Gassed Up and Ready To Go

The main thing we wanted to accomplish yesterday was to fill up both vehicles for our trip. The cost of gas here is the same for diesel as it is for regular unleaded - $2.95 per gallon. We did the truck first. When I fill up the truck it costs over $100 so that's one reason we don't drive it much unless we are towing the fifth wheel. Also, we have a problem with our hitch on the truck that I wanted to try and get fixed. I went to 5 different locations trying to find somebody that could help with no success. Weekends are never the time to try to look for help with service problems. Anyway, we can still use the hitch (good thing!) but it takes longer to hitch up and un-hitch.


We took the Jeep out to dinner at Olive Garden and filled it up on the way back. The only thing left for us to do is to organized the inside for travel and pack the chairs and outdoor carpet away in the basement. Our plan is to be on the road by 9 AM this morning which will get us to our destination of Tulare at around 2:30 - 3 PM. We also informed Bill, the owner of the 49er Ranch, that our schedule would get us there Monday afternoon. He is returning from a family trip to Nebraska today so everything will be ready for us to start work soon after we arrive.


We took one last shot of the snow covered mountains here before we leave:



It should be a beautiful drive today. We will try to get some pictures along the way and will do the entry tomorrow AM from Tulare - we hope...