What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

I’ll give you 600 shipped. My dad needs a lift

 

Haha

 

Ask me again when I need to pay rent

 

3/16 rivets

 

didnt you already have icons?

 

I had a set of kings, sold them for rent money

 

Damn that pre load!

 

Icons come with 13'' coils so looks worse than it is.

 

Still not good

 

Well, it wont be in my 1st Gen, but should be fun none the less.

Flight booked ✔
Rental car reserved ✔
Hotels reserved ✔

14 (possibly 17) State tour is set in motion, to begin May 15.

VA, MD, WV, KY, OH, TN, MO, MS, AR, OK, TX, NM, AZ, CA... time permitting PA, NJ and DE as well.

 

Finishing in MD?

 

No, finishing in CA

 

I can recommend Roanoke VA, Chattanooga & Nashville TN, Hot Springs & Bentonville AR, and Vicksburg MS (if youre into history) as pretty neat places with lots to do.

 

Actually, we'll be staying in Nashville and Hot Springs. (a lot of my family is actually from Hot Springs, Arkadelphia area)

Mississippi - we're just going far enough in for my wife to say she's been there

We'll be heading out from Dulles Int Airport up through DC to Independence hall, over to Atlantic City, down to Cape May and back to Manassas through Annapolis for a 1.5 day trip while we are back there.

Roanoke is way further South than we'll be on this trip.

 

NOVA is like a different state than everything south of Roanoke/Lynchburg. Whole different culture really.

Good choice on Mississippi. Theres nothing really there except the little river towns like Vicksburg.

 

I was heading to fuel up before 4 days of wheelin in the Rockies.. got the dreaded p0330, quick search here and jumpered the harness.. then I fired the truck back up and heard some loud chirping out the front, checked the belts and tensioner but were all new and tight. Looks like my crankshaft pulley has some wobble to it... tomorrow I’ll take a look at that, then I guess fab a tool up to hold it to dbl check the torque if it appears to be fine.

 

Getting ready to list her for sale, sadly
2001 Extended Cab/Manual/Rear Locker/4x4 with 231k. Great truck but can't keep them all. Texas truck all it's life but in Florida now.

 

I have, can’t post there yet due to post count.

 

One suggestion that’s not too far into Mississippi if you’re coming from the Memphis, TN area. Clarksdale, MS is an interesting little town. It has the Devils Crossroads where legend has it that musician Robert Johnson sold his soul to the Devil for the ability to play the blues. It’s ground zero for the Delta Blues if you’re a music fan. There’s a lot of Historic Blues markers through town. Actor Morgan Freeman owns the Ground Zero Blues Club in downtown, it’s a cool spot and has decent food from what I remember. Also there’s the Shack Up Inn. They brought a bunch of old shacks from around the state and fixed them up nice and it serves as a hotel. Cool idea and a nice old bar next door. You blink and you’ll miss Clarksdale but it’s a cool little spot. Something to consider if you’re in the area and may never be again. I used to travel there for work is the only reason I know about it.

 

Update on our trip planning.


Ok... so, change in plans. Because what would an epic trip be without a bit of flying by the seat of your pants. Was thinking, this opportunity doesn't present it's self often.

Here is the original States we would have hit on our trip.

Green being actual route, red being a side trip 17 States in 8 days is a pretty good number. BUT... Jen has already been to TX, OK, NM, AZ... so fuck that, that's boring. We gotta get her in to States she hasn't been yet.


So here's the new map.



24 States in 9 days... Green is actual route, red is side trips.

That's more fitting of the epic-ness we are capable of. Yes, I do have a habit of overloading my hummingbird ass while planning trips. It's my reputation. I've earned it. I embrace it. Better to have too much to do, than not enough... those are words to live by.