Road Trip Checklist

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Road trip accomplished, but not without failure...

Drive from Austin, TX to Lubbock, TX = 390ish miles (16.9 mpg average)
Drive from Lubbock to Austin = Same distance (14.25 mpg avg. w/ helacious head-wind)
The failure came late last night on my return trip to Austin. 20 or so miles outside of Eden, TX my headlights and taillights went out around midnight. I used my hazards and a flashlight to navigate my way to a safe area to problem solve. I found a gravel driveway. Armed only with basic tools I chased every wire from the light switch looking for power. My truck is a wiring nightmare and I hate the prior owner now... LOL. I ran a wire from the battery, through the fire wall, and crammed it into the back of the light switch. This fixed the issue but made me very nervous due to no inline fuse. I wasn't sure if the gauge of wire was stout enough, but it lasted the necessary 3 hours to get me home. Just terrible. Painless Wiring time??? Perhaps.