The Truck.

The truck has been responsible for the most scary bits of my trip so far. Far scarier than zip-lining! Firstly, driving from San Francisco to Yosemite. It was fine most of the way but the last bit was... harrowing. We accepted the suggestion of our GPS and took Highway 120 into the park. It was steep and twisty and a long way down the side. The breaks and accelerator both behaved fairly reluctantly and some of the turns took almost full lock on the steering. I was worried that it might skid if I hit the brakes too hard but it never did.



Leaving Yosemite on Highway 140 wasn't a lot better (Zak puked big time). We also drove right through to Sequoia that day so there was more twisty stuff at the end.

The next drive was the biggest (so far, and hopefully of the trip). We drove from Sequoia to Las Vegas, 380 miles. This got scary in another way. Driving at 75 miles an hour on I-15 the steering was turned about 1/8 of a turn to the right to counter act the affect of the wind. The the wind would drop suddenly and we'd be heading for the edge of the road...

I'm getting to respect it a little though. It got across I-15 at 70+ MPH going up the long climbs with the A/C on and the temperature gauge didn't move above 1/2 way.

So far, we've put about $US450 of gas in, 3 fills of $150 from a little under half way... We're at Grand Canyon today and it is a little lower than usual so the next fill will be pretty expensive.

It has sleeping space for 6 (3 doubles), though the cushions on the bed which converts in to the table tend to fall off. It also has a shower, a toilet, microwave, tv, fridge/freezer and generator. (The generator being used mostly when we need to make toast :-) ). It has many cupboards and draws inside and has a lot of external storage space which we just aren't using.

So far, Cathy has driven it for 1 hour, which allowed me to have a bit of a nap. She found it hard work too.

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