Road Trip Items to Bring?

Do a good pre trip and service. Bring water, jumper cables/box, tire plugs/small compressor, quick steel, rescue tape, and basic hand tools. And please pull your spare and jack kit to make sure it's all there!! So many dealers are forgetting to do a good PDI on the spare tire kit. Check your oil at every fuel up. It's normal to burn oil until the rings seat on a new vehicle.
 
So things I bring with kids when we do road trips, other than bikes.
- Small Grill
- 4 small Coleman propane tanks
- Gas portable range.
- Cooler (Sirloin patties from Costco, marinated chicken, Bison hot dogs, beer, vine, yogurts for kids, their food).
- Tool set for bikes and other quick fixes on the car.
- Jumper cables
- WD40
- Sharp knife mostly for mountain lions (just in case as gun does not help against them. In rare occasions you might see them in time).
- Bear spray
- 1 gallon of windshield fluid (spare).
- More beer and vine.
- 40 pack of water bottles.
- Trail mix
- Chips (Costco box)
- Various granola bars.
- 2X paper towels.
- Several TP's
- 17 month of daughter, bunch of diapers, wipes.
- Clorox wipes.

Probably some other stuff. Cannot think of.
 
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A mobile phone and charger, personal hygiene kit and cloths.
a credit card and drivers license.
snacks and drinks or pack a picnic in an ice chest if you don’t shop in gas stations.
 
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