Closing up for the winter - How do you keep the critters out?

[campdaddy]

I'd scatter a full box around the camper each fall. About the third year we opened up in the spring to find ALL the sheets missing.
We found them in a drawer making a comfy nest for a moma mouse and 6 pink baby mice.

Hey M-4947......you should use NEW Bounce sheets every year!.. Just kidding. :sombraro: Actually, We've put a few moth balls in the camper and much more around the outside. Also we make sure to vacuum and clean real good before putting 'er up. Has Worked so far. when we open it up in the spring, we air it out real good for a few days before we actually camp for the first time. We also put some Damprid in the camper to control moisture. That may have an effect too.

[GoneCampin]

Thank you everyone for all of your ideas!  I will probably use a number of them when I close her up for the winter!    I like the idea of only putting a few moth balls inside & then a bunch outside - under the camper.  I think the previous owners must have put a whole box inside!

[John McNamara]

Our problem here in south Florida is not critters, but wasps. We can't park in the garage (the 1972 pick up goes there), so it sits in the driveway. .We used it last in early August, before school started. We are going to Orlando (Fort Wilderness) for a long weekend, and went to crank it up and restock and check the LP connections when we found four different wasp nest -- one under the LP tank cover, two under the A/C and a fourth in the fridge access area. Any ideas?