7 Part 3: Taking Your First Camping Trip Chapter 9: Stocking Up on Accessories: What Your RV Didn’t Come With The Bare Necessities Fun Extras Chapter 10: Packing for the Road Following Some Basic Packing Tips Packing a First-Aid Kit Finding Fun Storage Hacks Packing Your Tuxedo Kitchen Aid: Packing Food and Utensils Chapter 11: Driving, Parking, and the Dread of Backing Up Preparing to Pilot Your Own Private Battleship What’s Your Clearance, Clarence? Knowing How Big You Are Before You Hit the Road Backup Plan: Backing Up Like a Pro Getting from Point A to Point B Stress-Free Chapter 12: The Shakedown: Your Maiden Voyage Taking Your Shakedown Cruise Finding a Campground Chapter 13: Setting Up Your Campsite Pulling into the Campground and Finding Your Campsite On the Level: Leveling Your RV Connecting Your Utilities Making Life Comfortable
8 Part 4: Understanding How Your RV Works Chapter 14: Electrical Systems One RV, Two Kinds of Power What Runs What Convertible Electricity The Fuse Panel Generators Chapter 15: Water World: The Wonders of Plumbing Understanding How Water Works in an RV Using the Freshwater System Dealing with the Wastewater System Chapter 16: The Propane Gas System Understanding the Basics of Propane Keeping Your Tanks Full Locating Leaks Chapter 17: Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Starting with the Basics Depending on Your HVAC System Trying Alternative Heating Methods
9 Part 5: Tackling Some Advanced RV Topics Chapter 18: Storage and Old Man Winter Winterizing and Storing Your RV Pulling Your RV out of Storage Wintertime RVing Chapter 19: Tow, Tow, Tow Your Toad: Towing Your Car Behind Your Motorhome Considering Your Towing Options Considering the Vehicle You’re Towing Chapter 20: Boondocking and Living off the Grid This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is My Land: Finding a Place to Boondock Attending to the Necessities of Life
10 Part 6: The Part of Tens Chapter 21: Ten Potential RV Catastrophes and How to Avoid Them Destroying Your Jack Watching Your Rig Roll Away Tangling with Wildlife Running on Empty Causing Your Own Power Failure Dancing on an Uninsured Ledge Losing Your Own Trailer Flooding Your Rig Swarming Nightmares Losing It All Chapter 22: Ten Smartphone Apps You Can’t Live Without Google Maps CoPilot GPS Roadtrippers GasBuddy Allstays Camp and RV RA Camping SkySafari AccuWeather