hi i am going to big bear next week
and i kind of wanted to show you what i
am preparing
to take on this trip i actually am not
used to going on full long winter trips
where
i will be you know hiking in the snow so
i had to do a little bit of research
i'm also driving there so i have to do
research on that as well
because it is going to be snowing there
will be
probably ice and snow on the roads so i
had to prepare for that as well
i'm going to show you what i am packing
for
my car and what kind of steps i'm taking
to prepare my car for this trip
i'm going to show you extra things i am
packing on this trip
things that i don't normally pack when i
travel um
specifically winter gear and i'm also
going to show you what i
am packing for zoey the first thing i'm
going to
touch on is the traveling big bear is
about
two to two and a half hours away from
los angeles
and the reason why it's anywhere between
that is depending on the route you take
there are a couple different routes you
can take to big bear and the one that
we're taking
is about the two and a half hour drive
so the one thing that
i did have to order online before this
trip um are snow chains
tire chains no tire change my car just
has regular tires
so um you know checked out the specs of
my
car and i purchased this
on amazon it is um it's pretty heavy
but it is chains i don't know if i
should take this out right now but
tomorrow i am going to practice
putting this on the car because you
don't want
you know your first trial to be when
you're on the road
uh so you want to practice a little bit
before
um you actually drive to the area the
other thing i'm preparing for my car is
an ice scraper
um i did contact so i'm staying at an
airbnb
and i did contact the host and wanted to
make sure
that you know that the property had
items that i might need so one thing was
a shovel
and um the host did reply very fast and
said that yes don't worry we have a
shovel
but you may want to bring an ice scraper
for your car because we won't be able to
provide that
and she did highly suggest that i bring
that because there is
um in the forecast there's going to be a
lot of snow and big bear the week that i
go another thing i need to prepare for
the trip
is just you know a bag of food and water
i
have read that sometimes or quite often
there might
there are accidents along the road on
big bear
so when you get stuck in traffic you
know there's not going to be
a lot you can do but just sit and wait
and you might get hungry
so i got this lunch bag and i got it at
home goods
it was i think like 15 um
so in here i have you know
some snacks protein bars nuts
i have some water in here crackers and i
also have
um some ice packs this is actually
um ice packs from my dentist when i have
my wisdom teeth removed and i just save
them because i think they're
great for you know to throw in these
little lunch boxes
so yeah so i am taking this on the road
with me i'll probably make some
sandwiches as well
so that is another thing that i have
prepared
for the trip okay so now that i have
kind of like the travel essentials out
of the way i kind of want to go into
the extra things i'm going to pack for
this trip that i don't normally pack on
my
other trips so i am going to be playing
in the snow hiking in the snow
and the main thing i really wanted to
make sure i had
was good hiking boots for the snow
so i did a lot of research and i found
that adidas
their terrex line makes fantastic hiking
shoes for the snow so i got
this pair right here you can tell it has
that really good tread right there
and it is waterproof and there's no
laces
so it's just like the zipper here it's
very warm inside
i'm really excited to try these out i've
i've read a lot of good reviews about
them
another thing i'm making sure to pack
are waterproof gloves
so i've got these these are from
columbia i actually purchased these
i want to say like seven years ago that
time when i broke my
snowboarding i never got rid of them i
figured someday we'll probably wear them
and here i am almost seven years later
but these are going to come in handy
for when i make those you know snowballs
to have snowball fights with zoe
another thing to pack that i don't
normally pack on you know my travels
is actual snow pants and again these are
snow pants that i bought seven years ago
when i went snowboarding have not worn
them since
and i was so glad i still fit in them a
little bit tight
and of course you know a hat um
you know i think that's just i just kind
of stand up for any trip i guess if i'm
going somewhere cold
not necessarily just for this trip just
thought i mentioned it since um i had it
in my suitcase
and this is so cheesy but
i got matching hats for me and zoe this
was on sale
at petco right after christmas and i had
to get it
it says i love my human and the other
one says i love my dog and i think
this was like five dollars for both of
them okay so the last thing i'm going to
talk about
is what i'm bringing for zoe so
if you've been watching our youtube
videos crystal
kind of showed her road trips essentials
and her packing stuff when she was on
the road
driving from california to florida
florida to california
and she bought this dog bag
that was so convenient and when she was
here in california we went on little you
know side road trips
she had this bag on every trip when we
took our dogs with us and i was so
jealous because it was so handy
it was so well organized and here i was
with my bag was like
putting food in plastic bags and it was
just so disorganized i hated it
so i decided to get my own dog travel
bag
i got it on amazon and this is called
the brand is called lucky tail crystal
got one from a different brand i decided
to
get a different one size wise it's about
the same
but what i really liked about this one
was the side pocket here
that has like a little poop back
dispenser i thought that was so
um convenient if you are traveling with
your dog and you're flying
it also has a sleeve here
where you can put it on your suitcase so
that
is really awesome and there is also a
mesh
lining right here for extra stuff you
want to put on the outside
as well as a pocket here for water
and there is
also um hooks here so you could
carry it on your shoulder i took it off
because i'm probably just gonna carry it
like this and put it on my
i'm slipping on the handle of my
suitcase the bag when you buy it it
comes with
two food bowls then if you go inside
it's very roomy
and right when you open it there is a
mesh
pocket here and this is where i put her
extra poop bags and her extra leash and
collar
inside i there are two separate bags for
food
and what i like about this bag is
that it has a lining inside that keeps
the food fresh
and then the other bag i put treats in
there so there's a bunch of treats in
this bag the only thing these bags don't
come with
is a food scooper so uh crystal found
this um scooper on amazon as well so i
had to get one too so it's very roomy in
here
i have one of her toys she likes having
her toys on her drips
and this ball and then also um
a quick dry towel this is her quick dry
towel and there's still
quite a bit of room in here so if i
wanted to bring more toys i could
um but i think that's going to be enough
because we're going to be out playing in
the snow most of the time anyways
i don't know if dogs get really cold in
the winter i'm assuming they do
so just in case i did get
um well i didn't get it actually i
bought it from my neighbor
she let me borrow her dog's um jacket so
this is what zoe's gonna wear if i feel
like she's cold
i also got her a hat a little while ago
from target
to keep her head warm um she actually
doesn't mind wearing this which i'm
surprised because usually she doesn't
like wearing things on her head
but you know i wanted to kind of keep
her warm just in case it's really really
cold so that's it that's everything that
i'm preparing and taking on my trip to
big bear
i hope what i'm showing you will help
you on your trip
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