As we put away out lawn chairs and cleaned up our campsite to get ready for heading home, we found out that our preparation is actually pretty quick and easy compared to others. Many people leave their RVs in Yuma year round. I thought you might be interested in what they have to do to prepare their rigs for a HOT summer in the sun. 1. Disconnect smoke alarm battery 2. Apply ant dust around the tires and jacks 3. Unhook batteries 4. Leave several gallons of water in open containers 5. Turn off propane tanks 6. Let out approximately 1/2 of the air in the tires 7. Cover the wheels and secure with rope, NOT bungee cords 8. Leave Bay Leaves in the cabinets - the bugs don't like these 9. Cover windows with bubble foil 10. Remove canned goods, boxed food, aerosol cans and fire extinguishers - they may explode! 11. Leave all holdings tanks 1/4 full of water 12. Store outside hoses and unplug electricity from the pedestal 13. Defrost the frig and put crumpled newspaper and a small container of coffee grounds in it and close the door 14. Fill toilet with water and seal top with plastic wrap 15. Fill zip lock plastic freezer bags with water and place them over all the drains 16. Remove clothing with elastic as it may not withstand the heat After reading these instructions I am glad that not only is my coach not staying in Arizona, but neither am I. Shortly before we left they were also talking about ways to prevent snake bits as the weather was getting warm enough and the snakes were starting to come out. YIKES!!! It's time for these Washingtonians to head for home!
