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The one I linked is stainless steel, so it should be fine.

Thanks for the review, that's about what I expected.

Looks like there is weather concerns on my last route, this one heads further south before turning west and avoids those high elevations. I have it divided into 3 ten hour days staying at interstate rest areas. If you were coming from Chicago it would probably add a day to your drive and the...

No effect. It's only like 8% of government and BLM is not in that 8%.

One single lane in and out, gonna be some traffic jambs going through that wash.

How do you find them, it's a big area?

Does anyone know where you pick up a dispersed BLM camping permit in Quartzite? Is it at the LaPosa LTVA welcome center?

3 days driving.  12.5 hours to Red Rock Canyon St. Park (long day, but I figure if your going to have a long day, make it the first) 9 hours to Canyon Side Campground 7 hours to the RTR (Leaving plenty of daylight to shop for supplies and find a campsite) Get there a day early to avoid some of...

Now that the location is known, we know that if we choose to get there a day early, we can just camp at the old RTR location (within walking distance to the new location) and move over the next day.

This route get's us on I-10 faster but is full of construction and road closures...

More research is always welcome, finding overnight stops is not very easy and the two stops I found were the best I could find, but very open to alternatives. My early route had me sleeping at highway rest stops, but that didn't sound appealing, so I looked for campgrounds. Right, being in a...

I would be interested in meeting up at common campgrounds, but not really interested in following others during the drive. I want to drive at my own speed and stop whenever I need. What do you all think of the route I posted? Stops are tagged.

All 3 of us are on the same route by mid day. Take a look at my route above.

I will be leaving from Louisville Ky. at that same time +/-. I checked the route from Chicago and it combines with mine in about St. Louis. My plan is a long first day, a medium long second day and a shorter day getting the RTR. that way there will be plenty of daylight to find stock up with...

Just as a clarification, the 12v battery is simply a passthrough to the 220v DC battery, when the 220v battery gets low then the gas engine starts to charge it back up.  The 12v battery does not go up and down in charge, only the big battery. (when the car is in the "ready" mode)

There is no need to use an inverter like that, when you connect to the 12 volt battery, you are directly connected to the 220v dc battery. Nothing to fear about the 100 amp fuse, think about how many amps that is, what would you plug in that would ever draw that much power. It's for shorts in...

How did hold up to high wind? Seems like it would work great.

I'm installing a 1000 watt inverter in my Prius right now, I've heard of folks going as big as 2k, but I have no idea of the limit. I do know how it works though. In the ready mode the 12v battery is connected directly to the 220v traction battery through a reduction DC to DC converter. That...

Has anyone used one of these little thingies? I don't know why it wouldn't work. It can't make anymore heat than your stove puts out, but might radiate it better. $13 on amazon  

Update: I have since learned that the 12v battery in the ready mode has a direct connection to the big 220 v battery through a dc to dc converter so you are really drawing power directly from the 220v battery not relying on just the 12 v. This is why you can safely run a 1500 watt or more sized...