We asked the members of the RV Atlas facebook group for the best camping hacks and man oh man did they deliver! Here are 20 of the best hacks from a thread that ended up having over 200 comments.

 1. Get "Everything But the Bagel Seasoning" from Trader Joe's

Or figure out how to make your own and keep it in the camp kitchen AT ALL TIMES. Your scrambled eggs will go from Average to Extraordinary. Your scrambled eggs will become legendary like mine have.

RV Atlas Facebook Member David Larson also liked "EBTB" Seasoning and wrote "we use the everything but the bagel seasoning on our avocado toast like good hipsters"

Robyn Volkening then asked David "if he has ever tried Trader Joe's 21 Seasoning Salute" because  "it's so good"

2. Make Ice Cream Cone S'mores

Kristin Kyser Morrison suggests making Ice Cream Cone S'mores with mini marshmallows. She said they were a huge hit last summer. I SAID TELL ME MORE! She said, I found regular cones and cookie cones ones but she liked the regular cones better. You break up chocolate into smaller pieces and layer in that with mini marshmallows. She also added in Pecans with hers! Then you roll everything up in foil and put them in the coals of your fire. Or you could put them on top of a grate. Everything melts into the cones and they don't leak everywhere.

Kristen--I hope your family worships you like a goddess at the campground--because this is stinking brilliant.

3. Mid-Week Camping

Erika Sheehan thinks that midweek camping is so much quieter than on the weekends. We couldn't agree more. We think that Sunday to Friday morning RV vacations are the best. That kind of timing has helped us enjoy popular Yogi Bear campgrounds with fewer crowds, and even Disney's Fort Wilderness.

4. Run Your Kids Ragged

Sarah Defazio travels with a 12V 4 Wheeler and an inflatable bounce house and "all children go to bed exhausted".  Isn't that the goal people!? If you don't want absolute insanity at bedroom you run them ragged. This is the problem with Covid--our kids are not tired at bedtime. LET THERE BE BOUNCE HOUSES and let them BOUNCE and ride 4 wheelers all day! Kim Stephens Mowdy responded, "Thanks Totally doing this" and Sarah responded "It's worth it."

Which makes me realize that our facebook group is a very SAFE space for parents to plot against their kids in a secure environment. Cause ain't no 8 year olds hanging in the RV Atlas group on facebook looking for camping hacks.

5. Prep as Much Food At Home As You Can

This became a MEGA part of this thread. Food prep is such a huge thing to most RV owners. People love good food at the campground but don't want to be dicing peppers on a picnic table. Alexa Biron said "I prep as much food at home as I can. Especially for fajitas, so I can just throw them on The Blackstone at the campground."

Nicki Brown responded and asked "what is your favorite seasoning to use for the fajitas?

Alexa responded back "I'm GF so I make my own seasoning. Found a recipe and I make some for home and camper. I'll try and find the recipe"

Nicki responds, no rush, ty, I'm also GF!

And there is the magic of facebook! Facebook can be so ugly and awful, and it can also be a place where two GFs can find each other and exchange GF recipes and camping hacks for awesome homemade fajita seasoning.

Alexa responded with the link for Easy Homemade Fajita Seasoning from whitneybond.com.

https://whitneybond.com/fajita-seasoning/

6. Tape Your Meal Plan to Fridge

Jessica Rae Wiltgen wrote--"We are newbies! We've been out 4 times since we bought our camper last August. The one thing that makes my life easier is writing down our meal plan and taping it to the fridge. That way the 7 year old doesn't ask me 5,000 times what's for lunch, dinner, etc.