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Earlier today, while folding laundry, I inhaled a cough drop. I was fortunate in that it lodged high enough in my throat that I was able to cough it out. It was pure luck that it didn't go farther down.

Welcome to the group Candy! I'm also a Southern California resident, more specifically, south Orange County about forty miles or so south of Long Beach. As for the RTR, while yes, it's a large group of people, it's not overwhelming at all. At the last RTR, I ended up getting to know the small...

I love the MeerKat trailers! They're small and light enough that I could tow one with my little four cylinder Kia, plus it would fit in my garage when not in use. However, as geogentry pointed out, they're expensive. They are also an almost exact duplicate of, if I remember correctly, a...

I actually didn't know about Blue Sea until I searched Amazon for 12 volt hardware for this installation. The fuse block and switch panel I purchased for this project just seemed to be the best fit for my present and future plans.

I'm almost done with the power distribution. I trimmed the wires so that I have about 8 inches of wire outside of the opening and crimped sixteen 16-14 AWG (American Wire Gauge) insulated quick connects to the ends. I attached the quick connects to the appropriate quick connect terminals on...

Welcome Steve! It's always good to see another Californian on the forums!

I've got a correction to make. The wire between the battery and the fuse block is actually 4 gauge.

I finally had a little time today to get some more work done on the Road Tripper. I was a able to finish the power run from the battery to the fuse block and begin work on power distribution from the fuse block. The feed from the battery to the fuse box is roughly 8 feet of 6 gauge wire. The...

I used to be one of those people, also because of a couple of bad experiences with other people's dogs as a child. I no longer fear dogs, but it takes me a long time to warm up to one.

I camp in a Kia Soul, which I will be bringing to the RTR. There are some challenges with the small space, but overall I'm pretty happy with how it all works. Now, for the sake of full disclosure, I'm not a full timer. I live in a condo and vacation in the car...

I just got the time off from work approved so that I'll be able to attend a few days during the first week of the RTR. If all goes according to plan I'll be arriving on the 11th. and going home on the 16th.

The Kia Rio and the Kia Soul are built on the same chassis. I have a Soul. The Soul has a bit more interior volume, but overall should be nearly identical to the Rio. Have a look at my build thread and see if any of what I've done might work for you...

When I first started putting my road tripper setup together, I got a small portable solar power system. What I found was that this portable system effectively chained me to my campsite when I had it out. Because the system was so easy to pick up and move, I was never comfortable leaving it...

With a little creativity you could probably get somewhere in the vicinity of 100 watts worth of panels on top of your rooftop cargo carrier. Then it's just a matter of figuring out where to put your charge controller and battery. Alternately, you could go with portable panels and set them up...

I find it very convenient to have my scapegoat picked out well in advance. That way I already know who to blame. :P

I've been out of touch for the last week or so. Two weeks ago my truck (not my road tripper) ended up getting totaled in an accident when the brakes failed two weeks after another accident wiped out the right rear fender. I was not involved in either accident. An old friend has been borrowing...

The best bang for your buck is to cook your own meals. More often than not, I'm able to keep my per meal cost to a dollar or less. Plus I like my own cooking a lot better than fast food.

When I was a kid my family lived in my grandmother's house near the beach. Beach goers would park in our neighborhood. We kept trashcans at either corner of the property so that the beach goers would have someplace to put their trash. Two trash cans, about 40 feet apart and many of them still...

A quick Google search found the following link to the event. https://www.meetup.com/VanlifeConnections/events/243310971/

On the way to Big Sur, you'll find a view point where you can watch Elephant Seals lounging on the beach. I was there in October of 2014. There's also a really cool little coffee house further up the highway somewhere between the view point and Big Sur. I don't know how far though. I went...