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[vaznetti]

So, while waiting for my car to get the oil changed yesterday, I started making a roadtrip list: things I'll want in the car in case of emergency. I've never taken a trip like this as an adult, so let me know what I'm missing.


bug repellent
sunscreen
cooler
water bottles
handi-wipes
mending kit
swiss army knife
corkscrew/bottle opener (if not in swiss army knife)
detergent in plastic bag
toilet paper
wrench (in case I need to change a tire)
jack (already in the trunk with the pare)
handkerchief or bandana
towels
tapes and cds


I think that a small cutting board will be useful, and I'm tempted to pack a sheet in the bottom of the luggage, just in case. But what else should I take?

Comments

[rez-lo.livejournal.com]

What beautiful lists. The only thing I can think of to add is probably way too obvious: a phone. If you don't already own a mobile or if it doesn't travel well, I think there might be such things as disposables. I'm on shaky ground here, though. Failing that, a prepaid phone card?

(I'm totally with you on the freezer bags, by the way; they're indispensible. Michael calls me the The Bag Lady; all those bags drive him crazy. He complains every time that it's just way over the top to bring so many, but he's wrong and he knows it.)

A vacuum flask is handy to keep the tea warm for cold night and early morning drives. And matches. I don't know why, but I always feel better if I have a box of matches somewhere about.

[vaznetti]

I'll be taking my cell-phone, although I fear that coverage may not be perfect through the whole trip. It worked in Halifax when I was out on the job interview, and I checked with the company to make sure that wasn't a fluke.

Matches! Something else to put in a plastic bag, since the B.H. left them out in some drizzle and the box is decomposing. But as I travel with a smoker, we always have some way of making fire.

[bardsmaid.livejournal.com]

Annie went trekking around the Yosemite area on her vacation and discovered that her cell phone got no connection anywhere in the Eastern Sierra. So a prepaid phone card might be a good idea for the inevitable iffy areas.