RVing In High Winds

Above, at the Los Banos (California) KOA, I experienced high winds overnight. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

More than a few times I have experienced high wind conditions while camping in my motorhome. After a while, one gets used to the buffeting and rocking of the rig.

What's worse is driving an RV in high winds. I had such an experience last September while returning home from a E Clampus Vitus clamp-out in Arizona. High winds were the order of the day over 75% of the drive.

RV Live has an article with some tips on RVing in high winds.

They begin with:

Out of all the weather that we’ve experienced on the road, RVing in high winds is the most annoying. If you’re new to the lifestyle, it can also be terrifying. I used to think that high winds flip RVs all the time, but based on my experiences, that rarely happens. 

It seems like even the biggest, heaviest RVs might blow over during a bad wind storm. Our own Arctic Fox fifth wheel trailer is heavier than most, but in the early days living in ours, I wasn’t sure if we would survive the rocking, rolling and relentless wind pummeling in places like New Mexico and the Southern California desert. Clearly, we did, because I’m here to tell you about it. And this is what I do when we get caught RVing in high winds.

To read more, go here.