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.

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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:

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Using a Laptop vs. Using a Tablet on Trips

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In my day-to-day life, I use my laptop pretty much all day, every day for work, entertainment, and communication purposes, but I’ve found that it was less than ideal for using on the road. It’s getting longer in the tooth these days, and its battery isn’t what it used to be. On my extended SUV RVing trips, I had to be very selective about what I chose to do once I powered it on, and I had to start up the SUV whenever I wanted to charge the laptop back up. On top of that, it was too big and bulky to use it to watch a movie before bed. Laptops are machines that excel at being used on a desk or on a comfy couch, not in the confines of an SUV.  Continue reading Using a Laptop vs. Using a Tablet on Trips →

Attaching a Tarp to an Awning to Make a Shade Wall

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I cover in the SUV RVing book how I use a small tarp as an awning. It works great in the rain or when the sun is overhead, but it’s less useful early or late in the day when the sun is coming at you from the side. I experienced this for the first couple of evenings that I was in Jackson and decided to do something about it.  Continue reading Attaching a Tarp to an Awning to Make a Shade Wall →