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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 02:09 PM
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Went camping at the Salton Sea this past week. A 300 mile round trip pulling an 11k fiver. Got 13.6 mpg going with no winds and 13.0 mpg coming home with the Santa Ana winds blowing. Truck ran flawless. No complaints from this camper!!
Had a .1 mpg difference between the computer and hand calculated. Won't waste my time calculating in the future.
 
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 02:14 PM
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You have to be happy with that. Nice weather this weekend, too.

See many Ducks?
 
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 02:15 PM
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Loads of what appeared to be geese.
 
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 05:39 PM
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Salton Sea? I heard that place is a ghost town that reaks of fish?
 
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 07:49 PM
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Not this time of year. In the spring/early summer there is an algae bloom that suffocates a lot of fish, but it's nice in the winter.
 
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 07:50 PM
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Salton Sea? I heard that place is a ghost town that reaks of fish?
I heard the same thing. Supposedly the property value ihas crashed too.
 
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 09:19 PM
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Sounds like you had a great time and are livin life!

I hand calculated my milage for the first few months owning mine and the computer was always exact or within a few tenths. .5 mpg was the max differance.
Close enough for me.

Have fun
 
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 10:38 PM
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Not this time of year. In the spring/early summer there is an algae bloom that suffocates a lot of fish, but it's nice in the winter.
Oh cool! Must be nice to get a good little vacation in. I definately could use one!
 
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 09:17 AM
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No vacation, I retired last month. Permanent vacation, LOL.
 
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Been almost a year for me. Ain't retirement GREAT!!!
 
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 08:40 PM
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I'm 27 and I'm ready to retire! Wait! Got another 24 years til I can snag my pension, ouch!
 
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 08:09 AM
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69cj,,Sounds like a good and fun trip, with the SuperDuty, the 6.0, and the fiver ! You should get some pics in your gallery, of your toys,,make sure that 69' Mach 1 is in there too,,,
 
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