So far, we have favored full hookup RV parks in terms of our preferred places to book for convenience sake while Jordan is young. It is easier to not have to worry about rationing utilities all the time while caring for a toddler on the road. However, there were certain locations where only dry camping in campgrounds or boondocking without hookups was available (Yosemite, Denali, North Cascades, Hoh Rainforest in Olympic, Icefields Parkway, and several stops to and from Alaska). These locations were definitely worth the extra effort.
Lower Pines Campground, Yosemite.
Silverhorn Creek Campground, Icefields Parkway, Banff
Electric: We have 3x 100ah lithium batteries and 740W solar panels on the RV, so that can usually cover us for a couple of nights when cloudy, or longer with decent sunlight. We also have a portable solar generator (Jackery 2000) and 2x 200W solar panels that go with that, so that is able to help supplement our power as well. If it is sunny like it was in Yosemite, we could continuously top off our batteries during the days between those 2 systems. But in places like Denali when it was cloudy and started snowing, we have to abort a day early and leave since we were too low on power after 3 nights. In the future, we would get a propane generator for a trip to Alaska, specifically.
Water: We haven't had trouble with having enough water during these stays. We try to conserve as much as we can within reason. The only double-purpose water we do is using Jordan's bathwater to put down the toilet so we don't have to flush as much water down. It also causes less water to go into the gray tank, which is the waste tank that fills first for us. We never did our dishes in a tub just to dump that water elsewhere or anything like that. We might shower less often, but that is about it.
Sewer: Never had an issue with sewer capacity while boondocking. We have one of those portable sewer totes if we anticipate there being a capacity issue, but we didn't even bring it on this last trip in order to save space and weight.
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