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Christmas Road Trip!!!!

Postby starspangled6.0 [OP] » Dec 19 2011, 3:29am

Took the truck up to St. Cloud, MN (75 mile trip) today. First ever road trip for my baby... I helped my brother-in-law move up there a few months ago, but I was hauling all his crap in my truck, so that doesn't count :). My suspicions were confirmed: trucks make for great road trips! We loaded 5 passengers up (me, 2 sisters, my mom, and our dog), and went to visit the relatives in St. Cloud. I knew this would be a great chance to grab some pics...


Anyone else going on a road trip this Christmas season with their truck?
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Here she is, guarding the driveway. They've got 1\7th of a mile of dirt road for a driveway- which means really long burnouts!
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Here's their new-old house. It was built in the late 1800's, out of granite. It was just professionally restored before they moved in, and is now on the historical registry!
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Here's the view from their front porch... sand parking lots make for fun donuts :D! They're surrounded by woods and prairie, with a nice little lake in the back yard. Lucky!
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Off-roading trails right next to the house? I couldn't resist!
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Re: Christmas Road Trip!!!!

Postby quickdrraw » Dec 19 2011, 3:34am

great pics you got! No christmas road trips but when I get out of the marines i'll be going from NC to FL to see my dad then to TX then on to CA and finally home to OR. I'll get lots of pics then and post them all.
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Re: Christmas Road Trip!!!!

Postby CHEBBY » Dec 19 2011, 3:40am

Wow, nice looking place and country. Not to shabby a GMC either!

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Re: Christmas Road Trip!!!!

Postby starspangled6.0 [OP] » Dec 19 2011, 3:44am

Thanks! We visited the brother-in-law's church (where he's the children's pastor), and I was proud to see about 1\5 of the 100 vehicles in the parking lot were trucks :D! It's a fairly conservative part of the state (two guys behind me in church were discussing the latest guns sales at Cabela's), so they've got an abundance of trucks... my kind of town!
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Re: Christmas Road Trip!!!!

Postby wheeler82 » Dec 19 2011, 4:45am

great lookin truck jon, we have several places to go here in the next few week for xmas parties..problly the farthest will be 25 to 30 miles or so but it will still be fun to drive the truck around..:)
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Re: Christmas Road Trip!!!!

Postby DRK4X4 » Dec 19 2011, 5:08am

Looking good Stars. I made a little road trip yesterday with the family for Christmas (200 miles round trip), but was stuck driving the wife's Tahoe, nice, but just not the same... :|
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Re: Christmas Road Trip!!!!

Postby EKinMN » Dec 19 2011, 5:25am

Not many conservative areas in MN, that's for sure! LOL!
Great pics of your truck, looks like a good trip!
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Re: Christmas Road Trip!!!!

Postby KSpain » Dec 19 2011, 5:45am

Here is a pic of my truck(before my new wheels and tires) on my uncles farm in Tennesee. 1200 mile round trip with 4 people. We went at the end of October. Wasn't really a Christmas trip but still a fun Roadtrip!!
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Re: Christmas Road Trip!!!!

Postby starspangled6.0 [OP] » Dec 19 2011, 4:27pm

DRK4X4 wrote:Looking good Stars. I made a little road trip yesterday with the family for Christmas (200 miles round trip), but was stuck driving the wife's Tahoe, nice, but just not the same... :|
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Re: Christmas Road Trip!!!!

Postby wheeler82 » Dec 19 2011, 4:32pm

I got it off of craigslist. It was on an F-150 :o, but after a thorough purifying ritual, I think it's OK to use :lol:. I put on a coat of bedliner, so it looks pretty nice.[/quote]
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