Since then, things have changed a little in life. We recently relocated to Texas from California so any down time I had was spent on packing and getting situated. I put a light coat of primer on the frame to prevent flash rusting, bolted the cab and front clip down, and away she went.
It was an absolutely gorgeous drive, you really forget how much of the country side many of us never will see unless we have to take a trip like this. We only had one hiccup and that was one of the threads on the trailer tires blew when we were in New Mexico. We were using walkie talkies as the fiancé was driving in a car behind me and there were a lot of areas that cell phones would not get service. I never felt the thread blow and she came across the wire telling me I needed to pull over. The walkie talkies paid for themselves right there. It could have been a lot worse.
Our boy taking in the beautiful views while we waited..