I don't fit it either, except maybe as part of the set that "doesn't fit in", lol.
It's been ages since I've been traveling or camping, and though I did a cross country round trip about 14 years ago, I haven't done much since, due to health.
I'm here to learn. I don't know what I'll be able to do: I am carrying a large air cleaner and between 6 and 10 large O2 tanks, which is enough, hopefully, for 3 to 5 nights. I need free flowing O2 at night, and sometimes during the day. Those take up a lot of space and add a lot of weight. Part of the space under the cot is lost because the machine makes it really difficult to retrieve things from under it. I would store water there and maybe some emergency supplies. I want to do this--vandwell--because I paint and want to get farther from home, spend a night or more rather than having to come home the same day. I am reactive to chemicals, so hotel/motel rooms are out.
If I can do this, I may choose to get a small trailer/toy hauler so I can carry either more O2, reducing the need to map my travels every 3 days along the stores that supply it and or carry a concentrator that can be operated in an noise insulated room for campground use.
CAN a trailer be insulated well enough so the noise of a concentrator could not be heard?
A goal is to be able to go on trips, stopping and painting along the way. I think I would be in campgrounds rather than boondocking most of the time.
About the only think I have to offer right now is questions!
I'm grateful for this site, though when I DO go, I won't be able to take it with me.
Just this morning I was wondering if I COULD do a coast trip, north to south now...