Getting Ready To Travel For The Summer!
Summer is just around the corner and there is beauty everywhere! Whether you are looking for dry tundra, desert sands, lush waterways, green forests, heat wave ridden cityscapes, or just the good ol’sandy beaches, you’ll probably be traveling somewhere, at some point in time!
While planning your trip, keep in mind the new restrictions and regulations that are either already in effect, or which will soon be in effect, so that you can travel safe and ensure that everything you are taking along and back will likewise be safe!
Read on for some times, both practical and off the wall.
The Home Is Where Your Heart… and Your Stuff Is!
Let’s face it, we value our stuff. And one way that we seek to protect our stuff is to leave it home where it is supposed to be safe and secure.. until its not. 
Of course, one avenue is to convert your garage into a secured storage room! A little overboard..? Perhaps, but then again, most garages are the weakest point in one’s home security.
Adding a wire mesh security gate room in your garage would allow you to add an additional layer of protection, allowing you to store your boxed goods in a section of your home that is safe from simple burglary. It would also be a great way to keep valuable items out of reach of children’s hands, especially if those items can prove to be dangerous!
Failing that, you can always opt for secured boxes, like the . Instead of creating one large pocket of security, you can create many smaller, perhaps hidden areas, of security, where you can keep your valuables safe!
Any thief or burglar would need to crack open each and every one of these security cases, to get access to their contents, as opposed to just having access, the moment they break in!
Secured Travel Bags On The Road!
With your home in fairly good hands, you begin packing your valuables needed on the trip. While you can simply use a standard duffel or luggage, you could be better served with a . Not only is it a sizable duffle bag for those weekend or week long trips, it is also equiped with a security cable and various forms of easy to spot identification! Got to go hit the restroom, but are too loaded with luggage? Secure the bag around a post! Getting a quick meal, but want to leave your luggage at your table? Secure it!
Greatly reduce the risk of a walk-by luggage thief. Check out the . Never hurts to add a little extra security while travelling.
Hardened Security Case For Larger Items
Let’s say you have a few items that are more delicate and need to be stored in a larger case, perhaps it’s one of those Whatever the reason, you can always opt to make use of good packaging solutions from other fields, like the . With it’s reinforced outer casing, you can rest assured that crushing is not going to be a problem. The padding will ensure that your items will likewise not be going anywhere or bumping anything!
Sure, you won’t be carrying any firearms in it, but you might as well ensure that it’s going to be as locked away as a fire-arm, while traveling!
Carseat Totebag!
Okay, this is for those of you who will be traveling with a child who uses a car seat. I’ve had to lug a carseat with my luggage around an airport a few times… and I got to tell you, it isn’t fun. Car seats feel like they have been designed from the ground up to be hard to rest on anything except in the seat of a car!
Lo and behold! A carseat tote bag! If your car seat will fit in it, I highly recommend getting one! It will be easier to move around and the covering will also prevent your car seat from being exposed to dust and chemicals, nevermind the potential for scratches and tears!
Heavy Duty Backpack For The Hiking Photographer!
A good backpack can make the difference between being comfortable and well prepared or wishing you had packed that one important item, but are now wondering what to do without it!
The is a highly versatile pack with plenty of internal space, as well as external strappings to ensure that you won’t need to leave anything critical behind!
The narrow profile means that the bag will allow you a wide range of arm movement, while the generously padded harnesses will ensure long treks without the strain and loss of blood flow from a strap that makes you feel every pound you’re carrying!
Speaking of Hiking… Potable Water Sources…
While hiking through the woods, to a scenic lake or vista, every pound counts. While you will probably have enough water for a day or two, much more beyond that would be quite a load to carry on foot.
To that end, having something like a or perhaps something smaller, like the would be of a great help in supplementing your water supply, especially if you are going to be camping out near a body of fresh water!
Need an emergency pack, small enough to fit in your smallest of pockets? Pack a few extra tablets from the . No pumping, just filter the water and let the tablets do the work. Great for when you can’t build a fire to boil water and don’t have the room to pack a filtering pump.
Want to incorporate the filter right into your bottle? Check out the . Get water storage and level 2 filtration right in the same unit! A good addition for those who prefer integrated devices or who might forget a tablet or the filter pump, by accident!
Next time… Camera and Laptop safety!
Next time, I’ll be looking at Laptop and Camera safety for your travels!