My first solar panel

A new addition for road tripping is a small solar cell for charging a couple of 12 volt batteries. The 2 deep-cycle marine batteries are in the aluminum box on the left, and the solar panel is sitting on top of a box on my porch. It appears that it will charge the batteries fast enough to power both a cell phone and my GPS device without drain to the 12 volt batteries. It's a 5 watt panel, about 12" x 12".  As for the laptop, trailer fans, refrigerator or a Ham radio, I'll have to use larger solar panels. And I'll know more after the coming week I have planned for camping at Myakka River S.P. Also, I've arranged to make blog posts directly from my cellphone, with pictures! That may prove a bit too high tech for me in the long run, but fun for now.  Real-time travel posts to the blog will be a step up.