In this video I spend a day checking out a bunch of Native American ruins in southeastern Utah and then western Colorado. I also have several wildlife encounters of the reptilian kind and see a bunch of petroglyphs (and a couple of pictographs). (Click here if you can’t see the vide below.)
And check out the new Cargo Hammock that’s now for sale in the store!
This is my favorite video I’ve ever made. In this video I meet up with a friend and spend two days kayak camping on the San Juan River in southeastern Utah. We explore Native American ruins, find petroglyphs and potsherds, find a crappy campsite, and just have a great time overall. (Click here if you can’t see the video below.)
After a completely unexpected start to the day, I take care of some business in town and then head out to Cedar Mesa to hunt for Native American archaeological sites. I end up at one of my favorite places to camp. (Click here if you can’t see the video below.)
In this video things don’t quite go as planned, but I make the most of it and have a great time. I then head up into the mountains and find a beautiful campsite. (Click here if you can’t see the video below.)
In this video I check out a natural arch and waterfall up in the La Sal Mountains east of Moab before descending back into the red rock desert to hunt for a little-known but absolutely incredible arch. (Click here if you can’t see the video below.)
In this video I talk a bit about my plans for 2018 with regards to my adventures, the channel, and life in general. (Click here if you can’t see the video below.)
Tag along as I spend a day traversing high ridges in southern Utah’s La Sal Mountains and then find an amazing campsite at 10,000 feet! (Click here if you can’t see the video below.)
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I occasionally check Kickstarter to see if there are any products that I think would be interesting or useful to those of us who spend time traveling and sleeping in our vehicles. For those unfamiliar with the site, Kickstarter is basically a way for people with ideas for products to raise money so that they can put those products into production. They do this by pre-selling the product before it’s been produced. If you back a project on Kickstarter, you pay the money and then can expect to get the product in 3 or 6 months or whenever it’s ready after being produced. (See the note at the end of this article.)
One of the products currently raising money on Kickstarter is called the Moki Doorstep. It’s a piece of metal that attaches to your car’s door frame to give you an extra step to make putting things on or taking things off of the roof of your car much easier. Here are some pics:
The Moki DoorstepThe Moki Doorstep
It costs $30. This product could be great for those of us who put cargo boxes, kayaks, skis, or solar panels on the roof of our vehicles. Check the Moki Doorstep out here on Kickstarter. There’s also a great video showing how it works, which I’m embedding below (though you may not be able to see it if you’re an email subscriber to the blog).
The second Kickstarter product I wanted to share is a bit silly but still, er… interesting. It’s called The Car Pool. It bills itself as “The world’s most portable toilet for men.” It’s basically a long tube. One end gets hooked up to an empty plastic bottle, and then the man pees into the other end. Here’s a pic:
The Car Pool
To me, this product seems completely unnecessary for most people. If you’re a guy, it’s already not that hard to just pee into a wide-mouthed bottle. The one instance in which I could see it being useful is if you have limited mobility. Then maybe something like this could make a difference for you. But hey, if you think you’d like it, by all means get one and let me know how it goes. One Car Pool costs $19 to $25, depending on which tier you back the project at. There’s a dumb video that shows off the product, but I don’t want to embed it here. If you’re interested, go to the product’s page and watch it there.
What do you guys think of these products?
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Note: Backing a product on Kickstarter does not 100% guarantee that you’ll get it. You can learn more about risk and accountability on Kickstarter here.
In this video I wash my hair with a little spray bottle, check out some very easily accessible Native American rock art, and head into the La Sal Mountains and find one of the most beautiful campsites ever! (Click here if you can’t see the video below.)
Last week I got an email from SUV RVing reader/viewer Galvain (Chasin’ Simplicity on YouTube) saying that he’d built a shelf in the back of his 1998 Toyota 4Runner. He then sent over some pictures and a video of his build and gave me permission to share them here. The shelf is based off of the one that I made in this video. Great job, Galvain! You can also check out his blog here.
Here are the pics:
Fitting the shelf in the back of the 1998 Toyota 4RunnerAdding bins and legs to the shelfAdding a top to the shelfAttaching the top of the shelf to the rest of the shelf with an adjustable cable tieThe shelf from inside the 4RunnerThe plywood sleeping platform that goes over the gap where the head goes when laying down to sleep.
You can see Galvain talk about his builds (the plywood head platform and the shelf build) in his video here (click here if you can’t see it below). The shelf portion starts at 6 minutes 27 seconds.
