Some things I brought but didn't need -
🔭 We brought an amazing telescope. See, in our theory, we were going to be way out in the middle of nowhere and we could see stars better cause we are in the mountains with less humidity. The reality - every campground is filled with lights. Street lights, the lights at the main office or laundry room or bathrooms. Turns out, the middle of nowhere still has a lot of light pollution! If we were staying in a place for multiple days, I can see using the telescope because we could take a specific evening and dedicate it to going out in the country and using the telescope. But even then, we don't know our way around well and the chance of ending up on a scary road or animal encounters, etc. is also a consideration.
🏮 Solar lights - this was a great idea in theory. Put out some solar lights at the campground and it will be nice at night. In practice, the lights have to be stored in the sunlight to charge all day, which is nearly impossible. And even if you get them charged, we didn't stay long in one place, so our lights weren't necessary. Most of our stop overs were just over night and we didn't even spend much time outside of the RV at night because we were sleeping. I did see one camper that was using rope lights to trace around their RV parking spot. That looked nice and since they plug that in, it seemed to work.
🪑 Hammock and even camp chairs - we didn't spend much time at each camp site. Now, if we were to spend multiple days at one spot, maybe these things would be important. But since most camp sites have picnic tables, we didn't bring out the camp chairs. And since we weren't camping in a park or the woods, we didn't bring out the hammock. Great ideas in planning, but weren't that important in practice.
📺 The television - we brought a TV, and even the Wii. The theory was - what if its raining or something goes wrong, the kids can watch some shows or play some games. The truth is, we never, not even once, touched that stuff. It was a good "what if" plan, but it wasn't necessary. Everyone has phones and stuff, and since it never rained, we never felt the need to find something else to do.
💃🕺 Dressy clothes - we didn't bring anything crazy, but we did wonder - what if we go to a nice place for dinner? what would we wear? So we brought one thing that might be a bit nicer than the average camp-wear. We never used it. Food was a "get it while you can" sort of thing. There was zero time for anything fancy or special. Since it was only one piece of clothes, it wasn't a big deal, but the truth is, while RVing or camping, the last thing on your mind is going out to dinner.
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