Why not? It’s Truck Month!

We took our first camping trip this year out to South Llano River State Park.  It’s only about 1 ½ hours from our house but it is one of our favorite parks. 

Getting reservations in a state park, or any park, has become a challenge in the past couple of years.  Reservations must be made months in advance if you want to stay more than one night in a single spot, even if it’s during the week. 

We had hoped to be able to take some spur-of the-moment trips and have been discouraged with not being able to just load up and go. 

Plus, the parks are always busy, and not just on the weekends. Crowded, loud parks have never been fun for us. 

We enjoyed our few days at S. Llano but when we returned home we  both decided that camping was not nearly as much fun as it had been when we were working or when we were full time RV volunteers. 

So, the decision was made to sell our travel trailer.  We took it to a consignment place close to our house. 

We are a little sad to have that part of our lives over but also a little relieved to not have to think about getting difficult reservations, getting the trailer out, and crowded campgrounds. 

So, what’s next?  Lots of airbnb’s and many trips planned for this year. 

If you’ve ever seen a Ford commercial you will know that It’s Truck Month! I think every month might be truck month here in Texas. 

With no real need for a F350 diesel, we called up our favorite Ford salesman and took a couple of test drives. 

This one came home with us: 

It is a smaller F-150, but a Lariat which is a step above the XLT trucks that we've always owned. It has some nice features like heated and cooled seats, several cameras which provide a 360 degree view around the truck when parking, a giant 12" screen for navigation, ten(!) different driving modes. It is a Crew Cab, 4WD which is just about all they sell here in Texas.  We've started volunteering at a nearby nature preserve with some very rough roads and actually need 4WD for the first time in our lives.

We think that this will be a great travelling vehicle and just what we need for future road trips.