2012 Big Truck Across the Northeast, Day 13

OK, this may be the shortest post of the entire trip, and rightly so.  Our agenda for day 13 - get home.  Because of that, there is one picture, but it is rather fitting.

We spent a fair amount of time at these fine establishments, which leads me to the trip stats.

I'll keep these brief, as they are likely of little interest, but I'd like to capture them here for future reference.

Total miles                           2,843

Flat tow miles                      2,395

Dinghy (Jeep) miles                448

Avg gas price                 $3.88/gal

Avg mileage                    7.71mpg

National Parks - 1

State Parks - 3

RV Parks - 3

Total micro/regional breweries visited - 7

Trips to hardware store in 2 weeks prior to leaving - 8

Pictures taken - infinity

Near misses - 1 (thank you elderly FLA driver)

Incidents - a few, like forgetting to put the Jeep in gear before unlocking the towbar arms, or leaving the valves open on the gray/black tanks and screwing the cap on (you RVers will know what that could have led to had I not realized it before removing the cap...)

Problems - zero.  Extremely fortunate here.  I would like to believe this is due to extreme levels of preparation, but realize that can't prevent everything.


Our setup:

2002 Coachmen Catalina Sport, Triton V10

2009 Jeep JK Unlimited Rubicon 6spd

Ready Brute towbar, Ready Brake cable actuated braking system (Craigslist find)

Roadmaster tow cables

Warrior products D-ring adapters - custom rigged to PureJeep bumper, no tow plate required

Cooltech JK Wrangler-specific wiring harness (pull the IOD fuse + M1 fuse)

 

Final note - thank you to our family & friends for the prayers, thoughts, emails, comments, phone calls, etc.  We couldn't have done it without you. 

One final pic to sum up the vacation, it captures the spirit of our trips, we just happen to be sprinting toward a bigger playground.