[MandK]

I guess I’ll confess, I tie mine down. If the weather is good I tie it down to be safe. If the weather is iffy, the awning gets rolled up when we leave or overnight. If it wasn’t tied down I would worry about it overnight even in good weather based on what I read here. From ground to awning I use: landscape screw anchors, ratchet straps and heavy duty bungee cords. To roll up the awning in bad weather I just unhook the bungee cords, takes a few seconds and leave the rest lay on the ground until I put it back out. Generally, I tie down the large awning and just put the slide awning out for shade when we need it. Last time out we had great weather and the main awning was out from the time we got there until we left