Gearing Up
I've been camping for as long as I can remember so the basic needs for staying in a tent are covered for the Hess House. It's a bit different for going out West in an RV for two weeks. Between doing our own research and advice from friends we've made quite a few purchases over the last few months. No guarantees in their actual usefulness, but here are some of the more interesting items we've bought:
The Coffee Cup Power Inverter has the similar weight of coffee cup, fits in your cup holder, and has a USB port as well as two plugs. This may be the sole reason why you're able to keep up to date with this blog!
I'm really excited about these. One of the questions that has been on my mind since we began planning is what do you do with six people's worth of clothes for a two week trip? As simple as these look they are amazing! I got one large eBag for each family member and it holds five days worth of clothes, plus pjs, extra socks, and clothes for the baptism. With its shape, I'm able to store them during the trip in RV cabinets that are tall and narrow--perfect!
You'll find in an RV that there is a lack of counter space. We don't plan to use our stove too often so we got this to cover the burners. It comes with an adjustable backing to connect snugly to the stove top. We also got a similar one for the sink. The previous owners had one side covered with a cutting board that sunk into the opening. Now we have plenty of counter space!
Never would have imagined that I'd be excited to find a gigantic box of toilet paper sitting on my front porch but I was. Apparently regular toilet paper doesn't work with an RV's inner workings so we had to get specific RV toilet paper.
Most of the other things we've bought aren't nearly as interesting (water filter, hoses, toilet treatment, etc.), but it's good to know that after two weeks of living in the RV we (should be) pros at this ;)
I did get Kevin some CDs for Father's Day because the antenna's reception as we drive away from Cincinnati will get progressively worse. And I realize I'm dating ourselves when I mention CDs but other than using Prime Music and Pandora we don't have other ways of getting new music. One good thing is that we'll be exposing our kids to more of the music of our hey-day! I've pulled out my old CD book from college and we'll be rockin' all the way to Wyoming! haha I'll let you know how that goes.
The Coffee Cup Power Inverter has the similar weight of coffee cup, fits in your cup holder, and has a USB port as well as two plugs. This may be the sole reason why you're able to keep up to date with this blog!
I'm really excited about these. One of the questions that has been on my mind since we began planning is what do you do with six people's worth of clothes for a two week trip? As simple as these look they are amazing! I got one large eBag for each family member and it holds five days worth of clothes, plus pjs, extra socks, and clothes for the baptism. With its shape, I'm able to store them during the trip in RV cabinets that are tall and narrow--perfect!
You'll find in an RV that there is a lack of counter space. We don't plan to use our stove too often so we got this to cover the burners. It comes with an adjustable backing to connect snugly to the stove top. We also got a similar one for the sink. The previous owners had one side covered with a cutting board that sunk into the opening. Now we have plenty of counter space!
Never would have imagined that I'd be excited to find a gigantic box of toilet paper sitting on my front porch but I was. Apparently regular toilet paper doesn't work with an RV's inner workings so we had to get specific RV toilet paper.
Most of the other things we've bought aren't nearly as interesting (water filter, hoses, toilet treatment, etc.), but it's good to know that after two weeks of living in the RV we (should be) pros at this ;)
I did get Kevin some CDs for Father's Day because the antenna's reception as we drive away from Cincinnati will get progressively worse. And I realize I'm dating ourselves when I mention CDs but other than using Prime Music and Pandora we don't have other ways of getting new music. One good thing is that we'll be exposing our kids to more of the music of our hey-day! I've pulled out my old CD book from college and we'll be rockin' all the way to Wyoming! haha I'll let you know how that goes.
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