Best vehicles to sleep in

[PDenbigh]

I built a "shelf" in the back of the F150, and I have a topper on it that has just a slight rise to allow for extra room. I then use either a tempurpedic-type 3" foam pad or two of our self inflating thermarest camping pads if I'm lazy. I then insulated the underside of the shelf with foam insulation, and I built foam insulating cutouts to cover the windows for the winter months. I can go from the cab of the truck to the bed through the rear window. I have foam weatherstripping between the cab and the topper windows, and I can pre-heat or pre-cool it with the trucks heat/AC as I near the destination. It's really comfy. Alison, Cooper (the pup), and I sleep back there at least a few times a winter. Anything below 30 degrees and I have a little heater I hang from the ceiling (so it doesn't get caught in the sheets).

The nice part about the shelf is that I still have a ton of room under it. I can bring all my track stuff (tires, tool box, creeper, welder, etc, etc) under there, and we sleep on top.

We went snowboarding in northern VT last year, and on our way back spent the night at a truck stop in the Adirondacks. I stayed there because it was about 10 degrees that night and we needed the heater... but quickly learned that a truck stop is a noisy place! So, from then on we sleep in restaurant parking lots, hotel parking lots, etc. If we don't need a plug for the heater, our sleeping options increase greatly.