Last long road trip, after hearing a couple people play some great bluegrass and mountain ballads around camp in east Tennessee, I got to missing my old American-made Epiphone.
It is the first guitar I ever bought, used, way back in the 70's. I still have it, but it was back at one of the places I keep stuff. Narrow rosewood neck, nice inlay, great wood, terrific sound. Made in America before Gibson bought Epiphone and started making them in Japan. Anyway, I was itching to have a guitar in my hands.
When I went into town the next day, low and behold, I ran across one quite by accident. Left-handed too. Looked like it had never been played and had a good straight neck, so I bought it. Pretty decent acoustic for the money; a Fender cutaway with a built-in pre-amp and tuner. They go for only around
$400 new. I got it for less than half of that, got a great hard shell case for fifty, and a couple sets of strings and a Kyser capo, so was tickled. Now it's my road guitar.
I plan on doing some outdoor recording this summer. I'm really looking forward to the challenge of setting up both video and sound and trying to do a quality recording.
I've hauled guitars around with me for ages without problem, including flown with them cross-country. Far as I'm concerned, the best thing you can do for an acoustic guitar when going in and out of different climates is to keep it in a good hard shell case with a tight cover. Then, well before using it, just undo the clasps without opening the lid. Making sure your kid or partner doesn't move it and potentially dump it out, of course, thinking it's clasped shut.
That'll let it more slowly acclimate to the different temp and humidity from where it was last out in the open. Then don't leave it out hanging around near the campfire, or leaning against some tree or on the floor of your tent 'til morning. Wipe it down and get it back in it's case.
In my van, it has a dedicated spot out of the way, which changes from time to time but is generally upright behind the driver's seat, as it's about the same height as my seat back and seems a natural fit. I don't do crazy wheeling or rock climbing, but I do bounce around a bit on back country and desert trails and have never had a problem yet.
