Travelling big on a tiny budget
People are always asking about gear they'll need to live or travel in their vehicle. Until now my lists were geared to people with Priuses, but today I'm compiling a list anyone can use. It was difficult to narrow down to 10 items, but I love each one of these and I know you will … Continue reading Top 10 Essentials, with or without a Prius
Are you hungry? Step into my Tiny Prius Kitchen! It's right here, in the car! It's gone through multiple iterations, and it will never be "done". Every kitchen, whether huge or tiny, is always evolving. Over the last two years, my biggest surprise has been how small I can go and still feel like I … Continue reading Tiny Prius Kitchen Revised
I've always heard that expression, "everything but the kitchen sink" when referring to people who pack lots of stuff for a trip, but if you're going to travel in a Prius, everything needs to be small, and you need a good way to pack it. So for those of us living Priuslife or Vanlife, why … Continue reading The Collapsible Tiny Prius Kitchen
I've never been a Blanche Dubois kind of girl, having worked and been pretty independent since my teens. But now and then it happens to all of us, we get locked out, or miss our train, or get stranded on the road. For me it was on a trip from California to Virginia, when I … Continue reading The kindness of strangers
One of my greatest challenges as a solo traveler is keeping in touch with folks back home. Whether I'm traveling overseas, or in my own state's national park, making a call isn't always easy. Cell phone networks don't like to share, and none of them have complete coverage in the US, so if you need … Continue reading Call from the mountain, chat from the desert!
A few folks out there might think this post is pointless. They live and die by the wet wipe and the sponge bath. Or perhaps they're into not worrying about smelling because they're out in the wild, feeling like Tarzan. Well that's cool if that's your thing. You Tarzan, me Jane. But this Jane has … Continue reading Keeping Clean in the Tiny Prius
Camping and living out of the Prius is an art. It's an endless game of Tetris, where you look for the biggest block that will fit in the smallest empty space. Fortunately for me, I used to know a lot of backpackers that taught me the two key rules of the game: 1) Smaller is … Continue reading Tiny Campgear for the Tiny Prius
First a confession, the Prius really isn't tiny! LOL Yes, it's smaller than an RV, any RV, but that doesn't mean you have to be cramped. The back seats in a Prius fold completely flat, and there is more than six feet from the front seats to the hatch, so unless you're a basketball player, … Continue reading Sleep Like a King in a Tiny Prius
Due to the beauty of the hybrid engine, driving a Prius means you're never really "off the grid", you simply take it with you wherever you go. Here are some essentials that will let you travel near or far, and let you feel like you're still at home! 1) High wattage inverter connected directly to … Continue reading Practical Gear for Tiny Prius Trekking
Sometimes ideas are ahead of their time, like Da Vinci's flying machines during the Renaissance, or Tucker's seatbelts in the 1950s.https://youtu.be/3cy3gKwirLkSo it was at the beginning of this decade, with the Swiss Room Box. The concept was simple: make a small, modular unit that is multi-purpose. The design was close to flawless in simplicity and … Continue reading The Tiny Prius kitchen that never was
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