Made it back from Tellico

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A buddy and I left last Thursday morning around midnight thirty for a 500+ mile drive from Jacksonville NC to Murphy NC. I hadn't driven my truck but about 175 miles, and the farthest at one time was about 20 miles. We were both limited to less than 60mph, which helped on the gas mileage a little. All in all, it was a great trip no breakdowns, I did have a few overheating problems in the mountains though. Only breakage was the thin plate between the starter and bellhousing, tq mount bolt holes stripped causing me to lose one bolt, and two small dents (one rocker and one 1/4 panel)
Here are a few pics from the trip.

our route

My daughter after about 7 hours on the road



Here we are leaving Hickory NC for Muphy NC.



Here I am at the bottom of slickrock at Tellico.





This is about halfway up slickrock, had to use the winch



My junk on the RTI ramp at Crawfords campground



This is my buds Jimmy as we were heading home Monday afternoon.



And of course, our trucks favorite spot