Let’s start at the very beginning.
A very good place to start.
When you travel, you begin p-a-cking.
(you know you sung that in your head!)
If you know me, then it’s no surprise that I did absolutely no preparation for our RV Adventure.
I posted the picture below on Instagram with the caption, “The adventure begins! We were on the road by 1:15. Which is shocking because (type A’s look away), I hadn’t packed one item of clothes or planned any meals. For reals. And we had Eli’s kinder performance/party this morning from 10-12:30.”
I’m a pretty carefree gal. But I actually do have a pretty good system for packing.
And presenting “How to Pack Clothes for a 14 day RV Trip.”
I make our bed into a grid for the clothes, then depending on the number of days in the trip (and if we will have laundry access), I choose a number then fill the grid.
Easy right?
Here is what the grid looked like for the kids clothing before this 14 day RV trip.
I knew, at a minimum, we would be able to do laundry in Yellowstone, which was at the half-way point of our trip. (We ended up doing it a lot more often.)
What I packed:
7 tops (including one church shirt for each boy)
2 pairs of pants
3 pairs of shorts (including one skirt for each girl)
2 sets of PJs
1 jacket
2 dresses for the girls (one was a church dress)
Bathing suit
10 pairs of underwear (I always over-pack underwear, but it stresses me out to think that I might not have clean ones and they take up such little space.)
1 pair of tennis shoes
1 pair of flip flops
Filled the grid, and viola, I was done.
Though I did miss something. Did you notice?
Something us California folks don’t use very often.
SOCKS!!!
I forgot socks.
So we bought some. No big deal.
They usually go right next to the underwear in the gird.
(We forgot umbrellas as well, but that’s besides the point… now we’re talking clothes.)
And just like that we were off!
I’ll be sharing the first leg of our journey next!
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Sharon Garofalow says
I neve thought to set it up like this but it makes a lot of sense!! Except I generally start to get hives and the shakes if I haven’t packed a few days before we leave on a trip. 🙂
Linsey K says
Oh my goodness! It is our goal to have an RV in the next year. With almost 6 kids, however, we will be packed in tight. LOL This packing tutorial is priceless!
Justine Burgess says
I am loving this! We’re planning to take summer trips, so this is perfect!
FaVe Mom says
Can you come organize my house? It’s just my husband, my son and I. Honestly, you are a superstar rockstar when it comes to packing!
Debbie Miller says
Great tips! I did my first RV trip last 4th of July and it was much more fun than expected. I love your visual layout of packing light – very helpful!
Jill says
This is awesome…you’re just my kind of gal. No need to stress about packing. I would forget the socks too….flip flops rule!