If you’re planning to take your road trip vehicle offroading at all, it’s important to invest in the proper tires. This is where the rubber literally hits the road. More car camping inspiration: 9 budget campers tell us how they hit the road on the cheap. You can get a rooftop tent for as little as a grand, or shell out several thousand dollars for the fanciest ones.) We’ve spent more nights out camping now that we have a rooftop tent than we did in all the years before combined!Ĭost: $1795 (Give or take. I was reluctant originally but I’m a total convert now. I know, the price tag sounds steep at first. There are plenty of other options for rooftop tents – Cascadia Vehicle Tents, Tepui, and Yakima are popular ones. Our particular tent will fit on any Subaru that has roof rails (and most other SUVs, trucks, and station wagons as well). We stopped by their warehouse in Bend, Oregon and the awesome guys there helped us install our new tent, walked us through all its special features, and gave us some insider tips (plus our pup had a blast running around the warehouse!) If you happen to be in the Pacific Northwest, we highly recommend visiting the folks at Freespirit Recreation. It sleeps three people (though ours usually only houses two plus a dog). It clamps onto our Subaru’s roof rack and takes less than two minutes to set up – just remove the cover and unfold it by pulling on the ladder. We went with the High Country 55-inch rooftop tent from Freespirit Recreation. Getting a rooftop tent took all the worst parts out of camping! Nowadays we sleep like babies on a memory foam mattress, and we never have to utter the words “Where are the tent stakes?!” I love to camp and spend time in nature, but wrestling with tent poles and sleeping on the ground every just night isn’t my idea of fun. If you’re not in a place to buy a car, use what you have! You’d be surprised how far you can get with a little creativity.) The key to getting a good deal? Patience and skimming Craigslist while you’re watching Netflix.
(Of course, your road trip vehicle doesn’t have to be a Forester, or even a Subaru. Our research told us that the transmission in newer Foresters doesn’t handle offroading as well, and older ones weren’t as roomy inside. We went with a 2009 Subaru Forester Limited Edition. (For updates on what we’ve done since our original project, check out Subaru Camper Round Two !) Step 1: Buy a used Subaru. So while it seemed like everyone we knew was converting a camper van and loving that #vanlife, we went another route: We turned our daily driver into an awesome overland vehicle! Here’s how we built our Subaru Forester camper from stock into a road trip machine:
We never stopped talking about it – the possibility of exploring off the beaten path and setting up camp wherever we wanted was too enticing. The idea was planted several years ago when we met a couple road tripping through East Africa with a rooftop tent perched atop their Land Rover.
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