Posted by David G on August 05, 2016 at 18:50:14 from (75.167.216.84):
It was a hot but wonderful week at table rock lake this week.
The boating was great, I was super impressed with the cleanliness of the lake, you could easily see your toes. It is about 60 miles from end to end if you wind around and around. My boat has a 305 chevy engine in it. I cruised at 3500 RPM most of the time, which ended up being about 40 MPH and 5 GPH. I put about 14 hours on it this week, which was not to bad. The boat is 14 years old with a little over 100 hours, so this was a good week.
This was the first long haul with the 2016 super duty and I was impressed with the drivability, not the mileage. The trip was really hilly, I pulled the trailer at about 70 most of the way with the cruise on. It ran about 13 MPG most of the way, but dropped down to 9 in the steep hills. The hills south of I44 were the worst. The cruise held within a couple of MPH. The boost would pop up to 22 up the hills with no downshift and the transmission usually dropped 2 gears going down to keep the speed down. I used the tow mode most of the time in town and rarely used the brakes. It seemed that if I tapped the brakes in town, the engine would downshift and maintain the speed.
We went to see Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede, and all I can say is WOW, they serve you a huge four course meal while you watch sort of a rode/riding show that is fabulous. I bet they fed way more than a thousand people during that show. I guess they also have one at Dollywood park. The legends singing show is really good, and my wife wanted to see the Greg Brady 70s revival. The original Outback steak house is there, which the chain was modeled after, food was really good there too.
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