The Basics of Boondocking With Your RV | RV Canucks Episode 4

08/26/20 • 20 min

RV Canucks - RV Life, One Weekend at a Time!

After we mentioned boondocking in our episode on the five best travel apps, Melina received a text from a friend asking what boondocking was. Turns out, after talking to some of our other RV Newbie friends, our friend wasn't alone! Fast forward to this week, and we've adjusted our podcast schedule to bring you the answer!
Essentially, boondocking with your RV or travel trailer is staying somewhere outside a traditional campground where you don't have fresh water, sewer or power connections. Boondocking for us, is a safe night's sleep on our way to our other camping destinations!
In this episode we cover (and use the chapter markers in the episode navigation bar if you want to skip to a particular section):

What boondocking is [0:59]
The difference between RV boondocking, dry camping and dispersed camping [1:35]
Why, when, and where to boondock [3:43]
Boondocking etiquette (if you only listen to one section - let this be it!) [5:57]
And we round out the episode with a review of our recent stay at Bronte Creek Provincial Park in Oakville, Ontario Canada [11:37]

Mentioned in this link:
How to find Crown Land Camping in Ontario, visit the Crown Land Policy Atlas
Camping on public lands in the USA, visit the Bureau of Land Management
For our review on Bronte Creek Provincial Park and links to activities, events and bookings, visit our Bronte Creek trip guide

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What boondocking is [0:59]
The difference between RV boondocking, dry camping and dispersed camping [1:35]
Why, when, and where to boondock [3:43]
Boondocking etiquette (if you only listen to one section - let this be it!) [5:57]
And we round out the episode with a review of our recent stay at Bronte Creek Provincial Park in Oakville, Ontario Canada [11:37]

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Note: in this episode we address levelling your rig in an RV that doesn’t have auto-levelling jacks - if you do - you CAN use those to help level your trailer, but if you don’t - your stabilizing jacks are for stabilizing only! Do not try to level your trailer with them!
If you have auto-leveling jacks (you lucky thing) your wheels should remain on the ground while levelled - if they aren’t then you’ll need to recalibrate the system according to manufacturer’s directions.
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Melina's top stress-relieving RV Tip
How we almost died
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RV Canucks - RV Life, One Weekend at a Time! - The Basics of Boondocking With Your RV | RV Canucks Episode 4

Transcript

0:06
Hello fellow RVers and welcome to Episode Four of the RV Canucks it is Melina and Dan back again. Today we are going to talk about the basics of boondocking. What it is where to do it, some of the etiquette involved and stay tuned at the end of the episode when we have our campground review of our recent stay at Bronte Creek Provincial Park. So after last week's episode on our five best travel apps, we did mention boondocking I got a text Not long after that episode came out from our fri