06/05/2026
We are weekend warriors, often arriving to our
campsite well after dark on a Friday night. t's not
ideal, but better than not camping at all.
Anyway, backing the camper into our spot in the
pitch black is often a stressful thing for my
husband to do. He came up with the idea to lay
down "Runway lights". We inspect the site and
then we lay down a strip of battery operated
Christmas lights as a guide to where we want the
camper placed. He then uses those to line up the
tires and back into the spot. We know that if he
can line the trailer with those, he isn't going to hit
anything and it gives him a visual marker that he
normally wouldn't have in the dark.
It works like a charm and makes setting up the
camper at 11pm a lot less stressful. hought I
would share the tip for anybody else who
habitually shows up late to the campground.
