We did a lot of looking and even a few test drives and over time we concluded that with Pam's new ankle most of the trucks that are large enough to comfortably tow the new travel trailer are just too high off of the gound for her to use comfortably as a regular vehicle. So my truck got put on hold .........

Last Monday we took a trip to Granbury to visit our friends Bud & Dayle and while there we discovered the vehicle that seems to really fit our needs! It is a 2009, Kia Borrego. They were introduced to be tow vehicles in the midsize SUV market. Ours came with a complete tow package including electronic stability control, hitch, and prewire for tow lights and brake. Now we only need to get the right hitch for our receiver and a brake control and we will be ready to go!

We traded our 2009 CR-V for the Borrego with a few more miles, but the warranty was out on the CR-V while the Borrego has more than 50K of the 100K warranty remaining. It drives nice and it is far more quiet than the CR-V was, but we did loose significant fuel mileage in the process.