Allow me to set the stage:

We’re traveling back to California from Utah after a funeral. A wonderful service for a wonderful person, but a challenge to attend with a 1-week-old baby. Still, we defied the odds, drove the 13 hours there (split up over 2 days), and were driving the 13 hours back (once again, split over 2 days).

Our RAV4’s air conditioner knows no surrender, but faced with a 105 degree desert, it had a fight on its hands. Mixed with the fact we don’t have back seat air vents, and we d...