Pickup machismo:
Driving home after buying the pick up I was getting used to the notion of driving something this big and uncouncioulsy feeling macho.  This became concious when a bigger pickup passed me and I sat up straighter to be taller and had a moment of pickup envy.  It must be in the male dna.

Other pickup stories:  Mundane but it took a 5 hour adventure to get a temp guage installed for the transmission.  An insurance of sorts to keep from burning out the trans.  But in the process found a generator on sale at Harbor freight which we will be suing this summer.  As of Dec. 22 it looks like we will be camping at Natural Bridge camp ground on the upper Rogue River.  It is about 30 miles from Crater lake.  They have no running water or electricity.  At first we were disappointed which only demonstrates how having the option of running water and electricity can make you feel deprived when you don't have it.  But the more we think and start to plan the more perfect it sounds.

I hope to see the camp spot in a few days when I visit my brother in Central Point.  It is about 45 miles from his house in Central Point. We are excited and now are planning more as the possibility becomes more real.  What do we take, how to we pack it?  5 months and we we be on our way.

Meanwhile we have been keeping heat on in the trailer with the freezing weather. 

Merry Christmas to you!!

Rich