We headed to Tahlequah from Austin. We had a great time with little Oliver. He's two years old now!
This time, the wind had shifted around to the north, so that we faced that wind all the way home. I tried to keep the truck below the speed limit (not hard), so that the engine would have an easier time making it up the hills. We got about 9 miles to the gallon since we picked up the trailer, which is about half what I was getting previously. I can't help thinking that a bigger truck would have an easier time pulling the trailer, and would therefore not require quite so much fuel as mine.
We were on four-lane highways all the way back to Tahlequah, and the mirrors worked well enough to be able to see the other lane, even if I couldn't see directly behind me. But I'm definitely going to need some additional wider mirrors before we take this out on the road again.
We got home just before dark. I pulled up in front of Jo Ann's house, and she took her things out of the trailer, and then I went home and did the same thing. We'll go over to the storage shed tomorrow and park the trailer.
This time, the wind had shifted around to the north, so that we faced that wind all the way home. I tried to keep the truck below the speed limit (not hard), so that the engine would have an easier time making it up the hills. We got about 9 miles to the gallon since we picked up the trailer, which is about half what I was getting previously. I can't help thinking that a bigger truck would have an easier time pulling the trailer, and would therefore not require quite so much fuel as mine.
We were on four-lane highways all the way back to Tahlequah, and the mirrors worked well enough to be able to see the other lane, even if I couldn't see directly behind me. But I'm definitely going to need some additional wider mirrors before we take this out on the road again.
We got home just before dark. I pulled up in front of Jo Ann's house, and she took her things out of the trailer, and then I went home and did the same thing. We'll go over to the storage shed tomorrow and park the trailer.
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