EPIC 03 Tahoe road trip! 4500 miles

[2003FatSo]

We spend a lot of blood sweat and tears on our rides. We work hard to get them how we want them. Saying all that, why not put your ride to the test? I had time off so I packed my bags, filled up the tank and fluids and hit the road. As of this post I am half way. I start the trek back Monday.

My destination from Dallas, Tx was a little town on the Oregon coast named Otter Rock. The first 2100 miles was getting there, the last 2400 are going to be going back. 9 days of driving, 2 days relaxing.

On the way up I drove 12 hours across TX and stayed in Trinidad, CO. Next, I went up to Wyoming, across to Northern Utah and Southern Idaho then driving thru central Oregon ending up on the coast. 4 days beautiful scenery and many spontaneous detours.

On the return I go down Pacific Coast Highway to San Francisco, cut to Oakland then to Eastern Cali where the national parks are, Death Valley to Las Vegas then straight thru to Arizona, New Mexico back to Dallas.

My truck has several mods all I did myself and a friend on the front suspension.
K&N CAI
57 series flowmaster
3" lift spindles
Z71 springs
1" polyurethane spacer
Bilstein 5100 shocks
Belltech Sway bars
22" chrome
305/45/22 Hankook Dynapro AT
HD hood unpainted
Trimmed HD grill
Halo headlights
LED all around
Other minor things

Truck feels strong the whole way, gas sucks but the 22's look good. Sleep in the truck for gas money instead of hotel. There are so many beautiful parks I just stop in, catch some sleep and keep going.

 

[2003FatSo]

Some pics

 

[2003FatSo]

2wd wow Sand tried to eat my truck. Had to get pulled out. The adventure is real lol

 

[2003FatSo]

Misc pics

 

[MadDogDelpho]

Looks good man! One of these days I'm gonna pack up and do a road trip in my truck too

 

[RaiderRodney]

Awesome trip, thanks for sharing!

 

[Rocket Man]

That's awesome! I'm going to do that too one day. How did you like Oregon? You got to see how it goes from high desert to green valley to mountains and then the coast. That's why I love this place.

 

[Tonyrodz]

I love it! I can't wait to do another road trip. Awesome pics.

 

[2003FatSo]

That's awesome! I'm going to do that too one day. How did you like Oregon? You got to see how it goes from high desert to green valley to mountains and then the coast. That's why I love this place.

Oregon is the best. Hwy 26 and Hwy 242 especially. I saw some of the most beautiful things during sunrise.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Sounds awesome! I think everyone should do a road trip at least once in their life!

 

[D is for DENALI]

Love long road trips, lived in the Colorado mountains for 4 years, traveled alot before kids.... Moab, Appalachian, never did alot of West coast... it's on the bucket list.

Truck looks good, except when the back wheel is missing...

I'll be taking my new denali for a trip here in a week, only a 6 hour trip, but then we go to Texas for a big bmx race, so that will be 10 hours. I would like to take it to Denali national park and take a pic in front of the sign..lolz 7500 miles, over 60 hours each way, driving thru the Canadian wilderness..yes please!!

 

[inmypassatlife]

Awesome man!

 

[aces-n-eights]

We just drove our '06 Tahoe from Michigan to Alaska - 4600 miles. We've driven the Alaska Highway about 10 times and it's always a great trip. Lots of wildlife - brown and black bears, caribou, moose, bison, elk, fox, bobcats, wolves. We tend to drive fairly hard - 7 full 12 hour days of driving. It's good to be home. BTW, we got 19.6 mpg for the trip... and the Tahoe was flawless. It was nice the water pump went out a week before we launched on the trip!

 

[Rocket Man]

We just drove our '06 Tahoe from Michigan to Alaska - 4600 miles. We've driven the Alaska Highway about 10 times and it's always a great trip. Lots of wildlife - brown and black bears, caribou, moose, bison, elk, fox, bobcats, wolves. We tend to drive fairly hard - 7 full 12 hour days of driving. It's good to be home. BTW, we got 19.6 mpg for the trip... and the Tahoe was flawless. It was nice the water pump went out a week before we launched on the trip!

That sounds like an epic trip as well!

 

[adventurenali92]

Nice man. These are awesome road trip trucks! They are so comfy! I've not been on a really long road trip with mine. The last one I did was out to Vegas in the fall last year for a three day country music festival. But it's only about a 4 drive for me. But still comfy to roll to Vegas in. Exploring new places is the best part of road trips!

 

[swathdiver]

Thanks for sharing. Our truck is going to take us from Florida to Monument Valley, Utah and back soon. Already had it in the surf on Daytona Beach.

 

[inmypassatlife]

I call dibs on your hood if you ever get rid of it @2003FatSo

 

[Martinjmpr]

Nice, I love road tripping through the West. We bought our Suburban specifically to pull a trailer so she's seen a LOT of road, from Denver (our home) to Washington State, to South Dakota (Sturgis), to Tucson, AZ, all over. About 20,000 miles in the 18 months we've owned her, most of that time she was pulling a trailer, too.

 

[Martinjmpr]

How did the Tahoe do for sleeping? IIRC the cargo area is just under 6' long with the 3rd row removed and the 2nd row folded up, correct?

No need to spend $$ on a hotel room when you're driving a vehicle as big as a Tahoe!

 

[2003FatSo]

I call dibs on your hood if you ever get rid of it @2003FatSo

Lol ok good luck with that one but I'll remember if ever