Please have a watch how I put together a cheap/ simple rain shelter for car camping!!⛺️ Let me know what you think? Will it hold up? Any advice? Please like/ comment and subscribe, support a girl on her KZread journey ❤

There are channels that teach knots but I would recommend a bushcraft channel to learn more skills for the outdoors. @CoalcrackerBushcraft is my favorite for short, concise and useful information but there are tons of channels to choose from. That second setup looked better, but you want to be able to open your doors with your tarp up and I'm not sure that you could. If you can find one, I picked up a 6' x 20' white tarp I found and I love it for a couple of reasons: 1. It's white, so it reflects the sun and makes it true shade and cooler underneath and 2: It's long enough that I can park nose toward the sun (ideal) and have tarp on either side of my rig. The third reason is related to the first reason and that's color. Blue tarps are ubiquitous, but blue is the favorite color of most (all?) insects, including mosquitoes. I recommend avoiding blue camping gear (and clothing) like the plague. P. S. You have a cute cat! If he's not already harnessed trained, I recommend starting as soon as possible. Cats love to explore the outdoors as well.

@colleenventures

4 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for all the amazing information, it’s so greatly appreciated. Yes I have been trying, but he’s not loving it lol keep trying lol 😂

You can replace the regular nuts on the magnets with wing nuts to make it easier to take on and off. You can get them at a local hardware store. Just bring the magnet with you to get the proper size. I would also add a washer between the grommet and the nut.

@colleenventures

3 күн бұрын

Brilliant idea!! 💡 I will do that!!

OMG we needed that this past weekend! Actually probably would have not been enough...we got NAILED for over an hour.

@colleenventures

27 күн бұрын

I’m very hopeful that it can hold up, did purchase some suction cups to get some extra support. And a new tarp that I will try out! Give it a watch through! Let me know what you think!! 🙏🏻😎

Great video! Yes the rubber magnets best or suction cups!! Very cool 😮

@colleenventures

27 күн бұрын

Agreed!! I’m doing that

I wish I would have thought of this last year when I went camping in Colorado. I was only there for the weekend and the one night I decided to camp, it rained the whole night. It would have been nice to open my window or door without rain coming into the car. Of course now I see all the KZread videos about using a tarp like this lol Definitely getting the supplies to do this on my next camping trip.

@colleenventures

16 күн бұрын

Oh yes it worked quite well, recently took a trip to whistler( videos out soon) and I used the tarp with magnets and the suction cups and it worked brilliantly!! So happy with it! ⛺️💜

Great video! I was contemplating doing something similar to avoid the cost of roof cross bars and the attached awning. I was questioning what weight magnets to get... now I know 25 lbs will work! Thank you so much for sharing this affordable option! 😃

@colleenventures

27 күн бұрын

You’re so welcome!! 😉 yes I think it’s a good option, look for ones rubber coated if you can. As well the suction cups w carabiners are an option. Worth a try!! 1200$ for a roof rack is just not an option for me at this point. Appreciate your feedback

Thank you so much for this video !! I’m going to Nova Scotia for 10 days.. we happen to have exactly the same car so I love even more your good suggestions :)))

@colleenventures

19 күн бұрын

Love it!! It’s such a great car!! Enjoy your trip to Nova Scotia!! We are on opposite sides of Canada 🇨🇦