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I’m Leaving Soon on a Trip (and More)

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I’m leaving in a few days for a month-long road trip, and I’d really like your opinion on what kinds of videos you’d like to see from me. And while I’ve already been to the areas that I’ll be visiting, I’m always open to hearing about lesser-known things to see or do. In the video below, I also talk about a few new pieces of gear I bought for the trip. (Click here if you can’t see the video.)

In addition just started a new Instagram account for SUV RVing, and you can find it here: http://instagram.com/suvrving. I’ll definitely be posting lots of pics from the upcoming road trip.

This Map Shows Where It Is and Isn’t Snowy Right Now

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I live in northern Utah, where it’s currently very cold and very snowy. I’m leaving next week for a monthlong road trip through southern Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California, and I wanted to know how far south I’ll have to drive until I’m out of the snow. I did some searching and found this great website that features an interactive map of snow cover around the United States and southern Canada. Looks like I’ll be snow-free once I hit St. George in the southwestern corner of Utah.

To get a more complete picture of the snow situation, here are two more websites that have snow cover maps:

These are great websites for SUV RVers, vandwellers, and anyone else looking to escape the snow this winter.

I Made a Portable Camp Toilet. Here’s a Video of It.

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When I couldn’t find a portable camp toilet for my SUV RVing adventures that was compact enough for my liking, I made my own. The video below shows how it works. (Click here if you can’t see the video.)

(And if you’re wondering if all I’ll ever do from here on out is post videos and never blog, rest assured that I’ll be back to blogging here soon enough.)

A Video Review of the Lantern I Use in My SUV

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This is a basically a video version of this review about the lantern I use in my SUV when I’m sleeping in it. I use it instead of the vehicle’s built-in lights to make sure I never run down the car’s battery. I’ve had the lantern for a year and a half now and think it’s a really great thing to travel with. I never leave home without mine. (Click here if you can’t see the video below.)

This isn’t a sponsored review. No one is paying me to review this, and I bought the lantern with my own money.

Let me know what you think. Thanks!

DIY Curtains for Your SUV, Van, Car, etc.

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I did a lot of research on making curtains for my SUV before actually doing it, and nothing really appealed to me. A lot of the solutions involved drilling buttons or screws into the interior of the vehicle, and that was not something I was interested in. Other solutions had to do with using adhesive Velcro, but I didn’t want any gooey residue left behind. What I ended up doing and then refining over the subsequent months of traveling was a hybrid approach that involves a few different curtains, poster board cutouts, and more, as shown in the video below.

(Click here if you can’t see the video above.)

DIY Steering Wheel Desk for Holding Up a Laptop

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I work online, and while that means that I can work from anywhere, it also means that I work when I’m on the road. After realizing that there were times when I preferred to stay in my SUV rather than make the trek to a coffee shop or library, I set about making it easier and more comfortable to work from my laptop when in my SUV. The result? The steering wheel desk that I show in the video below:

(Click here if you can’t see the video above.)