Life throws you new adventures sometimes. These adventures bring excitement, anticipation, and thrills. For us, this meant a new baby girl arriving nine years after the birth of our son. Over the last week, I had the opportunity to drive the brand new 2019 Toyota RAV 4 Adventure. Let me tell you something — this vehicle is edgy, tough, and true pleasure to drive. As an added bonus, it doesn’t skimp on safety and comes with plenty of features that made me feel comfortable driving our new baby angel home from the hospital.
(Last preggo pic before baby comes!)
Go on an adventure of your own by getting a 2019 RAV 4 Adventure. Whether its sporting, camping, hiking, skiing, or simply driving through the city — make sure you protect your special cargo!
The Rav4 features tons of safety features:
The backup camera in the new RAV 4 is amazing. Not only does it provide a straight view (blue line), but will also show where you are going based on how your wheels are turned (yellow line). Whenever you get too close to an object, the backup sensors will beep to alert you. Did I mention the cross traffic alert?!? This model also alerts you of cross traffic while in reverse. For example, when backing out of your driveway, or a parking spot at the store, it will beep and tell you the direction of the vehicle or person coming toward you — giving you that comfort and security to avoid a potential accident. 
We all know it’s easy to become distracted while driving and the lane departure system is a true a blessing. Not only does it alert you when you start to accidentally cross into another lane, but it can gently guide you back into your lane (Safety Note: technology is never a replacement for being alert and attentive while driving).
The Adventure trim also comes in All Wheel Drive (AWD). I’ve never driven an AWD vehicle and I have to say that it’s a big improvement — you can really feel the traction to the road. It gives you an extra peace of mind on rainy days.
As part of the drive display, the RAV 4 Adventure trim will also read speed limit signs and will provide a visual indicator of the current speed limit. When you start going a little too fast, it show an alert by giving a red border to the speed limit sign.
You can set the visual indicator to provide alerts at the interval you choose.
No one ever wants to be fumbling around at night trying to determine if your bright headlights are on or off. With traffic, it also gets annoying flipping them on and off and on and off again. Why not just use the automatic brights feature?!?
The 2019 RAV 4 Adventure also comes with Toyota Safety Connect. It provides an additional level of safety and security by providing automatic collision notification, the ability to call roadside assistance, an SOS button that can be used to dispatch emergency services, and a stolen vehicle locator.
Okay, people. One of my biggest annoyances in driving into the bright Texas sun and moving my head around and squinting to see the traffic in front of me. This tiny feature is HUGE. The sun visors have a nifty pull-out section to provide additional coverage — GENIUS!!!
Need to charge your phone? No need to plug it in — just set it on this nifty pad for a charge.
The middle console has tons of room in addition to two 2.1A USB plugins. These are powerful and will quickly recharge your devices. We use these a lot when traveling to charge our kids tablets and handheld game systems.
We all want to feel safe. Just like a newborn girl in the arms of her great grandmother, Toyota delivers this comfort on the road.
Precious cargo 
Dirt, Gravel, Construction Zones, Offroad Trails, City Streets — the new 2019 Toyota RAV 4 Adventure can conquer it all.
The Adventure trim has several drive modes: Eco, Normal, and Sport. With the push of a button, it can cater to your Adventure level of the day. Feeling a little sporty, hit Sport Mode for a more aggressive feel. Want to save gas, push the Eco mode. With the Adventure model, you also have the added ability to fine tune the vehicle’s setting for various Adventure situations. If you’re off-road on sandy or gravel surfaces, move the knob to Mud & Sand to provide some extra traction. If you’re in the mountains or off-road, move the knob to Rock & Dirt to beef up the suspension and ride. It also has a Snow and Downhill feature that assists the wheels and transmission in these situations.
The interior is full of compartment for easy storage
Plenty of interior room!
Life is certainly an adventure…and I’m happy to say we enjoyed our great week of adventure in the RAV4! We’re a little sleep deprived, but our hearts are full! Here’s to the next great adventure raising this baby girl. Heidi’s birth story coming soon 🙂
The weekend was WAY too short, but the moments will be cherished always. The next day family left and I met my sister and friends for one last brunch at The Cheesecake Factory. Thank you to everyone who made it out in the crazy weather and for all the gifts….I’ve got a lot of thank you notes to write and only six weeks left to write them!
And these little stinkers….aka Cadbury mini eggs are going to be my weakness. 
Delicious pastries