I'm in Everett, but I usually camp north to beaches and south to Oregon. We have beautiful beaches up here.
I put everything back on the tongue and plugged in the brake controller to my brothers Nissan Titan and took it on the freeway yesterday. Its like night and day towing with a half ton. I also hooked up the wdh. I wouldn't tow with anything less. No sway, great pickup and go and didn't even feel it back there when braking. I'm definitely going to get a half ton truck to tow with.
I skipped the idea of trying it with the minivan, it has a lot of miles and I don't want to ruin the tranny.