We were going to go to Padre Island this week. Well, we ended up buying a tow car I was never going to buy, yes I know, and I'm driving it home. Yep, Sue Anne and I went to Seattle to get it, great price, nice little vehicle. We are in Dumas, Texas tonight after driving from Seattle to Oregon, to Idaho, to Wyoming, to Colorado, through the panhandle of Oklahoma. Hope to be home Monday and no, no Padre Island this time sigh.
But the drive and scenery was just beautiful, some rain in Washington but otherwise, wonderful temps and weather couldn't have asked for nicer. We had never been in this part of the country before and I must have seen a million motorhomes, I'm sure a slight exaggeration, but hundreds I bet. Made me wish we had ours.
It's a Saturrn Vue 2006, manual, 68000 miles. doesn't use any oil, I check each morning and purrs along just fine. Has taken me a bit to get used to a stick again but like riding a bike, you don't forget. Going to clean it up good, not so sure it won't get driven more. I got 26.4 at 70mph and 25+ at 80mph. Today I've driven 280 miles and a little less then half a tank of gas still, only 65 to 70 today so I'm guessing 30mpg. Wow, far cry from our trucks and the motorhome. Yes, another toy.
