Your RV is packed and you can taste the open road. Before heading out, there are 15 things that you need to make sure you do. These will make your next road trip even better.
Yes, of course it’s a good idea to know what city you’re going to sleep in, but have some flexibility. Don’t drive more than eight hours per day; that way you have room for sporadic stops, great laughs and a lot of the unexpected.
Okay, so here’s one thing to map out. Sure the beautiful, scenic vacation photos are memorable… but so is a 200-foot high, wooden elephant. Find the quirky, funny road side stops and take a selfie when you get there.
Yes, with smart phones, onboard navigation systems, etc., we don’t need a paper map… but it’s still kind of cool. Grab a huge, black marker and mark where you’ve been. That way you have a memento, or a cool piece of map art to hang in your hallway when you get home.
Your RV is going to guzzle gas like a hungry baby chugs milk. Get a gas card, get fuel perks and save some cash.
Remember those circular disc-type of things? Yes. Get one. Better yet, make your own with your favorite songs… and play it all the way through, tens of times during your trip. You won’t think much of it during the moment, but months later when a certain song plays, you’ll immediately be transported to the open road.
Okay, maybe not the flashing ones that lead you to businesses of ill repute, but you know, the ones that offer free chocolates, record-size squirrels and haunted houses. If nothing else, they’re probably worth a good laugh.
(RVshare presents weird tourist attractions around the United States.)
This is your chance to make new friends… maybe even lifelong contacts. So, chat with your waitress at the diner, the clerk at the grocery store and the folks from Montana, in the RV next to you. You never know what kind of cool people you’ll meet.
Toll roads always seem to randomly pop up. Some have a real live person who can make change; some need the exact coinage. So be prepared. Bring cash and rolls of coins so nothing surprises you.
This is a smart safety precaution. Tell someone – a friend, a family member, someone – where you’re going everyday and where you’ll be at night. Just in case you magically disappear, they’ll know where to start looking.
Remember playing “I Spy as a kid. .
