Driving Miss Gertrude

Richard had to make a road trip and since there was no snow in the forecast he asked if I would mind driving Gertrude for a few days while he took the Land Rover. As I was driving Gertrude around one afternoon I realized that it is sort of an adventure to drive her.

Now before I give you a lot of information about Gertrude, you can go back in time to September 2011 to my post 'Irene Visits Oriental'. There is a picture of Gertrude sitting in way too much water.

Gertrude is 20 years old,,not bad for a pickup truck. She has half a million miles on her.

What makes driving Gertrude an adventure is her size. She is an extended cab, long bed truck so you need to take turns wider. She is a duelie so in some areas she barely fits in the lane.

Other things are minor details like the fuel gauge doesn't work, the cruise control doesn't work and the gear shift indicator doesn't work. If you roll the driver's window all the way down it takes some effort to get it back up and if the passenger rolls their window down the driver has to put it up.



But for her flaws, she has a great radio/CD player and rides very well. I would not hesitate to drive her the over 600 miles down to Cocoa Beach. They just don't make them like they used to.