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I got tired of laying around at the house, so I drove South down the gravel road because I couldn't remember the last time I put the truck in 4wd.......handled that and got it dirtier lol. Then I drove out to Lake Bois D Arc for a little while.
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Then I went to Brookshire's and bought a few things.
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This was yesterday afternoon. I went to the Telephone VFD annual fish fry and got a plate of fish, fries, and hush puppies to go. It takes place at Sam Rayburn I.S.D., the place where I went to school K-12th grades at and graduated from.
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Then this afternoon I went to town to give the truck a much needed bath, after driving down some of my favorite back roads on the way home from Dad's throughout the week. And stopped by DQ and got a couple of cheese burgers to go.
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Have to throw this in here lol. 45 minutes to an hour after I got home from giving the truck a bath.
It rained, one of those good, slow soaking rains.
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Win!😁
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Have to throw this in here lol. 45 minutes to an hour after I got home from giving the truck a bath.
It rained, one of those good, slow soaking rains.
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Win!😁
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Every time, right??? I'm fortunate to have a garage I park my truck in if I can beat the rain!😁
 
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Every time, right??? I'm fortunate have a garage I park my truck in if I can beat the rain!😁
Tbh, I was hoping that it would rain after I washed it. The gravel roads I went down last week were so dry and dusty. Driving down them at 30 mph with all of the dust behind the truck, it looked similar to the silt beds in Baja lol.
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Something like this.
 
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Tbh, I was hoping that it would rain after I washed it. The gravel roads I went down last week were so dry and dusty. Driving down them at 30 mph with all of the dust behind the truck, it looked similar to the silt beds in Baja lol.
Happens here in the mountains when it gets dry. Some of that dirt turns into moon dust!
 

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Have to throw this in here lol. 45 minutes to an hour after I got home from giving the truck a bath.
It rained, one of those good, slow soaking rains.
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Win!😁
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Years ago, I was hand washing my F-250. I was 75% done and it started to rain. I kept going anyway. I swear, when the rain stopped and it dried off, it was the cleanest I ever saw it. :)
 

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Years ago, I was hand washing my F-250. I was 75% done and it started to rain. I kept going anyway. I swear, when the rain stopped and it dried off, it was the cleanest I ever saw it. :)
Rainwater is the cleanest! Some of that feeling may be imaginary, but nevertheless, it made you feel the 'feel!'
 

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Rainwater is the cleanest! Some of that feeling may be imaginary, but nevertheless, it made you feel the 'feel!'
That and was was probably a lazy rinser. Residual soap will dull the shine. :)
 

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Rainwater is the cleanest! Some of that feeling may be imaginary, but nevertheless, it made you feel the 'feel!'
Except during wildfire season when it washes the smoke and ash out of the air and deposits it all over your truck!!😲
 

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Except during wildfire season when it washes the smoke and ash out of the air and deposits it all over your truck!!😲
You win that discussion!
 

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Years ago, I was hand washing my F-250. I was 75% done and it started to rain. I kept going anyway. I swear, when the rain stopped and it dried off, it was the cleanest I ever saw it. :)
It's funny, for as dusty and dirty as it was, as y'all can see in that picture of it parked at the school parking lot. I just did the usual wash and rince on it, then from what I see the rain took care of what I missed.🙂
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