What to pack for your first trailer camping trip:
Cleaning
- Small biodegradable trash bags
- Biodegradable soap
- Gentle sponge
- Cloth dish towels
- Microfiber towel
- Paper towels
- 4 oz. spray bottle
- Collapsible bucket
- Clothes washing bag
A collapsible bucket is essential for dishwashing. And if you have the classic with a sink, you’ll need an additional bucket to capture wastewater runoff (watch out – mice can jump in the bucket and meet their demise :/)
A tip from the Tiny Yellow Teardrop blog: keep a spray bottle filled with water and biodegradable soap in the trailer for no-wash dishwashing. Spray dishes and wipe them down with a paper towel. This is also a good pre-wash method if you’re worried about dumping food bits near your campsite from dirty dishwater.
Even for a weekend trip, we bring 3 or 4 dish towels. You can never have too many. We also carry a microfiber towel.
We have a clothes washing bag that came in handy on our longer trip. Not essential, especially for shorter trips, but very nice when you’re facing dirty underwear!
Sarah Labowitz and Pete Molick live in Houston, TX and their favorite place to take their Pika Off-Road is Big Bend National Park.