Truck canopy, slide tray, lift kit

We had a tonneau cover for our truck:

Enabling us to securely store our folding bikes and a bunch of other stuff in our truck bed:

But to be able to store the bikes vertically for easier access, and better access to other stuff, we wanted to get a canopy, aka truck cap. We saved for it, and ordered one several months ahead from a Portland company. When back in Portland, we emptied out the truck bed, took the tonneau cover to our storage unit (we’ll probably sell it eventually), and cleaned out the bed as best we could:

Then we headed to Northwest Auto & Truck Accessories to get it installed:

They had a decent waiting area, where we spent the day, working on our laptops:

We also got them to install a lift kit to raise up the front by a couple of inches, to make it level with the rear, and give a little more clearance for dirt roads:

Here’s the installed canopy, the ARE MX, paint-matched to our truck:

More pics of it at our campsite:

We also got a CargoGlide CG1000 slide tray from them, to make it easier to access stuff at the back:

The window at the back of the bed:

It folds down for cleaning:

The canopy is attached via four of these clamps:

We also got some 50-gallon totes for our folding bikes:

The bikes in the totes:

Less-frequently accessed stuff in the back of the bed:

The telescoping ladder is strapped to the side, so it doesn’t interfere with the slide tray:

Fully loaded for a travel day; we sometimes remove the mats and folding chairs while at a campsite, or they can be shoved to the sides to provide a rearview mirror visibility tunnel:

We added Grand Teton and Yellowstone stickers to the back (with our coach’s Magne Shade reflected in the window):

Some very useful additions.