Do you have a 68 Monaco? My dad had a 68 Monaco station wagon with a 440 when I was in High School. Needless to say, I raced anything I could and usually won.
My grandparents car, used to full-time with a Streamline in tow: all of USA, most of Canada and Mexico way back when. The same HD goodies as the DODGE Police Pursuit, but with a luxury interior. Nothing like a big block to make life easy. I remember riding in the back seat and passing the hippie VW vans on the Colorado mountain passes in 1970 . . . the trailer in tow and 5-6 people aboard. 10-mpg solo, or 10-mpg towing.
Yeah, South Texas ain't purty. People have to understand that the USA ends at Corpus Christi. Texas extends another 150-miles south or west, but it aint America anymore. It's a "humid desert" with the worst of both of those to contend with. Waste land, as they would have said in the 19th Century.
If one does try Baffin Bay, then be sure to eat at The Kings Inn. Takes 45-60' to get your food order because it's all prepped fresh for each customer. But worth the wait.
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