This is not some unusual wild animal that we have sighted in Lubbock, Texas where we are now staying, but rather a motor homer’s slang for the towable vehicle that you hope stays behind you as you head off down the road! Other than Toads, they can also be called Dinghies and let’s not get into a great British debate on how you state that your Dinghy has a Dinghy on its roof!

On this road trip, we are pulling a new Toad in the form of a 2017 Jeep Wrangler, colour Gobi which, in reality, is Mushroom-coloured and co-ordinates much better with the exterior paint scheme of the motor home!

The new Jeep has five doors, versus three of our last Jeep, the doors lock automatically whereas on the old Jeep they were manual. This Jeep has a solid roof and sides where the last one was soft top and sides providing a much nicer ride for everyone inside, including Miss Poppy-dog who hated the last Jeep as it was so noisy as the soft sides flapped about while driving.

Mike has already begun to customize the new Jeep, as is the popular thing to do here in the U.S. Thus far he has installed new, bigger tyres, an aluminium bumper, steps on the side of the car and camouflage seat covers!

The new Toad!

Co-ordinating colours! I will provide a better photo at another site when I am not competing with trees and can get a better angle.