caravaning camping, camping tentMy husband's parents just bought a gorgeous RV and are planning on going caravaning camping all summer long. They won't be missing much by escaping the Phoenix summer heat for three months. They are headed north this summer where the temperatures are much cooler, and even thinking about going as far as Alaska. They are new to caravaning camping and this is their first RV, but they know all about camping so I doubt there will be much of a learning curve. What they might have to adjust to are the long days in Alaska in the summer. Since they live in Phoenix, they are used to pretty even days and nights, unlike places up north that have long summer days and short nights.

I think that caravaning camping will be a great way to spend the summer for them. My husband's mother is not completely retired, but she works online so she can work anywhere and they are putting a satellite dish on the RV before they head out for the summer. I wanted to get them something to congratulate them on getting a new RV, so I ordered two of these very bright LED flashlights so each of them could have a light at their side of the bed. It's so handy to be able to see in the dark and these 21 LED Camo Color Flashlights will throw out quite the light.

We have LED flashlights and use them a lot when we're in our camping tent in campgrounds. We haven't graduated to RVs yet, but is one of our goals once we retire, some years away. The way my in-laws describe caravaning camping makes it sound like it's the ideal way to spend a summer. Since they are so self contained in the RV they bought, they will have enough privacy and choose to socialize when they're not out hiking or reading, their favorite activities.

The LED flashlights are so energy efficient and depending on how much they are used, will probably last a long time. These require three AAA batteries which they come with, according to RC Campout at http://www.rcampout.com/, the site where I bought them. Some of the people that they are going caravaning camping with have solar panels on their RVs and my husband is encouraging his folks to consider solar, as well. With all that daylight in Alaska, they might be able to use some of it to heat their RV and run the lights, but they aren't sure if they want to make the investment in case the weather is really cloudy in Alaska. They will learn lots about Alaska by spending their summer there, and I can't wait to hear their stories about caravaning camping in their new RV.