How long does it take you to set up "completely"? Everything done (not just parked and popped.
As a second question. How long to take down? DW has been timing us and it takes around 1 1/2 - 2 hours. Seems long but we can't seem to shorten.
Quote from: magnmikeHow long does it take you to set up "completely"? Everything done (not just parked and popped.
As a second question. How long to take down? DW has been timing us and it takes around 1 1/2 - 2 hours. Seems long but we can't seem to shorten.
We set up in about 30 minutes max. Takes us maybe 10 minutes to park and pop and the additional 20 minutes setting up our campsite. If we set up the add-a-room then add another 10 minutes to that.
Take down another 30 minutes 45 minutes tops.
Quote from: CajunCamperWe set up in about 30 minutes max. Takes us maybe 10 minutes to park and pop and the additional 20 minutes setting up our campsite. If we set up the add-a-room then add another 10 minutes to that.
Take down another 30 minutes 45 minutes tops.
That's about right for us, too. We probably take a bit longer since I boondock and leveling isn't a given.
Parked, leveled, popped up. Then DW goes inside. I stay outside. By the time she has the nest feathered, I've fastened the canvas, set up the awning and outside cooking area.
1 - 1 1/2 hours here too!!! :mad:
That's one of the reasons we went to the Trailmanor. I'm hoping the set-up will be easier and faster. I'll bet it's still about an hour. With the PU we had to fill with water, park, level, crank up the top, pull out the bunks, put down the support, secure the bunk canvas, put down the stabilizers, make the beds, arrange our clothes and the rest of the inside, light the water heater & fridge, put down the mat, set up the awning, the outside lights, our "SCCAMPERS" flag, get out the chairs, firewood, BBQ etc....it just takes time.
Someone at the last camp-out mentioned that moving up to their hybrid didn't take away much time from the set-up either.
I guess we just move a little slower than some... :sombraro:
Quote from: wavery1 - 1 1/2 hours here too!!! :mad:
That's one of the reasons we went to the Trailmanor. I'm hoping the set-up will be easier and faster. I'll bet it's still about an hour. With the PU we had to fill with water, park, level, crank up the top, pull out the bunks, put down the support, secure the bunk canvas, put down the stabilizers, make the beds, arrange our clothes and the rest of the inside, light the water heater & fridge, put down the mat, set up the awning, the outside lights, our "SCCAMPERS" flag, get out the chairs, firewood, BBQ etc....it just takes time.
Someone at the last camp-out mentioned that moving up to their hybrid didn't take away much time from the set-up either.
I guess we just move a little slower than some... :sombraro:
Completely set up probably about the same. Sometimes longer depending on how many times we have to stop and deal with the DC. Or talk to those pesky SCCampers. Its also taking a bit longer now with our new Trailer while I figure it all out and get the routine down...
As for clean up, hard to say considering many times we will begin putting things away the night before if are not gonna use it in the morning.
Yeah, it takes me and the wife 1 1/2 - 2 hours to set up and take down. I can have the popup up and moving around inside and level in about 30 minutes. Its getting everything else done for a two - three week stay that is the real time killer!
Quote from: JimSYeah, it takes me and the wife 1 1/2 - 2 hours to set up and take down. I can have the popup up and moving around inside and level in about 30 minutes. Its getting everything else done for a two - three week stay that is the real time killer!
Two or three weeks!? I wish!
I'm sorry but I gotta ask.....What are you people doing that takes 1 1/2 to 2 hours to set up your site?
CajunCamper
Quote from: CajunCamperI'm sorry but I gotta ask.....What are you people doing that takes 1 1/2 to 2 hours to set up your site?
:eyecrazy: :yikes: :sombraro: :U
um drinking!
It's the "extras" that take all that time. We've seen outdoor cooking setups that where larger than an army battalion field kitchen. Enough tacky lights to drop the voltage for an entire park. Bikes, chairs, tables, coolers, clothes racks, add a room, generator, enough stuff you want to look inside the camper because you always wanted to know what the inside of a clown car looked like...LOL
Quote from: coach:eyecrazy: :yikes: :sombraro: :U
um drinking!
:J Have you been spying on us :J
with No distractions ( chit chatting to SCCampers etc) it takes me about and hour or so to do my hybrid..parking leveling, unhitching, stabilzers takes me about 15 minutes. I have a slide out and 3 beds, 3 bunk end covers, awning, firewood, coolers, tables, BBq, bikes, Scooters and hookup water electric and sometimes sewer connections. Make the beds
I solo, so the PUP set up may take 45 minutes (including leveling), and add another 15 minutes to that if I set up the add-a-room/awning. Now, the fine tuning - or 'feathering' the nest takes considerably longer, (setting up hardwalled bathroom, unpacking coffee maker, knife block/seasoning carosel, starting a pot of coffee while I set up the dinette, and that must take about 4 minutes as the coffee is ready and I can plunk down at the set up dinette and enjoy a few minutes rest while deciding which needs to be done next. At some point I've emptied the cooler into the fridge, filled the ice trays and turned on the fridge. (I have over the door organizer for personal care items, another for towels, and a over the door shower organizer) Once those are in place, I can put the towels up, hook a t-shirt bag for garbage on one of the hooks, and I'm pretty much done other than to throw the pillows on the bunks (bedding stays on). Oh, pull out my table lamp, indoor/outdoor thermometer and clock and plug them up. Unroll the runner/rug, and hook up the dogs cable to the entry step, and clip the loose end to the canvas flap by the door for easy reach.
I too start packing my non-essentials the night before, and actual crank down takes about 20 minutes, roof settlement time another 5-10 minutes while I'm tossing the cooler on the truck and my suitcase, re-coiling the water hose and bagging the sewer hose. And, hook up to the tow vehicle, then I latch her up, and inspect the campsite for anything I may have missed.
It takes us about an hour to set-up, inside and outside. About 1 1/2 - 2 hours to take down. Mainly because I clean the pup at the CG before we close up. I don't like opening a dirty pup... :(
If I'm on the road and just stopping for a night it will be a very minimal set-up ... no awning, will stay hitched to the TV, won't even set-up the interior stove (have one of those Peak single burner stoves just inside the access door). Anyway, can do this in 15 minutes, whatever has to be done additionally adds minutes. Also includes take down.
However, when I get to where I'm going and begin the detailed set-up I have with all the junk I tote along ... hey, we're talking two to three hours! And Lord have mercy when I get ready to pack 'em up, close 'em up and hitch-up ... we're talking half a day! Of course, I clean up everything and put things back where they belong. But if I start packing up early in the morning (say 7:00am), I'll be lucky if I'm ready to go by noon! So the answer for me is to start the clean-up, square away process the afternoon or evening before. So the morning of depature, half that stuiff is done and I can be ready to drive on down the road in a couple of hours. Takes at least two hours just to take care of the fishing gear!
Fly
Man.....sounds like some of you are moving into an apartment rather than going camping. To each his or her own.
We pack light, carry only the necessities and take along as few gadgets as possible.
CajunCamper
I have no idea how long it takes us - but backing in is probably the worst of it. The rest depends on how much we decide to set up. We have a camp kitchen thing that is big and heavy and we don't set it up on shorter trips. We also have an EZ up; this also does not get used on all trips. Leveling is quick with the Bal and the actual setting up of the camper doesn't take long. And, the awning is now quick and easy since we switched it to a Carefree.
As far as breaking camp - well the time is proportionate to the amount of equipment set up to begin with. We do take longer than some folks do, since we clean it completely before leaving. We don't pop up after getting home unless we had to take it down with wet canvas. I'd rather spend an extra 20 minutes (or whatever) cleaning it out at the cg than deal with popping up later.
Well, after cranking up the popup, deploy the awning, assemble the solar panel brackets and set up the panel, get all the food in the correct places, set up the kid's area and sleeping quarters, get the kayaks off the top of the truck (unlock the locking cables, undo the straps and tie-downs and stow) assemble the paddles and mount / stow the safety gear, get the mountain bikes ready, get the fly-fishing gear ready and the rods assembled, set up the shelter over the table, collect firewood, fill the 35 gal water tank using jugs and a hand pump, light the fridge and hot water heater, set up the sink drain, fuel and pressurize the lantern, string a cloths line, pay the camp fee and make sure, since this is bear country (Griz) that anything that might attract a bear is properly stowed and locked away and emergency / safety items are easily at hand but not obvious to those who would have issues.
A two - three week dry camping trip takes a lot of "do'ins". For my last trip, four days in Death Valley, all was done in about an hour.
Hey, Jim, I Thought you liked to boondocking ?? That site in your picture looks more like dry camping but is a very nice site....where was that campground?
It can be wildly variable for us with our TT. If it's raining out and after dark, it's about as long as it takes to back it in, maybe 2 minutes. We'll leave it hitched, no stabs, no chocks. It also depends on how ambitious we feel. If we're lazy, setup can take us days. We usually work at it rather consistently, but don't get worried about time. If we get tired we sit for a bit and don't worry about it.
The longer the trip, the longer the setup and tear-down. Our last beach trip included bikes, boogie boards, wetsuits, beach toys, etc. That adds to it. Not to mention getting sand out of and off of everything.
If it's gonna be a long tear-down/pack-up, I make lunches while I'm making breakfast and stick them in the cooler in the TV. That way, once we're all torn down and hitched up, we can just hit the road and make good time.
Quote from: oreo57Hey, Jim, I Thought you liked to boondocking ?? That site in your picture looks more like dry camping but is a very nice site....where was that campground?
The campground is the Kintla Lake campground in Glacier NP. It is at the end of many miles of a single track dirt road, that can be rather rough and very narrow in places. The only conveniences are a hand pump and a couple of pit toilets. I do boondock in Death Valley and in the So. Cal desert and occasionally in other places as the mood and time allows.
Here's a view of the lake that my wife took a fews years ago. (I was out fishing and didn't have the camera. Sure glad she did!)
Also, here's a view of the campgorund from my site toward the lake. I like to stay back form the lake because the storms off the lake can bring violent winds. I've seen large trees come down. The RV in the far right had the rear caved from a falling tree some years ago.
It takes us probably 30-45 minutes to completely set up. Depends if I help my wife on the inside or not. We get it popped up in minutes. Its kind of a battle drill for us! There are ARTEP standards to be met by god!
That includes beds made, kitchen set up, chairs out and general organization that didnt happen before the trip. I will say that my wife usually puts in several hours at home in prep for a trip though. I think that is what makes the difference. She has everything organized in the camper before we leave. Usually only a handful of things are thrown in the van at the last minute.
Take down is a little longer - the motivation jsut isnt the same. Plus we try to get it set so that we dont have to pop back up when we get home. Dirty laundry is in the van, awnign is wiped clean etc. It may take an hour or more to get packed up - depending if I am "supervising the kids" or actually helping!
Mike, it took me 45min to minimally setup last Friday night in the dark. Though the next morning it took me 3-1/2 hours round trip and $90 to go to the closest grocery store and buy all the groceries I left at home. Because I always look at the bright side of things this gave me an opportunity to spend time with myself to reflect without DW for a nice peaceful ride back to camp... of course with the 12pack of Corona I bought at the store. Once I got off the pavement on the way back I drank three of them during the next hour of 4-wheeling back to camp.
When we had the pup I always cleaned as I packed away. Did not want to have to pop up again when we arrived home. But believe me, the older (58 & 62 yrs.) you get, the longer it takes. The hybrid is easier, can leave a few more details until we get home.
Most everyone is making me feel normal (with the exception of Cajun Camper)! We too have a lot of extras that help contribute to time. Removing bikes from rack on top, priming potty, setting up potty tent, making beds, etc. All with a 9 and 3 year old running around.
We too clean as we break camp so camper is ready to go next go round.
I like the ideas of making sandwiches on take down day. I'm always starved by the time we are pulling out of camp.
Quote from: magnmikeMost everyone is making me feel normal (with the exception of Cajun Camper)! We too have a lot of extras that help contribute to time. Removing bikes from rack on top, priming potty, setting up potty tent, making beds, etc. All with a 9 and 3 year old running around.
We too clean as we break camp so camper is ready to go next go round.
I like the ideas of making sandwiches on take down day. I'm always starved by the time we are pulling out of camp.
magnmike, didn't mean to make you feel abnormal, I started camping when I was 3 years old 44 years ago with my family and it has been a passion of mine all those years. I remember lugging around the heavy canvas cabin tent with all the poles. The tent always stunk and leaked everytime it sprinkled. Over the years we have loaded the house into a trailer and took it all with us to a campground, once I got married and had my own kids we tent camped with much more modern and lighter equipment, and learned to carry the minimum while on 5 day backpacking trips. When we bought our pop up 10 years ago, the boys were young and we once again loaded down with everything you can imagine. With each trip we learned to leave more and more things at home until now where we bring only the things we really need to have a good time. We just don't like all the clutter that all the un-necessary stuff adds to our campsite. The bonus is that it doesn't take long to pack, set up and tear down. Our kids started camping at an early age and learned how to pack and set up a campsite like the rest of us. They both had their duties so that when setting up our tent or pop up and campsite they were participating in the set up.
CajunCamper
Oh by the way magnmike, my oldest son was a wrestler in high school and his high school used to wrestle the high school team from Hoover Alabama and they were outstanding.
CajunCamper
Quote from: magnmikeMost everyone is making me feel normal (with the exception of Cajun Camper)! We too have a lot of extras that help contribute to time. Removing bikes from rack on top, priming potty, setting up potty tent, making beds, etc. All with a 9 and 3 year old running around.
We too clean as we break camp so camper is ready to go next go round.
I like the ideas of making sandwiches on take down day. I'm always starved by the time we are pulling out of camp.
And in my case I also have the bikes, plus the canoe which usually rides the top of the PU ... all take time to load and unload ... but having them along are worth the extra time. Also, the cast iron dutch oven ... heavy, takes extra space to store and extra time to clean; however, great biscuits for breakfast and dump cake for fireside desserts ... well worth the extra time of cleaning and packing backup again. Same for my hammock ~ extra to carry and stow away, but great for afternoon napping in the shade!
Time to time I'll take the canoe, fishing gear, a frying pan, a couple of potatoes, an onion and the dome tent for an overnight downriver fishing trip and travel as light as anyone. But the popup camper has a certain sense of camping luxury to it, if no more than being off the ground and the ability to tote extra "stuff".
Fly
Quote from: CajunCampermagnmike, didn't mean to make you feel abnormal,
CajunCamper
Just giving you a hard time. Your timeframe did take me by surprise though. My wife would think that is a world's record. Glad to know you know something about Hoover other than the football program on MTV!
We usually take weekend trips 3 hours from home; DH meets us there after work on Fridays and commutes in on Monday mornings (the places we camp are an hour closer to his workplace than our house so it makes sense timewise and $wise with him not missing work)- our boys (11 & 13) and I do the setup and take-down.
The total depends on how well the boys are behaving! On the days when they're 'best friends' and happen to agree with my logic, it takes 45 minutes maximum to offload bikes (from the top of Sixnall PUP rack (a lot of work but gotta admit my arms have gotten 'toned')), crank up & stabilize, position awning, cold soda break, string the clothes line, connect water hose, position drain bucket, transfer cooler contents to fridge and vice versa, and, most importantly, roll out our indoor-outdoor carpet and set up the beach chairs and citronella candles. Each has his own tasks and I don't need to ask either one to do any specific thing, it's become routine after 4years. This is followed by another soda break (lemon-lime seltzer w/ splash o' vodka or a beer for me :# ) and then they are off on their bikes (if they are gone even for 10 minutes that really seems to refresh all of us from being in a vehicle and campsite together for 3+ hours). If it's one of the rare days that they can't stand each other (and it seems to happen more while we're camping) the time can double (as well as my 'adult' beverage consumption).
I need to note that we pop up the day before so that we can load clothing, make beds (I like to arrive with as much done as possible), stock non-perishable food, and stock the non-perishable fridge (I transport non-perishable beer & soda in the fridge (cold upon arrival!) and take the perishables in a cooler (I try to cook things beforehand and then freeze them, like bbq chicken, sausage (our local Italian market makes excellent homemade), or chops that will be thawed and ready to reheat over the fire - I am paranoid that the fridge will quit while the PUP is down in transit unsupervised and I will arrive at the campsite with a bunch of spoiled stinky food).
Take-down is hard to figure; I wake up early in general while camping (6, 6:30) and like to enjoy the site and quiet while the boys sleep (I let them sleep as late as they naturally will which is sometimes as late as 10:30). We are always out by the 12 noon checkout time - I estimate that the actual pack up takes about 1 1/2 hours but we always move VERY slowly in the mornings as I am never in a hurry to leave!
Quote from: CajunCampermagnmike, didn't mean to make you feel abnormal, I started camping when I was 3 years old 44 years ago with my family and it has been a passion of mine all those years. I remember lugging around the heavy canvas cabin tent with all the poles. The tent always stunk and leaked everytime it sprinkled. Over the years we have loaded the house into a trailer and took it all with us to a campground, once I got married and had my own kids we tent camped with much more modern and lighter equipment, and learned to carry the minimum while on 5 day backpacking trips. When we bought our pop up 10 years ago, the boys were young and we once again loaded down with everything you can imagine. With each trip we learned to leave more and more things at home until now where we bring only the things we really need to have a good time. We just don't like all the clutter that all the un-necessary stuff adds to our campsite. The bonus is that it doesn't take long to pack, set up and tear down. Our kids started camping at an early age and learned how to pack and set up a campsite like the rest of us. They both had their duties so that when setting up our tent or pop up and campsite they were participating in the set up.
CajunCamper
I too am trying to go lighter and lighter...I've always made it too easy for my spoiled rotten kids..ok they're spoiled but not rotten..well with my recent back surgery all things have to change...I have to learn to deligate and quit being a control freak and my kids have to get of their lazy butts :p
Quote from: CajunCamperI'm sorry but I gotta ask.....What are you people doing that takes 1 1/2 to 2 hours to set up your site?
CajunCamper
Cajun..
We can get set up just for a quick night stay in about 30 minutes, but most full set-ups take the over an hour to accomplish as others describe. This year we are going camping less frequently but staying longer when we do, so the set-up and take-down time is a lower percentage of the entire trip.
Here's what takes us that long from my memory...not always in this exact order:
Select Site if not pre-reserved Usually driving around campgound once to select the site.
Stop to fill up the water tank. Drain hose and coil back up. (We rarely camp at a site that has water connections)
Back into site. Level from side to side, and drive onto lynx if necessary.
Secure wheel chocks.
Unhitch and level front to back.
Lower the stabilizers.
Plug in power cord and AC power cord.
Switch refrigerator from DC to AC
Attach grey water drain air trip, hose, and grey water tank
Unload fishing gear, shoe mat, lantern and outdoor suplies from storage container.
Crank up, pull out beds, install safety standards and zip up/secure velcro
Install door.
Set up awning and install patriotic lights and bungee cord American Flag to awning post.
Set out RV Mat under awning and secure with stakes if needed.
Put out picnic tablecloths and secure with plastic snaps. Set up lantern.
Pull out folding chairs and table from inside camper and set up.
Take RVQue from storage bag and install on side of camper and install outdoor shelf, put the flashlight, binoculars, and insect repellent spray on the shelf.
Put out citronella candles and light if needed. Plug in heated mattress cords if needed.
Bed is already made, but pull pillows out of storage, put on pillow cases, and put on beds.
Fold the hinged sink/stove into operating position
Raise table to table position.
Open vent/turn on AC, fans, furnace, or open windows as weather allows.
Set up collapsable garbage container and put in a plastic kitchen garbage bag.
Hang hanging pantry from ceiling.
Snap bunkend fan/light into place and plug in.
Remove pots, pans, coffee maker, teapot, dish rags, etc., from underseat storage, set up, in cabinets under fold up sink and stove or countertop space.
Remove TV and antenna from underseat storage and set onto the bedside cabinet, plug in, and do the channel search to program local channels. Attach the XM radio receiver and tune in the White Sox or Illini if playing.
Put lightweight food (bread, chips, etc.,) in the hanging pantry.
Put the liquid hand soap and hand sanitizer next to the sink.
Turn on the water pump.
Put fresh flowers and candle on table.
Meet with the park staff to register and pay.
Unpack and put away groceries if picked up at a local store on the way to the campground.
Unload, stack, and cover firewood if brought.
Stick our name sign into the ground and hang flower pot from it.
Unload clothes duffel bags from TV and put onto spare bed.
Put food box onto spare bed.
Unload drink and bait coolers from TV and put on edge of RV Mat against
camper.
If others are staying with us, remove the extra chairs from the TV and set up, also make the extra bed.
Fold the RVQue storage bag, RV Mat bag, and chair bags and put into the storage compartment.
Police the campsite and pick up the bottle caps, cigarette butts, pop cans, and milk carton lid strips left by previous campers
Fill water supply in the Thetford Porta-Potty if needed. Set out the TP and Keeenex.
This doesn't include setting up the Add-A-Room which I bought with the camper, but have never used or even set up yet.
I'd have to say that it takes us about 2 hours to fully set up, but, as others have said, it all depends on ow well the DC are behaving. If We have to stop andspeak to them every 5 minutes, set up seems to take forever. We also bring a lot of stuff. Packing up also takes about 2 hours, but we are never in a rush and really take our time, kids are usually in terrible moods since they never want to leave... I also started putting away all the non essentials the night before a few camping trips ago and that really helps. I even break down the dinette so that is one less thing for me to do. I always clean before we close up but we almot always have to open the camper at home to make sure it is dry.. especially with the waterfall that flows from our roof with the A/C. The last trip last weekend, we had so much condensation in the windows of the camper that we had to pop it up at home, but when we returned from our week long trip (and a much cooler and less humid climate...) we had no need to pop up when we got home...
We can do a quick, overnight set-up in about an hour. That means nothing outside, the dinette not set up & minimal supplies.
However, it can take over 2 hours if we set up the faux (not-so) EZ up, tacky lights, outside kitchen, etc. We only do this for 3+ nights.
We usually do the take-down gradually, so it's hard to tell.
But in general, the camper is the easy part. It's all my assorted "nesting" activities that take the most time!
Pam
Quote from: Dee4jI too am trying to go lighter and lighter...I've always made it too easy for my spoiled rotten kids..ok they're spoiled but not rotten..well with my recent back surgery all things have to change...I have to learn to deligate and quit being a control freak and my kids have to get of their lazy butts :p
Dee4j.....We always assigned duties to our kids based upon their age and capabilities, the older and more capable they became, the more duties they were assigned. I have to tell you on more than one occasion we had folks come up to us and say, "we watched you set up and we were impressed by how involved your kids were." The fact is, my kids would not let anyone else perform the duties they were assigned.
I also have to say, that we gave them important roles to play and taught them how to perform them. My youngest was 5 years old when we gave him the duty of cranking down the stabilizers along with his other duties. I never once had to worry about the stabilizers being cranked down at the right time and being done properly.
I would pull out the bunkends and then my boys would go under to set the support poles and secure the vinyl. Once I pulled out the bunkends, I could walk away and go onto my next duty and never be worried about the way they did the job.
Each one of them was responsible for their own personal items such as sleeping bags and pillows.
We all stayed busy and before you know it we were set up and ready to enjoy our camping trip.
I think once you assign specific duties to your kids and let them know that unless they do them it won't get done and that you all depend on it getting done and that it truly is an important job, they will take ownership and do a great job.
That's how we set up in 30 minutes. Plus we don't carry a lot of un-necessary crap.
CajunCamper
I go alone with my three kiddos, and I bring along a dvd player for them so they can watch a movie in the van while I set up, lol! But setting up solo it takes me about 45 minutes. I'm proud of myself:)
Taking down just plain sucks, though! Probably because we have made messes while there...I can't even tell you how long it takes me because I always start way before we leave and work slowly.
Setting up the entire camp (awning, i/o rug, lights, chairs, outdoor stove) takes about 45min. After we get popped up, I do everything outside with the kids helping out. My wife sets up the inside and we finish about the same time. We always pop up in the barn before we go so the clothes and food are already stored and beds are made. We do the same taking down and even if we take the bikes and canoe we are still under an hour. We also pop up in the barn afterwards to change the sheets and unpack the food and clothes. So total we take more time but at the site we seem to be quicker.
The upside is that we never have anything in the TV that we don't want. Everything for camping is in the camper.
It was an age thing for us it just takes longer to get the job done.....Hahaaa plus we had sooooooooooo much crap those little must have things that make life so much better....Hahaaaa
Now we drive in un-hook,level put out the mat and two chairs and our cookstove and it's done......If we feel like doing something extra we do if we just feel like sitting in our chairs and watching others set up then we do that. Best of all we now can pull into a site get out and walk back to TT and have a bite to eat lay down for a nap/or sleep for the night and leave in the morning.....Life is good....
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I too am trying to go lighter and lighter...I've always made it too easy for my spoiled rotten kids..ok they're spoiled but not rotten..well with my recent back surgery all things have to change...I have to learn to deligate and quit being a control freak and my kids have to get of their lazy butts
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You better get started that garage alone will take you months to clean out.....Hahaaaaa Then when you get to the next SCCampers event you'll find that you don't have what you need to loan out to one of us that doesn't have what we need......Heeheeee
I'm sure the kids will gladly take on some of the jobs to go camping........Sometimes it's just easier to do it ourselves then to haggle with our kids to get the job done the way we want it done........Delegate,Delegate.......it's such a hard thing to do......??( at least it was for me! ) It would have been so much better on me if I would have let the kids do more................. Soooooooooooooooo don't make my mistakes.........
Super Woman is just a cartoon.........Luv Ya,carol
We just returned from a two nighter, it took about 45 minutes to set up. and 1 1/2 hrs to tear down. what i noticed was that we get things out to use but don't put them back, so at the end of the trip we have to put everything back in its place, no big deal on long trips, but short outings would be better if we were more organized. I'm guessing that PU campers pick a destination and stay, were as TT and Motor homes may stop for a night or two and move on.
We don't get to camp to often...Maybe a couple of times a year rent a spot for the weekend at the lake near by. Vacations and longer outings are camping/horse riding trips. (yep driving 2 vehicles) Sooooo to say if takes us a while to set up and take down.....considering unloading horses, watering and haying, cleaning out said horse trailer before even going to campsite! Bottom line you gotta REALLY like it to go through the trouble...but the $ savings of renting a campsite vs. cabin/hotel room etc...
When we had our pup it took us a long time to set up and take down.....Mostly due to all the extra stuff we brought with us. Now with the TT when we're staying for a few days it takes us about 30 min. to set up(maybe a little longer if we have to block up the trailer.... we are not in a hurry that's what retirement is all about) and about an hour to get packed up to leave??. ( I take time to clean the TT as I pack up to leave)
If it's just a overnighter we do not even unhook so it's a snap.......What a difference.......
It takes us about an hour to set up and about 2 hours to take down. The set up is everything inside and out! Screen Room, Unloading wood for fire, chairs, outside kitchen, awning, etc. Take down is longer because we do some of the cleaning before we close the hatch. We always clean off the spider webs from the pup and wipe down the canvas on the pull outs. It just keeps our pup looking good and when we get home we dont have to hurry up and put it up to avoid mold and mildew, off course we are in FL and this is probably a bigger issue than other parts of the country.