RV Boo-Boos

Above, at the KOA in West Yellowstone, Montana. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Sooner or later, mistakes are made by seasoned or new RV users. I once drove off with the awning fully deployed. Luckily, neighboring campers flagged me down one campsite down from ours, so nothing got damaged. That was the first time using the awning.

Since then, I always do a walk-around check on everything before driving off.

There are other boo-boos people do and RV Travel has an article on them.

They begin with:

“Protect us,” said the old prayer, “from things that go bump in the night.” For RVers, things that can “go bump” can do so in broad daylight—and often do. Too often, RVers pull away in their rig and hear unwelcome noises. The TV antenna left up? Or a major insurance claim causer: Left the RV steps out.

I've seen many a television antenna fully deployed on passing RVs going the opposite direction. So it is quite a common error.

To read the full article, go here.