Pulling out tomorrow for our trip to Mississippi and then back through Santa Fe New Mexico

[Davidbt]

Heading to Mississippi tomorrow to visit my wife's last surviving sibling on her mom's side. She says it's her favorite Aunt. Going to be visiting Carlsbad caverns and the Mescolero reservation west of Ruidoso, New Mexico. Which is my wife's ancestry on her father's side. Then on to Santa Fe for a few days and then home through eastern Arizona just to see what it looks like. I will try to remember to take plenty of pictures along the way. Also looking forward to finally pulling our RV with the Cooper Dicoverer At3 XLT's. I'll be running 65lbs in the front and 70lbs in the rears to start out.

 

[Legal Brief]

Seems like wa to high air in the tires- pressure goes up as tire rotates especially at speed

 

[Davidbt]

We did 1300+ miles in three and a half days. Stayed in rv parks in El Paso, Big Spring and Terrell Texas and finally Jackson Mississippi. We're setting in a rv park in Ruidoso last night and leaving for Santa Fe New Mexico tomorrow.

 

[kdoublep]

Safe travels my friend

 

[Davidbt]

Safe travels my friend

Thanks, other than some rainy weather on the way to Mississippi, and some high winds heading back to Carlsbad New Mexico, it's been pretty uneventful. Spending two days in Santa Fe and then heading home Thursday.

 

[Davidbt]

Our site in Santa Fe

 

[Davidbt]

Mississippi trip update. Got back yesterday afternoon. Feeling lucky that it was a pretty uneventful trip for the most part. Had a heavy thunderstorm the third night in Texas and drove through off and on heavy rain through Louisiana. Had some heavy wind leaving Big Spring, Texas to Carlsbad, New Mexico. Didn't like Santa Fe, mostly shopping, which I didn't take part in. My wife and sisters in law enjoyed the two days there though. A picture of the Union battleship USS Cairo. Pretty damn cool. This was in Vicksburg, Mississippi.set Setting in the parking lot of a horse monument in Ruidoso, New Mexico, across the corner from the Billy the Kid museum that was closed. A picture of our backside taken by my sister in law some where in Eastern Arizona on our way to Alpine, Arizona. We did roughly 3500 miles and averaged 11.1 MPG's.

 

[drydocked]

Nice pics. Did you notice a difference with the new tires? I tow basically the same camper (Jayco 21QB, 17k towing miles so far behind this truck) and I'm getting new tires this month to replace the OE Bridgestones. I'm going with a XL tire for the higher PSI and stiffer sidewall which should make a difference with the trailer behind.

 

[Davidbt]

Nice pics. Did you notice a difference with the new tires? I tow basically the same camper (Jayco 21QB, 17k towing miles so far behind this truck) and I'm getting new tires this month to replace the OE Bridgestones. I'm going with a XL tire for the higher PSI and stiffer sidewall which should make a difference with the trailer behind.

Definitely better towing experience. I'm really happy with the Cooper's, though they may never see any snow. We did have quite a bit of rain driving through Louisiana and they were great in the rain.