For the past decade I’ve loved the idea of getting a travel trailer and taking road trips across the country. My family had a van and a pop-up camper when I was growing up, and those were some of the best memories I remember from my childhood. But I’ve never had a vehicle that could tow anything over 1500 pounds, and there aren’t many options for travel trailers under that weight limit.
So I bought a truck.
Call it a midlife crisis. Call it the first step towards a dream. Call it incredibly impractical. Call it a ton of fun. Call it all of these. It is a blue 2020 Ram 1500 Lone Star Crew Cab, with enough engine and rear axle to tow 11,000 pounds. That’s a lot more capacity than I was looking for to be honest, but with all the other options it had, it was 98% the truck that I would have built if I ordered it direct from Ram. I couldn’t resist.
I call him Moose.
He’s big, he’s strong, and he’s surprisingly agile. It seemed like an appropriate name. The fact that I have had “Blue Moon” by The Marcels stuck in my head for the past week and a half is a small price to pay for the opportunity to see the country in comfort!
I am learning a lot about driving a truck that I had forgotten, since I haven’t driven a vehicle this large since the early 1990s (my ex-boyfriend had a 1976 Chevy Suburban that was built like a tank). The Ram handles really well and has a really nice ride, and so far I’m very happy.
He also has heated front seats. What’s not to like?
I hope to blog on our adventures once we get going!
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