Top 10 lessons learned while camping

#10. When it says 32ft, that's the actual measurement inside the trailer, but what you're hauling is actually 36ft., or more like around 40ft, once you include the tow bars and all 'that' stuff.

#9. You know it really is a BIG trailer when it makes your Suburban look like a Geo Metro.

#8. And along that same train of thought, when a toll gate is labeled 'CARS ONLY', they mean it. (thankfully there wasn't tooo much damage)

#7. It's best to hook up during daylight hours. That way you won't wake your neighbors when the smoke alarms go off at 10pm in your trailer, alerting quite possibly the entire campground that, yes indeed, you are new to this whole 'camper thing'.

#6. It's always good to have the owners operating manual with you the first time out on a trip in your new camper.

#5. 8 miles to the gallon actually is considered good gas milage in some instances.

#4. If your camper is too comfortable, the kids may never go out into the cold (50*) weather to sit by a campfire and roast marshmallows (what kind of whimps are we raising anyway??!?)

#3. It's never good to corner wildlife in the campground shower stalls-- even if your dad tells you it's okay, 'cause someone's bound to get BIT, and it won't be Dad.

#2. It's not always a good idea to let your children run wild all over the campground in the dark playing 'hide and go seek', because you never know, if say the next day, you discover that bears have been roaming in the same vicinity.

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#1 Lesson learned while camping:

It's more dadgum fun than we evah could have imagined!!