Thanks guys.
Tool-wise, I'm pretty set. After years of taking my race car to the track I've got just about everything I need including the tow straps; in fact I'll probably be leaving behind alot of the tools I can't use on the truck. I will have to buy a small compressor though, since all I use at the track is a portable air tank. I'll also need a decent bottle jack, since I doubt my aluminum race jacks will work
About the snow tires, do you think it's really necessary? We don't go up to Canada often, and my inlaws tell me they never use them. I don't want to waste money on them if I don't have to.
I also doubt I'll be able to find the good wiper blades anywhere in CA or NV. Should be able to pick them up once I get into Utah though.
We both have laptops and cellphones so I'll be bringing a power inverter, and I've been thinking of getting a wireless modem just to see if it works when we're out on the road. Don't have an external cellular antenna though, maybe I'll look into that.