I ordered some kitty litter and liners for the box.
For myself I ordered sugar free vanilla coffee syrup and since it was suggested, a pump for the bottle. I’m supposed to get the pump today and the syrup tomorrow.
We are getting off of creamer. I don’t drink coffee much but this will work along with some skim milk or soy milk.
My new car has a panoramic glass roof, which is fine except the midwest can get a tad warm during the summer. So I ordered a sun shade to install during the summer months. It’s one of those random brands you see on Amazon, but it has good reviews and it was $60 I think.
The good news is the car has two features to mitigate this. One, I can set it so that any time the interior hits 100°, it’ll turn on the AC, so it won’t get THAT hot in there. And two, I can open the app and turn on the AC remotely. Even if it’s just as I’m leaving a store or restaurant and it turns on for a minute or two, it takes the edge off.
I buy these in bulk from Torani! Every six months I get a shipment of 12. With the subscription it is around $100 per shipment. I think I only go through 10 in that time frame.
And then there’s Camp Mode, which is basically the same thing but the monitor goes dark. But you can throw a mattress in the back (several to choose from) and have heat/AC while you sleep - and no bugs. I’m told that unless you’re camping in temps below like 10° or whatever, it typically drains about 5-8% of the battery to camp for ten hours.
There is also a little fridge that fits perfectly into the sub-trunk and runs on 12v power. I’ve got to admit, I’m not normally one for camping, but with a fridge and a climate controlled sleeping quarters, I might be able to make that work.
It was the coldest day in years, like -30C or something. Bitter bitter cold. We froze til I got a fire going. No hiking, no outdoor activities, we stayed in the tent and tried to stay warm. Had supper, played a couple of games of mankala, then we hopped into bed at 8pm because the bed had an electric blanket. Didn’t get out again until 8am the next morning. So basically I paid hundreds so we could spend 12 hours under an electric blanket lol.
So much for glamping.
To add insult to injury, I already own the same tent, with it’s own woodstove, I coulda done this for free on crown land. What I don’t have is a washroom built onto the back of the tent (the ones at the glamping spot did).
This would actually turn me off of a car. I do not like the sun shining overhead all the time. It’s why I wear hats and sunglasses almost every sunny day. I hate sunroofs but car manufacturers keep making them bigger and bigger and it seems now a lot of them cannot be covered without interventions like this.