I'm pretty excited and I'm nervous. I'm headed off to RV Driving School because
I'm gonna learn how to back up my camper. It's been so frustrating and I just don't have the
confidence. And I'm really really hopeful that this four hours I'm gonna spend with
an instructor are gonna give me the confidence I need and the skills I need more importantly
to back up my camper. I'm gonna bring you along on this experience in case you've ever considered RV
Driving School and need help backing up. I'll let you know if I think it was worth it.
I've arrived and after about an hour of some really good tips and advice,
my first test is to see if I can back my camper up in a straight line and stay within the cones.
I don't know if I can do this backing up. Okay, let's see if I can make this happen.
Using my mirrors.
Dang it this is hard.
Left, left, left, left, left. Okay, I'm just gonna go forward a little bit.
Oh, I'm gonna hit the cone.
Oh my gosh, I just ran over a cone.
Okay straight back, straight back.
Ah okay, here we go.
Okay so then just follow it in.
Oops. Thats' easier said than done.
Like that? Nice. Oh my gosh.
Yeah.Yeah. Dang. Sweet.
Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. That was so exciting. Yeah, you did your own drive. I did my own drive.
Oh, deep breath. Okay, here we go a 90-degree backup.
I need to start angling. I need to go further back, don't I?
And right about now. Right about now.
And now turn, uh.
Now crank it.
Oh, I'm too tight. Okay, follow it.
Go forward kind of at a pinpoint. Okay, there you go. Like right there.
And we'll follow it in and it'll go through he says. Okay.
Yeah. This is hard. Okay, so I should be able to just follow it now it looks like.
Oh, there we go.
I didn't I didn't even hit a cone? Nope. Oh my gosh.
I didn't run you over either. That's a big bonus.
Four hours later. Oh my gosh, I'm on my way to a campsite and I'm gonna be backing in for
the first time since my driving lesson. Fingers crossed that I can do it. Let's see how this goes.
I did it. Even though my Little Guy Max is a small travel trailer it's been really challenging
for me to learn how to back it up. But my RV Driving School instructor Steve he was awesome.
He shared some really awesome backing up tips and something started to click with me. Now I
do have a little bit more confidence but I have a lot more practicing to do. Slowly but surely
I'm going to learn how to master backing up my small camper. There's one very important piece
of advice that he gave me and that is drive your own drive. And what he meant by this was take
your time. Don't be in a hurry. Go slow and make small moves. Get out and look if you can't see
where or what you're backing up into. If someone's behind you when you're backing up into a campsite
don't get flustered. And stay in control. This was such good advice. And yes RV Driving
School was well worth it for me. I'll leave more information about the RV Driving School that I
went to if you want to learn more information about it and I'll leave that information
in the video description below. There's a lot to learn when you first buy an RV
even a small one. The next thing you need to learn how to do is how to set up your
small camper when you do get to your campsite. I created a step-by-step video and a checklist
that I rely on and this has really made the process less stressful for me. Click
up here to watch this video next and i can't wait to see you over in that video.