[at-l] OT: Need road trip planning help

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If you go with Stitches suggestion below, you can buy the screen and cut it to generously fit around your vehicle windows.  Buy a roll of magnetic tape from an office supply store and cut it into suitable lengths.  This way the magnet holding down the screen is a narrow strip--much easier to work with on a car than a real magnet.  This is what I use when car camping in my minivan.

YMMV,
Joan




And one new suggestion...
It was often more comfortable to sit in my car in the evenings at
ampgrounds than in my tent but lights on in the car with windows open
ttracted bugs.  A piece of mosquito netting and some magnets to hold
t over an open window kept the bugs at bay and made for much more
leasant evenings.
That´s all for now,
Mara - from Cristo, Chiloé, Chile
titches, AT99
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On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Linda Patton <lpatton at fsu.edu> wrote:
 Say you’re going on a 2- to 3-month road trip, leaving from Florida and
 covering mainly Colorado/Utah/California/Oregon/Washington/Idaho/
 Montana/Wyoming/North Dakota (and additional states to get there
 and back).  All sorts of climate will be involved--from desert (Death
 Valley) to high northern mountains (Glacier National Park).

 You already have on your packing list:
 Tent/sleeping pad/sleeping bag/other camping gear/cooking gear/
 cooler/food/small folding table & folding chair/clothing/sewing kit/
 day-hiking gear/camera/binoculars/guidebooks/maps/laptop.


 What other essentials or comfort items would you add?

 Also...for those with desert/mountain driving experience what
 considerations/items should I know about for those areas?

 Need all the help I can get!
 Thanks.
 ~~ eArThworm

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