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Tonight we're in El Malpais near Grants NM in a nice BLM campground that's quiet and free. If it rains tonight there's a big shelter over the picnic table we can drag the tent under. Right now the full moon is shining and there's heat lightning providing entertainment on the horizon.
The only wrinkle is that a guy camping across the way may not get much sleep tonight. He has a critter, likely a packrat, sharpening his teeth on something on top of his gas tank and nothing he's done, including driving up the highway and spraying a fire extinguisher up there has helped get rid of him. I hope the critter isn't chewing on his wiring.
I don't generally get hungry until 10 am and my wife isn't big on breakfast anymore since she figured out that she's allergic to eggs. So all I want is some coffee. We cruised in 90 minutes to ABQ this morning and found a great old cafe place across from the university that sold breakfast for me and an early lunch for her.
Highlight so far today was enjoying the art exhibit at the National Hispanic Cultural Center and finding two rugs by one of my hero weavers and one by his father. Also got a kick out of pointing out to the docent that one of the rugs was hung upside down (the date and weaver initials are woven into the bottom of the rug). That may have been intentional if they thought it was stretching but it still looked "wrong" to me.
May make Taos tonight - going to save Santa Fe for later in the week.
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to me several weeks ago. It reduces the blue component of my computer screen graduated through the evening.
I like that program. It really makes a difference in how the light stimulates. After a few days of using it when posting on Edmunds in the evening hours, I switched back to the lotsa blue setting. It had a notceable effect on me.
Thanks for the recommendation.
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2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I was driving during the mud pic and my left foot that was hanging out my window still has dirt on it. (insert wink smiley here).
"Base camping" (ie, house-sitting) near Taos at our friend's off-grid house for a week or so.
This was Black Cherry flavor tested on various yarns, a mohair in the photo.
Saw two of guys just after we crossed the high bridge over the Rio Grande Canyon heading into Taos this morning.
Ride back, unloaded, was loud and bouncy.
It only had the basic features with roll up windows and manual door locks.
No Fuel mileage readout, distance to empty, outside temp gauge.
It did average at least 17 mpg, which I was very happy about.
Cargo van or a box style van?
I had rented a Ford F250-based van to move junior out of one apartment. It had cruise control and got about 18 mpg, just what it did 2 years earlier moving into that apartment.
Then 2 weeks later rented a box van from UHaul with the small extension over the cab-14 foot including the extension--got 10 mpg and NO CRUISE CONTROL. I would never have thought a UHaul box would have no cruise especially at $.79 per mile. I eventually put one foot under the accelerator and used that to help hold it at a certain height/speed.
Had to use the bigger van because junior moved into a large 1-bedroom which could accomodate 2 people nicely. So had more stuff to move like sofa and table.
Next time moving out, I'll rent the Cargo Van and make 2 trips. Charges would be about equal.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
No cruise. My right calf started aching after about 3 hours.
We moved 1 bedroom's worth of furniture, plus a bunch of other smaller stuff.
What did I learn?
Never approach the passport window without being extremely clearheaded about what you are going to say.
Don’t ever reverse your story in light of questioning. Tell necessary truths, but never volunteer unnecessary information.
Put all your digital devices away deep in your bags. Do not pull them out at any point in approaching any border. And if you ever get a secondary screening, prepare to have all necessary information stored in some place other than your live cellphone.
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So she goes to the border and customs has to run down her information and then lets her enter. Took about twenty minutes. Would have been longer (or maybe wouldn't have happened) if she didn't already have a passport floating around.
Getting back into the States wasn't any hassle either.
Would that be the Frontier cafe? It is a great student hangout and my wife and kids clamor to go there every time we are in Albuquerque. The other great place is El Pinto, a Mexican restaurant out on 4th street.
I'll have to remember El Pinto for our next trip out!
Summary:
Left Fairbanks, Alaska at 0630 on 8/24, arrived at 1000 on 9/25.
12,641 miles
26.7 average fuel economy. Best was 30.03, worst was 24.9.
$4.45 was the average price of fuel. I think we paid $6.50/gal as the highest (Beaver Creek, YT) and $3.14 as the lowest (Bend, OR)
Had a blast. More later. I will say, though, that we did not stop by Sylvan Lake this time. I was tempted, but my wife decided it was too far off our intended path. Instead, we stayed at a place called Keyhole State Park in Wyoming that night. Nice place.
Can't remember, what did you drive? and what is 1000?
I thought he was talking a long break in Tok - turns out he blew a plug but the chain saw dealer there got him going with a helicoil after losing half a day. He should be in Watson Lake this afternoon.
Pretty fun checking in and living vicariously through his drive - sort of wish there was a webcam setup on his dash.
I spent three days (!) in Watson Lake back in 1996 after having been towed nearly 65 miles from Boya Lake Provincial Park. My 1969 Ford Econoline dropped a rear wheel bearing. They had to bus the part up from Edmonton. Funny enough, my brake master cylinder had failed nearly a thousand miles earlier on that same trip, so I was driving pretty much sans brakes. I made it to Fairbanks, though! Ah, to be young and stupid.
My tech had the brakes applied upon hitting Canada this time, unless I wanted to pay $20.00 per MB for data! Seriously.... that's extortion! I pay $10/GB now, so basically they're asking me to pay $20,000 per GB in Canada. Um.....no.... ? So, even if I had a dash cam, there wouldn't be any seeing it until many miles after the fact. LOL
I'll have to ask him about his data plan if he checks in on IM.
We're off in ~10 days for another family run to TN, weather permitting. Had snow all day yesterday but it rained overnight. This may be a Subie trip just so we can get out of the UP.
Snow, huh?! We haven't seen any of that yet this month. It's been phenomenally warm here, though it is finally starting to dip below freezing at night (yesterday and today). I'm going to actually have to provide water to the rabbits twice a day now. Hahahaha; normally I'm doing that a month earlier than now! :P
Go figure.
A couple of the ski resorts are already open.
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Oh, the rental car is a 2014 Camaro convertible but we haven't had the top down yet.
To me, that sounds great! I think the Camaro convertible in white look really great.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Hope you enjoyed the play.
The Camaro outside the San Diego Automotive Museum.
I could love that Camaro especially with the top down. Of course, here that will be a little cold.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
The two level heated seats worked great.
Wait..... YOU drove that Camaro? I didn't know you were able to drive cars built in this millenium! Congrats!
Steve was driving the water truck. Someone parked that Camaro in front of him.
Break-up is happening fast here in the UP and the sun is back. It's really nice out. That means it's time to leave town.
Heading for VA and TN to visit family in a couple of days, about 3,000 miles round trip in the van. That should get us within a couple of thousand miles of my magic 200k goal.
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2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Sweet. :-)
Safe travels!
We've got a road trip planned for the end of May - a week long trip to Sante Fe for some R&R. Just a few hundred miles each way.
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