45. Departure/Tear Down Process: How We Do It

The companion post to the arrival process post...

• The departure process starts the night before (usually) with trying to get the truck bag prepped with ipad, toys, dry foods, and clothes.

• We will try to dump the sewer tanks if needed either at night or in the morning.

• Once Jordan wakes up, we all start moving and get her some food. While she is eating we start packing up the small indoor things that need to change for travel, maybe 5 minutes for that stuff. We pack up some cold snacks for the car into the small cooler bag.

• Someone will go outside and put away the Starlink dish and any other things around outside. We try to remember to load the directions before disconnecting the internet... we try. We plan out our route beforehand as well, including lunch stop and diesel.

• Then Jordan goes out to the truck and watches her iPad while we put in the slides, put up the back jacks, pull the utilities, and hook up the truck.

• Anjuli will pull the chocks and Bruce does his formal walk around of the truck and trailer, confirming everything is put away and that the tires are all in good condition.

Except for Anjuli never backing into a campsite, we have both done all parts of the arrival and departure processes at some point so we could do it all if it became necessary, but this is our usual way.