Your first RV trip is equal parts exciting and nerve-wracking — and here's the secret: it won't be perfect, and that's the whole point. Squatch walks through what to actually expect (the setup dance, the strange first night, the inevitable fumble) so nothing catches you off guard. Printable first-trip game plan included.

Let me start with a confession: when I got into camping, I bought a lot of dumb stuff. A whole garage of gadgets that promised to change my life and instead just changed the contents of my junk drawer. So consider this post my apology tour — a fun little rundown of the things new campers waste money on that they almost always regret, so you can spend your hard-earned cash on the good stuff instead (like, you know, actually going camping). I'm Joe — Squatch to most folks — and

Alright, let's talk about the thing every brand-new camper is lowkey terrified of: the tanks. Specifically, that tank. You know the one. The one that handles the, ahem, business. Here's the truth — RV holding tanks are the number one thing that intimidates first-timers, and they're also the number one thing that, once you understand them, you'll wonder why you were ever worried. It's a five-minute job that sounds way grosser than it is. By the end of this post, you're gonna w