Sounds like fun, Kevin. You went to two of my favorite places, Reno, and Tuba City, AZ….
You must be the only other person I know who has been in Tuba City, AZ. I was there on and off in the late 1990s for as long as 2-3 weeks at a time doing some government contract work for the Hopi Nation. The Painted Desert is an amazing place. The whole native American thing was quite troubling, as things were not good on the reservation when I was there. I will say the Hopi people were super nice and went to great lengths to show me around and including me in a lot of their native activities, which was really cool. Dan > On May 2, 2017, at 3:27 PM, Kevin Kraly via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > The trip back from Houston went very well. This 2015 TDI is FAR more refined > than the 2014. It is even quieter, seems to have much more power and torque, > and it got over 50MPG during our lower speed stretches. Most of the time, we > were averaging 80MPH. The DSG isn’t as jerky when letting off the Break > Petal from a complete stop. > We had the top down at least half of the time since the weather was very warm > through TX, AZ and NV. Saturday’s trip through NM was a bit cold and rainy. > We went from Houston to El Paso the first night. We had dinner at a > wonderful BBQ joint called Rudy’s BBQ and country Store. That was the best Q > I’ve ever eaten!!!!!!! The next day, we headed up to Hatch, NM two get some > of the famous Hatch chili peppers and salsa, and headed up to Four Corners > which was closed by the time we arrived at 7:00 PM. We motored on to Tuba > city, AZ where we stayed for the night. Sunday, we headed to the Grand > Canyon since my nephew and I had never been there. The air is so crisp up > there, and the smell of the pines was awesome! It was a wonderful drive from > there to Vegas with the top down Dieseling along at 80MPH. We headed on up > to Reno where we spent the night. Yesterday morning, we started the final > leg up to Oregon. The weather was a bit rainy, so we kept the top up. That > was the longest road trip I’ve ever done, and the Beetle was very comfortable > for both of us! Two guys, a convertible, open road, great tunes and good > food along the way, all while averaging 38MPG, what more can you ask for? > I was quite satisfied with the deal I got on the car. Sticker was $31,843. > Since I went with the lease for the best discount, I saved $8500 which > brought the price down to $23,343. After $800 for Title, reg and other > local fees as well as the $763 wind deflector, the OTD price was $24,549. > After I get the VW buyback money for the 2014, I should still come out ahead > even with the money spent on the trip. The flights were free since we had > racked up points for Southwest Airlines. Now, I have a brand new 2-year-old > TDI with 2800 miles on it! Shortly, I’ll send pics of both Beetle TDI > Convertibles in the driveway. > > Kevin, once again back in Hillsboro, OR > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
