hey everybody welcome back to our new video my name is John and I'm Mercedes
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release new material a new video and this series is gonna be about what we do
to prepare our rig to move yes it's part of a two-part series and so John is
gonna come I'm gonna come to the outside yes and I'm gonna cover the inside so
this is kind of my domain in this video I talk about how we secure things like
the kitchen in the bathroom and we have four slides in our RV so I talked
specifically about how I make sure that the slides can come in safely because
long story short we sold all of our possessions to live full-time in an RV
with a toddler and a dog so it's really important to get it right when you're
traveling right so you'll see on the links also we have a checklist below
yeah it's a three-part checklist what we do the night before to prepare I talk
about what I do on the inside yeah John talks about what he does on the outside
yeah and this is just stuff we've learned there's no perfect way to do it
but this is what's working best for us right now so enjoy the video enjoy
I'm starting first at the back of the unit in the back is the master bedroom
every RV is going to be different so some things that we have to do you may
not have to and you might have to take extra precautions that we don't have to
a couple things I want to point out before I talk about the individual
things that we do the first is that when the RV is moving it's almost like a mini
earthquake inside and that's really important to note because it's not like
a regular home that I could just leave something out and it'll be fine I really
have to take extra precautions to make sure that our possessions don't break
and the next thing that I want to point out is the importance of cleaning before
moving when I lived in a 2800 square foot house this was a huge endeavor I
could easily spend eight hours cleaning the entire house luckily we don't have
to do that here in the RV um I can do a quick cleanup in like 15 minutes I could
do a deep clean in like an hour so this is so much better so first I want to
talk about the computer on the bed part of small living is being resourceful so
my husband has taken his computer and put it on the bed so that it doesn't
move you can see back here that this is a slide-out so I am trying to make sure
that the floor doesn't have anything in the way because when we pull this in any
obstructions will cause a big issue you can also see that this is relatively
clear we don't have a lot of things and we do have a couple of photos that
because the computers there I don't want to put them on the computer but I am
just gonna throw them in the drawers the next thing now that the picture frames
are put away that I want to talk about is the closet doors and this right here
this is my other baby this is my washer and drying unit I absolutely love this
having a toddler I knew that I couldn't just do laundry in a laundromat but
everyone's different but this this baby right here I do a load of laundry every
day and I absolutely love it and you can do wash and drying cycles or just drying
cycles and this is actually on my list of top
ten RV must-haves because it has made the full time RV living experience so
much easier for me now this right here is where I would typically throw in
dirty clothes and I have detergents here I would never leave this like it is
right now while driving because this would spill everywhere so I have a RV
living hack that I do and I'll show you guys that in just a second but before I
finish in the bedroom I want to talk about this the closet doors have to be
secured and so um we have one secured here and one secured I already took care
of that one in the corner make sure that if you have doors in your unit that need
to be secured I like to have a checklist and make sure I get all of them because
of this shook like an earthquake it could break and I don't I'm sure that
would be really expensive to fix I don't even want to mess with that so next on
to the bathroom so one of the special precautions I like to take in the
bathroom is that I like to take all of these shampoo conditioner soaps etc and
put them in the basket the nice thing about this basket is that if anything
were to spill it's all contained and easy to clean another thing that I'll do
is I'll put a towel here to kind of keep it from spilling and same here with the
cabinet's I'll put a bar and I just keep everything really nice and tight so that
it doesn't spill the final thing that I do in here is I secure this glass shower
door every unit is different but for this one
it's really easy it's not like that and the bathroom set now we are in our
daughter's bedroom and I've already taken some precautions I removed the
sheets and pillows and I've stuffed them in here so things can't fall I have a
bar that I'll put here so we're books don't fall out I'll do that later one of
the things you can tell if this is a slide-out so I'm going to secure the top
bunk and this is one of the things that we absolutely loved about the Sandpiper
was the fact that it had the bunks and it gave our daughter her own separate
play space that was really important to us
she likes her privacy hopefully I can do this and again very important to keep
this completely clear as this is going to slide in so totally clear from
constructions now we're on to the kitchen a couple of really important of
essentials is make sure you're properly caffeinated for this and make sure you
have treats to keep the the toddler occupied and cartoons are also really
helpful well that's not officially on our RV travel list of things to do
goodies certainly help and then I've also prepared some snacks for when we're
traveling that'll help us reduce you know buying food on the road and it's
also really hard to stop and eat something when you're
when you're driving with the RV so so that will help us save money and save
time now I love my kitchen and it's so important to me to have a space that
inspires me to cook but this is completely a hundred percent unsuitable
for RV travel so what I have done is I have made some space in the cabinet so
that everything is really really tight and secure so it doesn't move and what I
will do is I will take all of my cooking supplies and just jam them in as much as
I can one of the things that I have done is
the command hooks that are invisible areas I have spent a little bit more
money and got the pretty metallic ones there also on my top ten RV must-haves
now the command hooks that are in areas that are not highly visible I just got
the plastic ones for those but for the ones that I'm gonna see be seen on a
regular basis and I figured get the pretty ones that would inspire me to
cook in this space and another thing that I absolutely love about this Eric
about the Sandpiper is that though I don't have a lot of counter space I do
have more counter space so I will put things inside the sink also as you can
see the kitchen is kind of tricky because it's one of the last places to
get done but this right here it's also on my RV must-have list I just roll it
up it's a rolling dish rack and it's super versatile and what I do is I
rolled that up put it in here now the dishes I try not
to put glass by glass but I will use these tension rods and I will put one
back here to keep the stuff up high and then I I'll shove either towels or I
will put any extra stuff and the goal here is to restrict movement as much as
possible and that'll keep things from breaking then for the refrigerator I put
everything into baskets and I'm just gonna put some towels over here I've
cleared out this area completely and right before we leave I will secure
refrigerator like so all right so I hope you enjoyed this video if you want more
information on how to prepare the exterior of the RV click on the top
right you'll see a card with John's video and otherwise thank you so much
for watching hope you enjoyed it we'll see you soon thank you