As I shared in the Top 5 Interior Essentials blog, we have found some really terrific products that work for us in our camping journey. Today, I am going to share 5 EXTERIOR essentials to help us a ton.
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Ok, back to the essentials. These exterior essentials are less about the towing and hauling of our camper (more on that in a future blog) and more about how we set up the outside of our camper (which is really just an extension of the interior, in my opinion).
Exterior Essentials
Griddle Accessories: We have a camp kitchen attached to our camper and griddle accessories are a MUST! In my personal opinion, I find griddles to be messy and if you don’t immediately clean them, they can just get down right gross. We use dedicated tools for our griddle and always travel with a griddle scraper. On travel days these get their own travel bucket that is kept in the sink inside our camper.
Portable Propane Grill: We spent one season cooking everything on the griddle and it just got super dirty, and to be honest, there were foods that we didn’t particularly enjoy on the griddle..mostly meats. I scored this exact grill on Facebook marketplace and it was a splurge item. It’s pretty bulky so we store this grill in the garage when not camping and it travels in the truck bed with us. And yes, because it’s not stored full time in the camper, we have forgotten it at home. However, we really love having the option to grill meats and veggies instead of using the griddle. We have two propane lines on our camper so if you end up purchasing this grill, double check how you want to set it up. Do you have two lines? If just one, do you need a longer line? If you can’t hook up from your camper, you will need to bring a dedicated propane cylinder for it. We really like the propane growler from LL Bean. It is refillable and has its own storage bag. And because it’s refillable, cuts down on those single-use cans.
Bamboo Cutting Board: With our small space and limited storage, I really love to have items in the camper that can have dual purposes. This board is great for its primary purpose of slicing and dicing food but also serves as a great snack tray, s’more maker board, etc. I also love a good bamboo cutting board with non-slip grippers on it; making it a safer option when chopping veggies and other foods on slippery picnic table covers.
Food Covers: We love to eat outside whenever possible and snacks are always more of an afternoon graze. Food covers are ESSENTIAL when camping. I love these food covers because they fold up and take minimal space in our camper.
Picnic Table Covers: Picnic table covers are an ABSOLUTE MUST for us! This was another trial-and-error journey. We started our first camping season with a more traditional picnic table cover. You know the one..the checkerboard cloth with the table clips. Yup, that one. But..sometimes it was the wrong size or the table was too thick to fit the clips. But we changed that last year and ordered these picnic table covers that include seat covers! We do have them in two sizes..both the 6 foot and 8 foot covers. I ordered two different colors to help distinguish between the different sizes.
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Happy Adventuring!
~Natalie