This week’s tip uses your noodle while protecting your noodle at the same time. Slide-outs are invaluable for the additional room they offer, but if your head or back would happen upon a confrontation, the slide-out is going to leave his mark. Prevent these injuries by taking a pool noodle and slicing down the center, half-way through the noodle. Cut into four equal lengths and snap on to the corners of the slide-outs. Your noodle is now protected!

This brilliant guidance comes courtesy of long time RVers Joan and Jim Poe of Inverness, Florida who spied other campers doing this years ago. It has become part of their setup ever since.

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