About 2 hours--faster if it's raining, or we need to get home sooner.
My Wife does the inside, I do outside--only a couple of chairs and a foldable table, awning and one string of cheesy lights. Sometime an EZ Up, if we used it. She cleans everything inside--since we go right to the storage lot, we empty the fridge as well into coolers, and that gets a cleaning. But it does make for easier 'get up and go' trips since the rig is already cleaned up--just load more cold food, sodas, beer, towels and clothes and hit the road!
Joe
2003 Silverado 2500HD
2008 Forest River Cardinal 32TS
Pictures here, on the TT Forum: More Cardinal Pictures
Same as others, we clean everything at camp except the fridge. To many other things to do when we get home. Keep in mind some of us park are HTT's at storage places. If I parked mine next to my house it might be a different story.
I guess we look at it like this; why pack everything up just to unpack to clean. Might as well just clean it once and be done.
-- Tim --
2008 Chevrolet Avalanche Z71 2007 KZ Coyote 23 CFK 2008 Total nights camping = 27 Just Remember: When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane
Me (37)... DW .... DD (11) ... DD (9)...Dog (1)
We could probably be out of there in 30-45 minutes but we putz. It takes us approx 1.5 hrs. This is at a full hook up site so we don't have to wait in line at a dump station. When we leave site, it's all done, so she's ready to go at a moments notice. We try to enjoy ourselves during take down so it's not a chore. Oh, and this is while the guys are golfing, it's me and the other wife doing this! When they help, they get in the way.
2004 Rockwood Roo 23B (new to us)
2006 Nissan Xterra
When we camp, it's DH & me mostly. Occasionally step-daughter (16) comes, though not necessarily her choice
I would guess that we are in the two hour range. Much depends on how many days we are there and how much stuff we get out. I'll start taking things down the day before on a long stay if we need to get going in the morning.
JSGlow John, Stacey, Sarah, and Jack
2002 Ford Explorer (EB) 4.6L V-8, 3.73
2004 Antigua 215sso
1999 Starcraft Starfire 160DC
2 hours or so for us. We've done it in 30 minutes, but we figure why hurry to leave camping only to get home faster and join back into the rat race.
Even though we keep the HTT in the drive way, we like to have everything cleaned and put away before we pull out.
Today is the only day that you can use to take steps towards the great future you see. Yesterday is gone forever and tomorrow never comes, it’s always today.
2007 Dodge RAM
2007 Jayco 26L
1 DW
2 DS
1 Sheena the wonder dog
To put the awning up, slide in, and beds up takes about 15 minutes tops -- that should go for everyone no matter what HTT they own. Besides that it just depends how much "stuff" you need to put away.
Because our kids are younger (1&4) we have quite a bit. Last time, after a 5 night stay, it took us about 2 hours.
some campsite stuff
some beach stuff
I'm so glad we don't have to do this anymore - I don't miss tent camping with kids one bit!
2007 Rockwood Roo 23ss
Derek '77
Tina '78
Brianna '04
Dominick '07
Maximus (slobbering camping buddy)
It takes us between 1 and 1 1/2 hours. We clean as well before leaving the park - this also involves cleaning 2 parrot cages, shaking out a bunch of dog beds and carpets, etc. We usually take our time and just putter. We take down our ex-pens last.
Laura and Carm traveling with 3 dogs & 1 parrot
2004 Titanium 29e34 5th wheel
www.skjennagard.ca/ivy.html
On our week or longer trips we pack up the BBQ, screen tent, anything we will not be using from then till morning the night before usually after supper. That takes us about 30 min. The morning we leave is the rest that usually takes us 45 min to 1 hour till hook up and leave. If we are on 2-4 day trip we don't take that much so everything is done in the morning and it equals about 1 hour. I always pack the inside up, storing of appliances, folding blankets, folding mattress. DH takes care of outside, hoses, awning, closing beds, picking up and hooking up. We make sure everything is in its place, clean and organized, inside and outside. usually the only thing to do once home is pull our dirty laundry and clean fridge. If it has rained then we may have extra work for drying camping gear once home.
Interesting question - I think it takes us about an hour. It' just the DW and me, so we aren't chasing kids stuff. We do walk the dogs before we start the process. DW handles the inside stuff while I take care of the outside: hitching up, emptying tanks, disconnecting and packing hoses, blocks, cables, and all. The last thing I do is a detailed outside walk around to verify that hatches are closed and locked, antenna is down, things like the pressure regulator is retrieved from the water connection, and that no debris of any kind is left on the site.
I'm absolutely amazed at some of these times, I'd guess it takes us roughly 30 minutes if I have the screen house up. No kids, no junk. 5-10 minutes for the bedding/bunks, 5 minutes to pickup the site, 10 minutes for the screen house (by then the inside has been cleaned and everything stowed), and a few to hook up. Add another 15 or so if you include the stop at the dump station.
We're probably be done in half the time if it's raining.
Bob & Deb
W Ma.
04 GMC 1500 4X4, 5.3L
06 Starcraft 18SB
(37)... DW 
.... DD 
(11) ... DD 
(9)...Dog 
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