Having spent time in travel trailers, Class A’s, Class B’s and many Eurovans I knew that storage for a extended trip would be a challenge. Not the everyday things like dishes and food but clothes, toiletries, and nice to have things like a hammer, duct tape, rope, chairs, etc.

That is why when we built the Sprinter we added a “back porch.” We carry extra things in coolers as their size prevents you from overloading them and with their built in handles, they are easy to load and unload. One cooler is full of camping gear, citronella candles, a rubber mallet, extension cord, etc. and the other we use for ice and things we want cold like water, juice, etc. That also provides a back up ice source for cocktail time!

We also put a drain in which drains directly to the ground just in case we need an emergency place to shower. I tell people I use it after fording rivers to drain the water out of the bus. We don’t anticipate every using it but it is there just in case.

The last thing we load between the chairs and the door is our mat that goes outside the sliding door when we are camped.

Presley stays in his crate when we are away from the bus. He gets a lot less excited there and doesn’t set off the alarm.