Sorry folks?.if you?re looking for another RV travel story, it?s gonna have to wait. In fact, I thought I?d share an interesting realization about how your life changes when you get an RV flying. I have always been a traveler, and a long distance driver. Load up the truck in Houston, set out for Minneapolis, non-stop. Or Colorado - or even Montana! (OK, A stop is required on THAT trip!). But ever since the RV-8 has been flying?.who wants to spend 21 hours in a truck on the road when you can cover the same distance in 5.5 hours and less cost!? So the long distance driving had kind of gone the way of the Dodo Bird - or so I thought?.
Unfortunately, I can?t fit a household full of ?stuff? in the RV (weight and balance you know), so I have to hit the road for D.C. to go bring Louise, her household, and ?Karst the Wonder Dog? back to Houston. No RV?ing until everything makes it back to Houston sometime late next week?After all the dust settles, Louise should be in D.C. for a few more months with her airplane and my truck, and I?ll be in Houston with her Four-Runner, my airplane, and Karst. Lot of miles to cover to make that happen! And all at a ground speed of 60.8 knots.....![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Now I am a bit rusty on this whole ground trip planning thing. Gotta use mph instead of knots if I recall ? fuel burn is in mpg instead of gallons/hour ? IFR reserves? No, that can?t be right?.What?s the glide ratio of an Enterprise Rental Truck anyway?
Ya?ll have fun here in RV-land while I check out the ?Interstates of the Deep South? tour tonight?.
Paul
Unfortunately, I can?t fit a household full of ?stuff? in the RV (weight and balance you know), so I have to hit the road for D.C. to go bring Louise, her household, and ?Karst the Wonder Dog? back to Houston. No RV?ing until everything makes it back to Houston sometime late next week?After all the dust settles, Louise should be in D.C. for a few more months with her airplane and my truck, and I?ll be in Houston with her Four-Runner, my airplane, and Karst. Lot of miles to cover to make that happen! And all at a ground speed of 60.8 knots.....
Now I am a bit rusty on this whole ground trip planning thing. Gotta use mph instead of knots if I recall ? fuel burn is in mpg instead of gallons/hour ? IFR reserves? No, that can?t be right?.What?s the glide ratio of an Enterprise Rental Truck anyway?
Ya?ll have fun here in RV-land while I check out the ?Interstates of the Deep South? tour tonight?.
Paul