Dates aren't correct but I was trying to get things in a logical order to view as my trip progressed with the first things I did at the top instead of the bottom.

This is going to be my Hotel Prius, by removing the rear seats I can add a platform for about a queen size sleeping area and have quite a bit of storage underneath for clothing, food and other necessities.  101,000 miles on it when purchase but new Michelin tires on it.

This is my latest addition for my 2016 trip out west in May and the Prius now has 115,000 miles on the ODO.  Now have a  3" sleeping pad, before I had an 1-1/2" mattress and it was really a little too thin.  I have also removed the front passenger seat and added a padded platform that can serve as extra sleeping area plus I have room under it for my Dometic cooler, my 5 gallon water container and my extra 55 amp hour battery and a little extra room for maps etc.

This is an addition to the Prius, gives me another 32" of  sleeping area  and some storage underneath where the passenger seat goes.  The addition has 3" of foam to rest my upper body/head on.  I have tried getting into my sleeping area from the drivers seat and I was able to do it so if need be I can get in the sleeping area without getting out of the car so if there is a Grizzly outside I won't have to confront him!

 Here is what in where the front seat used to be and I have added a couple more things here since this picture.  I have checked and when I have this battery plugged into the cigarette lighter it is pulling about 4 amps when charging so not bad at all, I plan on running the Dometic cooler with this battery.

This is where I can use my porta pottie and shower, I have a solar shower bag which will hang on the post and the post is adjustable for height.  I have cut a hole in the top of the shelter to get at the bag.  The Pop-up snaps down to a circle only a half inch thick or so and I can store it underneath the mattress while traveling.

The shelter from the rear with the door unzipped, sitting in my driveway, it came with 4 small tent stakes to fasten it down in soil, I am also taking along a couple of weights to sit inside to hold it in place.

Added a storage compartment for my maps and atlas's within in easy reach of the drivers seat. 

This is my Hotel Prius. about 115,000 miles on her right now in Apr 2016

My latest addition this year is a 3" thick mattress, what I had on my Alaska trip was 1 1/2" thick and was a little too thin for my liking, this is about queen size and I have also removed the front passenger seat and made a padded platform there for additional sleeping area plus underneath I have my 35 quart Dometic cooler, my 5 gallon collapsible water container, a 55 AH battery and some extra room for other things, maps etc.

This will be my route to Yuma Arizona, blue line, it's about 2400 miles and a 4 day driving trip.

Well here it is Wed. May 4th so I should be leaving in 5 days on my trip,

I did leave till the 12th though.

My trip in my Hotel Prius:

Slept in the Prius except for 6 nights which I spent in a motel in Yuma and then one night in Surprise, AZ while getting the Prius repaired.

I made use of Walmart parking lots quite often and found them to be safe and fairly quite.  I did use Home Depot once which was next door to a Walmart in Sidell, LA  that I didn't like that well, I stayed at a National Park campground for 4 nights near Prescott, AZ and it was nice, $7 a night.

I used McDonalds often for WiFi so I could update my wife on my where-abouts.  Once or twice I was able to use Walmart WiFi but they don't all have it.

Planning on leaving home on the 12th of May which is Thursday so maybe not so much traffic?  Time is getting closer and I was planning on stopping by nephew Kevin Arthur's place in Daphne, AL but he is still living in Gulf Shores, AL which is a little farther out of my route so I will probably drive all the way to the Mississippi welcome station and spend the night there.    My plans aren't concrete by any means so who knows what the heck I might do.

Well this was close to Kevin Arthur, Mobile Alabama and his is south and near the beach in Gulf Shores.  Kevin and his wife are building a new home farther north in Daphne, AL but the contractor has been a little slow on getting things done.

I will be leaving day after tomorrow so getting the Prius loaded with my things.

I put in a couple of dividers to separate my food breakfast, lunch, dinner, some cooking things.  A board lays over this opening when I am ready for bed.

This is where the front passenger seat used to be so I got some valuable room here for various things, maps, water supply, cooler, cooker and misc other things and gadgets.  I have a padded platform that lays over the top of these things when I'm ready for a nights sleep.  I have some of my clothing behind the drivers seat and other misc things.  I will take enough clothes for a week or 10 days and I can find a Laundromat to wash things on the way.

My trip out west in May/June 2016 (my last one I'm thinking)?

Well heck I'm 86 years old now and it gets a little more difficult traveling especially in a small automobile like the Prius, however it's hard to beat the economy of the Hybrid, by keeping the speed in the 60's I an average about 50 mpg's.  I was even getting about 59 mpg's up in northern Arizona through Flagstaff and on east on I40, I finally did wake up to the fact that I was actually going downhill!  Losing altitude and the Prius sensors recognized that. 

Now, I am in Yuma Arizona 2400 miles from home and it was a 4 day trip of around 600 miles per day.  I Slept in the Prius 3 nights at Walmarts and got a decent nights sleep, the last night was in Yuma, AZ at a motel.  Yesterday was my longest drive of almost 800 miles from Sidell, LA to Kerrville, TX.  So I was a little bit tired!  Today wasn't a very long drive about 350 miles from Benson, AZ and got to Yuma at noon after making a couple stops along the way to look at interesting things and West of Tuscon I saw the largest solar farm in the world according to the lady guard at the gate and then drove north for about 11 miles to see some Petrogylples,  It was a pile of rocks with scribblings on them and the placard said that people had traveled this route called the "Southern Trail" for thousands of years.  So at least I saw some history.