Texas Hill Country Adventure - Day 1
I had planned to install the Rough Country leveling kit last Thursday, but I had reservations Saturday night in the Texas hill country, and was concerned that I wouldn't be able to use the truck until it was aligned. This will be the last adventure in the 2019 Ford Ranger before it starts it's modifications......
My GF and I left the Dallas / Fort Worth area Saturday morning (04/13/19) in scattered rain storms. The rain brings out the inability of people to drive, and I counted at least (8) wrecks before we were finally out of the area. Our route took us down IS35W to IS20, and then west to SR16. Just west of the SR16 exit is Ranger Texas, and I just had to go. My hope was that I could find some signs that had 'Ranger' on them.
I discovered Ranger Donuts, but they were unfortunately closed. I thought it would be pretty cool to do donuts in a Ranger in front of Ranger Donuts. It would be pointless to do it and not record it to share with others though, and it probably wouldn't take very long before Ford demanded their truck back. My better judgement won.
After a few photos, we were on our way. I little further up the road I discovered Ranger Community College. Again, I just had to stop and get a photo with 'You're in... Ranger Country'.
From there it was a long drive south through the Texas countryside to Ingram Texas. We had found a place to stay on Airbnb for the night.
Radio / Navigation Screen Froze:
During the trip on Saturday, the display screen for the radio / navigation / climate controls froze. The radio continued to play, but the display screen was completely frozen. I couldn't even turn the radio off by pushing the power button. This has apparently happened on the Ford Fusion as well.
If this happen to you, hold down the power button and the fast forward button at the same time for 15-seconds.