Don, gotta say that I'm still a little apprehensive about heading out on a trip of this distance, having never ventured more than 300 to 400 miles out & back in the past, but with 9,000 miles on the clock it should be OK . I figure that there's safety in numbers, but also know how frustrating it can be for a group to sit & wait for somebody else's problem to get worked out and I don't want to be the source of that kind of frustration.