Road Trip: Day 9 (covering 9/30/07)
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hrjDateline: back home again; Current odometer: ca. 201,141; Miles travelled today: 159; Current location of writing: back home again
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loupnoir and albionwood have a truly gorgeous place. I won't recount all the glories, but for me the notion of having your very own redwood forest on your property makes up for a lot of geographic isolation. (Ok, so the extensive apple orchard is more practical, but not quite as impressive.) I can fantasize about being the sort of person who could properly use and take care of a property like that, but the reality is that I'm not. And if I weren't forced to bump into other people every day, I'm afraid I'd become even more of a loner than I naturally am. But it sure is beautiful up there. I got the grand tour of the property and got more one-on-one time with the two of them than I have in an awful long time. (This trip has been very good for one-on-one time with people. I have a hard time deepening friendships in larger groups. Must make sure more people know about my guest-room.) I tore myself away in mid-afternoon -- after having produce thrust upon me *grin*. Thought briefly about taking Hwy 1 all the way down the coast and then chickened out and cut back over to 101 by way of 128, coming out at Cloverdale. At that point I was firmly back in potential day-trip territory and the vacation was functionally over.
Final driving statistics (just 'cause I like statistics):
Total miles in trip: 1950
Average MPG for trip: 40.6 (!!!!)
* Minimum: 38.3 on the initial leg, which included some local driving in the calculation before leaving
* Maximum: 46.9 on the Bend-to-Yakima leg which also involved the smallest gas purchase, so possibly some false skewing factor?
* Note that my non-road-trip average MPG for 2007 was running around 35mpg. Note also that fueleconomy.gov lists the '95 Ford Escort wagon at 26 city and 34 highway. Not bad for a geriatric car! It almost makes me reconsider my decision to trade it in for new next year.
Average price of gas per gallon: $3.03
* Minimum: $2.83 in St. Helens OR
* Maximum: $3.29 in Crescent City CA -- all the non-Californian purchases were under $3/gal and all the Californian ones were over it.
loupnoir and albionwood have a truly gorgeous place. I won't recount all the glories, but for me the notion of having your very own redwood forest on your property makes up for a lot of geographic isolation. (Ok, so the extensive apple orchard is more practical, but not quite as impressive.) I can fantasize about being the sort of person who could properly use and take care of a property like that, but the reality is that I'm not. And if I weren't forced to bump into other people every day, I'm afraid I'd become even more of a loner than I naturally am. But it sure is beautiful up there. I got the grand tour of the property and got more one-on-one time with the two of them than I have in an awful long time. (This trip has been very good for one-on-one time with people. I have a hard time deepening friendships in larger groups. Must make sure more people know about my guest-room.) I tore myself away in mid-afternoon -- after having produce thrust upon me *grin*. Thought briefly about taking Hwy 1 all the way down the coast and then chickened out and cut back over to 101 by way of 128, coming out at Cloverdale. At that point I was firmly back in potential day-trip territory and the vacation was functionally over.Final driving statistics (just 'cause I like statistics):
Total miles in trip: 1950
Average MPG for trip: 40.6 (!!!!)
* Minimum: 38.3 on the initial leg, which included some local driving in the calculation before leaving
* Maximum: 46.9 on the Bend-to-Yakima leg which also involved the smallest gas purchase, so possibly some false skewing factor?
* Note that my non-road-trip average MPG for 2007 was running around 35mpg. Note also that fueleconomy.gov lists the '95 Ford Escort wagon at 26 city and 34 highway. Not bad for a geriatric car! It almost makes me reconsider my decision to trade it in for new next year.
Average price of gas per gallon: $3.03
* Minimum: $2.83 in St. Helens OR
* Maximum: $3.29 in Crescent City CA -- all the non-Californian purchases were under $3/gal and all the Californian ones were over it.
