Hey everyone, the family and I are getting prepared for a summer road trip from SOCAL up through Nevada and Utah to Denver to visit some family.
It's going to be in an interesting trip. We have a smallish Mazda 5 micro-van which is generally a very comfortable ride but we're also thinking of taking our dog with us for the trip and she's about a 70lb silly Golden Lab.
Well this means our storage in the van will be far more limited so I was considering either a roof top storage box or a tail hitch box.
Here are some examples of the tail hitch box:
http://smile.amazon.com/Thule-665C-Transporter-Combi-Hitch-Mount/dp/B00152VYLQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1435612724&sr=8-1&keywords=tail+hitch+storage
http://smile.amazon.com/Basket-Style-Bumper-Carrier-Capacity/dp/B00EF3VOSU/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1435612724&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=tail+hitch+storage&pebp=1435612744164&perid=14T32KZ5GPDJMYQ15ZQ8
I dig the second one a lot as it is simple and fairly light weight and would be easy for me to store when not in use. I can get a waterproof soft sided container for all of our stuff to go into. We don't anticipate having to leave things unattended and even if we do we can throw the box in the car for those times when we are away from the vehicle. I can see a lot of ways for me to use this outside of the trip this summer as well.
I wanted to get a feel of any experience other folks might have on the topic.
