Day Four June 20, 2024 Prineville Oregon to home 297 miles
The day started out with a bump. When we took the bags to the car we found that the gas cap was missing. Nothing else just the gas cap. That is one part we don’t carry a spare. The solution was get aluminum foil, rubber band it to the tank, and slit a small hole so that it won’t vapor lock. Worked all the way home. When we filled with gas the mileage was really low. We think someone put the cap in their pocket and began siphoning gas when they got interrupted. They took off with the gas and the cap. Amazingly they didn’t take the full gas can from inside the car.
Today is going to be much warmer so it should be a good test if the car overheats. We have at least four major hills to get over. The car got hot but never too hot. Of course we were only going about 23 miles per hour. That is both up and down the hill. The electric brakes on the trailer aren’t working so we don’t want to go too fast and lose control. We are thankful for the frequent passing lanes.
We stopped for lunch at the Austin House which is a small cafe near the junction to go to Sumpter. We split a smoked tri tip sandwich that was incredibly delicious. Glad we split because the sandwich had lots of meat. Then we had huckleberry pie ala mode that was also delicious. Well worth the stop. They are closed Tuesday and Wednesday so plan accordingly. Across the road we saw Big Foot.
We got close to Boise in time for rush hour traffic. Sure glad we don’t have to deal with that daily. We arrived home about 6:30. Overall the test drive with the trailer was very good. The average MPG turned out to be 18.46 with plenty of hills. We certainly enjoyed traveling down the the road with Chuck and Marilyn Nelson.
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