There’s a saying popular among the RV set. “Sorry What I Said While Parking The Camper.” To those who know, this statement should come as no surprise. Found on shirts, stickers, and even flags, it shines a bright, incriminating light on the frustration borne from parking – backing in, specifically – an RV or travel trailer.
It’s a reasonable, auditory knee-jerk response to an exasperating exercise. No matter how many times we back the rig into a campsite, the geometry involved – often with trees trunks and limbs, power posts and spigots, and other assorted obstacles inconveniently placed about – makes us appreciate (if maybe curse) those who seemingly do it with ease.
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When COVID-19 hit, Mary and Scott Hercik-Sladek started canceling camping and festival camping reservations. Partly to cut back a bit, partly out of a healthy concern about getting sick, they pulled the plugs on all their events. Even if they wanted to camp, managers at parks, campgrounds, and other campsites, at least those that were open, everyone was saying, “Camp at your own risk.” Who wants to risk that?
RV and roadtripping have opened new roads for the traveling public. Count Rachel Sapoznik among them. The Miami-based 
Four adults, one dog, and 1,500 miles over two weeks. With each trip – even the most successful, uneventful excursions – we learn something new. Stuff to pack, bring, buy along the way, or some hack we’ve always done or learned for the first time can make the difference between and good trip and an adventure with moments that make you enthuse, “what a cool hack. I have to remember that next time.”