etc.  Also, you may want to record any issues you have, any new discoveries made re: what to take, what to do, gas (diesel) mileage, costs, etc.  Just about everything.  I just spend a few minutes before leaving home, then a few more each night recording before I go to bed.  In a few years, it'll be fun to go back and read this.  Especially since I'm a rookie, these early experiences will probably be pretty funny a few years from now.
 
koski said:
Also, buy a logbook!  I looked at the preprinted, "form" logbooks like the ones at Camping World, but didn't like them.  I got a nice, hardcover book with blank lined pages, although any simple notebook will do.  You can record anything you like, but I like to record my beginning & ending mileage, where I went, campground, campsite number, who's along on the trip, what we did, ate, bought, liked, disliked, fish we caught, fish that got away, hiking trails, etc.  Also, you may want to record any issues you have, any new discoveries made re: what to take, what to do, gas (diesel) mileage, costs, etc.  Just about everything.  I just spend a few minutes before leaving home, then a few more each night recording before I go to bed.  In a few years, it'll be fun to go back and read this.  Especially since I'm a rookie, these early experiences will probably be pretty funny a few years from now.

Excellent idea. I'm half way there and usually do a log with video and pictures. But I like that idea of logging it all down.  8)

I've already do logbooks for fuel mileage / fuel usage for the trucks. So adding another logbook for the RV wouldn't hurt...  ;D
 

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