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The same walkaround every time. Fill in our real height, length, and weight when we have them — leave blanks rather than guess.
Pre-trip
Height / weight (fill in, don’t invent)
- Height
- _____ ft _____ in (with A/C)
- Length
- _____ ft (plus toad if used)
- Weight
- GVWR / actual — weigh at a scale
Write the numbers we measured. A wrong height is worse than a blank.
Hookups
- Park, level, chock. Confirm slide and awning clearance.
- Electric: surge protector, then plug. Check pedestal breaker. Note 50 / 30 / none on that campground card.
- Water: filter if we use one, then city water or fill the tank — not both by accident.
- Sewer: only when we need it; keep the valve closed unless dumping.
Dump stations
- Know the next dump before gray or black is a problem. Each campground card has dump and water as yes/no, and cost as a number once reserved.
- Gloves, hose, and a rinse. Don’t be the person who leaves a mess.
- If a campground dump is closed, have a backup (travel center or county park).
Campground fields we actually fill
On each trip page campgrounds are cards, not a table: name, address, phone, URL, reservation yes/no plus an optional number, check-in date and time, check-out, nights, cost as a dollar amount once reserved, electric (50 / 30 / none), dump and water as yes/no, type (COE, Family, Harvest Host, National Park, Other, Private, State Park).
- Quiet hours are real. Generator hours too.
- Don’t walk through other people’s sites.
- Call about length before we treat a site as ours.
Mileage / fuel log
On the trip page: date, starting odometer, starting fuel gauge, refuel yes/no, mileage at refuel, amount of refuel, fuel cost, ending odometer, ending fuel gauge. Fill numbers we see. Don’t invent an mpg.
Departure walkaround
See also: Packing · Blue Ridge example trip