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Car Camping with Friends at South Carlsbad State Beach
Some campsites work best as a base for exploring. Others give you enough reason to stay close to camp. South Carlsbad State Beach gave us both. I parked the 4Runner beside my friends’ teardrop trailer, set up camp with Riven, and spent the visit enjoying the California coast without filling every hour of the…
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Selling Items Online for Others as Flexible Paid Work
Selling items online for others became one way I could earn extra income using skills I already had. Over the years, I had sold on eBay, Mercari, OfferUp, Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, Poshmark, and other platforms, both for myself and as part of reselling. Eventually, those skills led to a temporary job I would not…
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Portable AC Stress Test Results
Can a 4,500 BTU portable air conditioner keep up with 109°F heat in a 4Runner? Car camping in the summer isn’t for the faint of heart, especially when outside temps creep into triple digits. To find out whether a 4,500 BTU portable air conditioner could hold its own in this brutal heat, I set up…
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Our First Day as Full-Time Car Campers Started with Snow
Our first day as full-time car campers did not begin with sunshine, an open desert, or anything resembling an easy transition. It began with snow in Arizona. Riven and I had car camped together before, and I had spent years doing it part-time. We knew how to pack the 4Runner and settle in for…