Popup AC Conversion

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Last year we got a popup camper. It’s been great for car camping with a kid, it’s easy to tow, and still feels like you’re camping because it’s still tent adjacent.

For some reason I don’t have any pics of the popup itself from our last few trips, but here it is in front of the house fully set up.

As far as RVs go it has a pretty simple electrical setup basically it’s

Chuck Box Prototype

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

For car camping I’ve had several variations on how to organize and store the camp kitchen. For the past several years I’ve been using a not so well constructed version of the REI Camp Kitchen Chuck Box.

My primary complaint was that it was far too heavy. The 1/2 in plywood give it considerable weight empty, and when fully loaded with all the gear is was unwieldy to the point where moving it more than 10 or 20 feet from the car was arduous. Additionally I hadn’t taken the time to define an organization system so in the end it was a glorified box that I could open from the side on a table.

Camping on A Day In The Woods

Popup AC Conversion

Chuck Box Prototype