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Girl Camper: Episode 106 Simplifying Weekend Get Aways
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:49:51
Publish Date: 2017-10-16 21:54:33
Description: On this weeks show I am talking about ways to make more use of your RV. You dreamed the dream, you made the purchase but now it seems harder than you thought to use it as often as you hoped. I discovered that weekend get-aways sometimes feel as pressure filled as the big trips. Having the RV packed and ready is only half the battle. Having the right state of mind is key as well. How do you shut the negative loop that starts telling you to "just stay home and relax here this weekend"? I have a new check list of things to do when the camper rolls in the driveway from the last trip that make the next trip less pressure. In addition to the usual things like emptying the trailer of food, garbage and laundry I have now added these time savers that make the next trip more likely to happen. When You Get Home Strip the bed of dirty linens. Even if you don't wash them until Tuesday or Wednesday, at least they're in the house and it's more likely to get done before the weekend. Clean the trailer when you get it home rather than when you are ready to use it again. Getting out there in the middle of a busy work week can feel like a chore and add to the loop that starts playing telling you to just stay home. I now wipe the floors, bathroom and surfaces after I strip the bed. Having it all clean just begs you to repack it and get out. During The Week  Think of food differently when planning quick trips. I always have this ideal for camp meals and I want to make them extra special. Ideal meals are a bit of a dream. I think I'd rather sit around the fire with a reheated leftover than be at home with probably the same leftover. Some ways to not overthink the food are to: Cook an extra large meal during the week and freeze a portion for travel. When you get to the campground on Friday you can unwind with a heated up leftover rather than ramp up and start chopping and dicing. If you plan a special meal for Saturday night,  buy the ingredients when you are doing your family shopping. Don't make anything so special that you need to make a special trip to get ingredients. Freeze it if necessary but get what you want when you are already at the store. Have a pantry with 'go to' meals that don't require refrigerated food. Tuna casseroles with Ramen noodles make great camp comfort food in a pinch. Beans and Rice. Tomato soup and oyster crackers. White sliced potatoes and hash. Ask yourself if the meal is more important than the location and if the idea of food having to be "special" is stopping you from even going, you may need to rethink the food part. The Night Before Plug the trailer in so that the refrigerator is nice and cold and you can transfer the food items you need for the weekend to the trailer right before you leave. I cleared a shelf in the home refrigerator and I use it as my stash for trailer sized food. Mini sized condiments and things I like in the trailer and then I don't have to search for them around the fridge. I put them on the bottom shelf on the door because no one will ever find them there! Add the clothes items that you need for the trip and put them in the trailer the night before. I use packing cubes which I bring in when I get home and then I can add the clothes I will need during the week as I am watching what the weather forecast looks like. I have coats, rain gear and extra shoes in the trailer all the time so I just need the street clothes for the weekend ahead. Gas up the tow vehicle. Having to make one less stop on the day of departure is a real stress reliever. It puts you closer to your goal of getting to the campground as soon as possible. Last minute errands on a Friday take longer than the rest of the week because of high traffic volume  and create tension when the goal is to start unwinding. Hitch up the trailer the night before if you don't need the tow vehicle to get to work. If you need your tow vehicle to get to work on Friday,
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