Road Trip Resources
August 13, 2010
A Complete Packing List
Clothing
- (7) T-shirts
- (2) Hoodies
- (2) Long-sleeves
- (6) Button-up shirts
- (6) pairs of boxers
- (4) pairs of socks
- (2) pair of jeans
- (1) pair of leggings
- (5) Ties
- (3) pairs of athletic shorts
- (2) suits
Shoes
- Northface Trail Shoes
- Sandals
- Black Dress Shoes
- Puma Walking Shoes
Electronics
- iPod
- Laptop (w/ charger)
- Camera (w/ charger and spare battery)
- Spare Cell phone
Camping
- Cooler
- Extra, zip-lock bags
- Tent – (ALPS Mountaineering Zephyr 2 Tent 2-Person 3-Season Tent)
- (3) Sleeping bags
- Sleeping mat
- Knives
Food
- Peanut butter-Jelly sandwiches
- Fruit: apples, bananas, cherry tomatoes
- Mixed nuts
- Road Trip Snacks
Other
- Toiletries
- Toilet Paper
- Notebook
- (2) Skateboards
The Car
- Jumper cables
- Spare Fluids
- Spare tire and jack
- Map – Rand McNally 2010 US Map
- LA street map
Road Tripping Resources
If you’re looking for inspiration, try these resources:
On Moving to Los Angeles
- John August’s series on Moving to Los Angeles is hands down the best you’ll find on the web.
Books
- Road Trip USA by Jamie Jensen – an excellent resource that offers a dozen pre-planned routes to choose, and memorable destinations along the way. Use these routes as a guideline while planning your trip – the more you invest in personalizing your journey, the more you’ll take away from the long stretches of pavement, besides asphalt and dust.
- Live Your Road Trip Dream by Phil and Carol White – this book is divided into two sections: the planning, and the trip. While “the trip” portion gets dry (think: daily journal, covering a year worth of traveling,) the former covers many areas of long-term road tripping: from telling your family, finances, packing, and what to do with your stuff. It requires scouring and skimming to find notes that you can apply to your trip, but proves well worth the time.
Websites
- Squidoo’s Road Trip Lens by kimisoutback – a fantastic lens on every aspect of road trip planning
- Road Trip America – features a dedicated forum, articles on road tripping, and a Fuel Cost Calculator
- Road Trip USA by Jamie Jensen – Jensen’s blog to accompany his book (noted above.) He answers reader questions and discusses in-depth various aspects of the road.
- Free Campgrounds – the website includes a search feature for free (or inexpensive) campgrounds in any state.
- About: Student Travel provides more information about camping and camping grounds.
- Off Road Adventure by Paul Thompson – Thompson wrote a treasure chest’s worth of booty for other road trippers. Two posts of significant note: 10 Things Not To Leave Home Without and The 4X4 Gourmet
- Phillip Ryan Johnson – Johnson’s blog posts on his trip from New York to Los Angeles
- Road Brew by Teri Fahrendorf – Fahrendorf’s road trip across the country and back, visiting and brewing with professional brewers along the way.
- Travel Channel – use the Travel Channel website to create a “theme” to your itinerary.
- Taylor Davidson’s 79 Things is a great road trip packing resource.
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