As a money saving tip, try to stay as many days as possible at the less expensive RV parks, such as an Army Corps of engineer location. Most of these parks have electric and water only without sewer. Some, like the one we’re at now, have electric only. That means you need to have your fresh water tanks completely full and waste tanks empty before you arrive. We have an 80-gallon fresh water tank, two 50-gallon grey tanks, and one 50-gallon black tank. This means I can fill up my fresh water tank twice before I need to empty my waste tanks! If you need to take a shower every day, you’ll run through that 80-gallon tank pretty quickly, even when you’re taking “Navy” showers. From experience, we’re good for maybe 10-11 days and that’s if one of us takes a shower every other day and taking a sponge bath or use baby wipes on the non-shower days.
So, what’s the water saving tip? Park as close to the shower facilities as possible (or at least make sure the park you’re at has shower facilities you can at least drive to) and use their facilities for showers! Eighty gallons of fresh water (even 50 gallons) will last for quite awhile if you don’t need to take showers.
Another option to help alleviate water shortages in your RV, get a collapsible water bladder that can be carried in the bed of your truck and folded up and stored when not in use. Drive to the nearby water spigot and fill up the bladder. Use a small water pump to transfer water back into the RV’s fresh water tank. You can use your RV water pump to do this but it takes F.O.R.E.V.E.R. to transfer this way. Ask me how I know! This is the solution I’m going with once I locate an appropriate bladder.
Stay tuned for more money-saving, water-saving, and other camping tips!