Travel Light
Pack the car with stuff, but outside the car, travel very light: a
camera, tripodl head, tripod, lens and maybe one extra lens and on
too-bright days a small collapsible diffuser. That’s it. I don’t carry
food, water, etc. Sometimes a cell phone if I am going to some
strange place. I seldom get more than half a mile from the car. I
have my water in the car.