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Went to Columbus NM about 2 hours from here, and walked across the border to Palomas. It's a pretty dead little border town but we managed to spend $350 at this place:
The Pink Store
They give you a free margarita when you walk in the door, so that helps lubricate the wallet.
I was a little worried about what a place in Mexico with that name might be all about.. Also thought you were a pretty big spender..
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We've been saving enough money to go broke...
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Looks like a neat shop and restaurant. How was the food or did you just drink lunch? I have been wanting a bird water dish in those bright colors. Lost my appetite for crossing into TJ. I do have friends in Tecate I should go visit.
The most fun part of the day was driving down the backroad (Highway 28) all the way to El Paso. We got stopped for ten minutes just south of Las Cruces and got to watch the plantation workers mechanically shake the nuts loose from the pecan trees and sweep and blow them off the road for the vacuum (?) to pick up. Quite the operation. About a third of the "human" rakers appeared to be female college students. The job looked more dusty than hard.
Naturally it's on Route 66 up near Albuquerque. Have to go check it out.
Next up - adopt a highway. You pay for the road construction and you can imbed your jingle in the asphalt.
"See the USA, in your new Chevrolet..."
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"I can't drive 55" - would be fun to embed this in a section of road with an 80-85 MPH speed limit.
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Mamakos, a registered nurse, was in an empty exit row emergency seat and was told this would be a costly upgrade.
“At that point I decided no, I’m not paying $109 and I’ll go back to my seat,” she said.
Seated now, resigned to her crowded row, an announcement was made.
“I heard the captain say ‘There is a lady that wants to get off the plane on this flight, so we have to wait,” she said.
Flight attendants then surrounded her.
“And said ‘You have to get off this plane.’ And I said ‘no, I paid for this seat and I’m going to stay here,'” she said.
Mamakos was eventually booked, fingerprinted and had her mug shot taken before she was sent to the county jail. Her bags and her shocked friends went on to Alaska.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/12/23/cbs2-exclusive-li-woman-sues-united-airlines-following-arrest-on-flight/
SO glad I don't travel for work anymore. I really learned to HATE United...
Off to the coast soon, hopefully the rain has let up.
Coming down BUCKETS here.
And sideways.
I have standing water on part of my property, which has only happened a few times in the 22 years I've lived here.
(My sister used to work for United btw, and I got the occasional free pass. Never liked flying them. Got a sandwich one time with a bite out of it - at least I didn't have to pay for it back then. Recently booked on Alaska to get to LA. Naturally it was a puddle jumper run by SkyWest under contract to American. Ah, codesharing.)
My daughter in law says the Cottage Grove rain is not as bad as Indiana. And it is a lot warmer than Indiana and Alaska. I'm hoping the rain takes a break in April when we drive back up to see them. Maybe your diesel will be under two bucks by then...
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I just filled up my car for 2.45 for RUG.
Saw Diesel for 2.99
Been hearing a lot of stories how folks are spending more on $tuff since they're saving on gas.
I suppose squirreling money away is not on their radar though...
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A friend visiting family in El Paso sent pictures of it snowing. Did it stick in your area?
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Very nice shots. I really like the dunes shot. Assuming that is snow???
There was a skiff of snow was in my yard this morning until around noon, and there's still a bit around 5,280' on the "dark" side by Aguirre Springs National Recreation Area (over the mountains from Las Cruces toward Alamogordo). On this side of the Organs (the first pic), the snow looks like it's melted below 6,500' or so.
First road trip in the new car, averaged about 30mpg highway - not like the old diesel, but with cheap gas, I am not unhappy. Smooth comfy drive.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
There'll be bigger road trips in it when the weather gets better in about 7 months.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
My experience with TX hotels is less than great. Too many run down and way over priced. We found a decent one in Tyler the last trip. Overall Hampton Inn and some Best Western. I have to look back at my reviews on Trip Adviser. Not many under $90 I will stay in. You really need a Mercedes Sprinter. Small one set up with bed and cooking. Camping in style and you should get 24 MPG with their diesel models. As much as you travel. One day you are going to tire of setting up a tent on the cold hard ground.
That was taken at Bosque del Apache NWR, where we saw about 1,000 sandhill cranes this afternoon. Also a lot of snow geese, 4 eagles in one tree, a mule dear and two javalinas.
Also found a great stretch of road on the Geronimo Trail Natl Scenic Byway going over Emory Pass in the Gila NF.
That VW T3 Syncro looks like it has about 2" of lift. Lift kits are popular amongst 4WD enthusiasts here in Oz, given the state of many bush tracks. Unfortunately many overdo it and then load their vehicles very high, resulting in dangerous rollover characteristics.
Syncros were pretty popular here, reinforcing the impression that at the end of every impossible 4WD trail you will find a group of hippies in a Kombi.
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New G-Wagens are so disgustingly awful that they provide a good reason to avoid the entire Mercedes brand (as if we needed another reason.) I'm no fan of new Land Rovers either, even the newest/tiniest darth-vader-looking ones. But they are infinity preferable to G-wagens.
I wonder how many G-wagens got destroyed in the cash-for-clunkers federally induced fiasco to use taxpayer dollars to fund the Korean car industry and artificially boost USA used-car prices? Maybe that would be the best thing about cash-for-clunkers, the few G-wagens that got destroyed?
G-Wagen?!?!? Did you say G-WAGEN??
SLOWLY I TURN, AND STEP BY STEP, INCH BY INCH...
Hmmm, The "G" Wagen is Oprah's favorite vehicle according to one interview. The one I see locally with huge Bling wheels is awful looking. If they were offered in diesel here I probably would have test driven one. Though my guess is they would be harder to find than the GL350 Bluetec and well over $100k. MB does not seem to have any problem selling their Big GL diesel. The R (ugly) diesel was discontinued and brings a premium on the used market. That said, the G Class to me is a functional design. And is something I like in a vehicle.
VW dropped their V8 Touareg and only offer the V6 gas and diesel. With a Hybrid that no one wants. I imagine the Cayenne V8 Turbo would be a kick to drive. Not sure I would have any use for a vehicle that goes 0-60 in 4.2 seconds. I find getting to 60 in 7 seconds more than adequate. And I would not give a nickel for another V8 after owning the Sequoia V8 for 5 years. It was a real slug from 0-90 compared to the Touareg diesel. The Lexus V8 is smoother than the Sequoia. Which means Toyota has not improved much over the last 25 years.
On the road, I would like to see any V8 that can be put on cruise at 80 MPH and pull a 5000 lb vehicle up hill down hill without varying 2 MPH and get 30 MPG. When someone comes up with a better highway vehicle than the Touareg TDI, I will be checking it out. I think the ML350 Bluetec and Grand Cherokee diesel are close. The X5 is too harsh riding for my taste. They are popular around here though.
You would be exactly right. Looking at the 328 used Gs listed for sale the lowest price is $23,000. You can pick up a 2002 with 160,000 miles for about $30k.
I doubt it would be as nice out on the road as the MB GL or ML. More for those wanting to make a statement would be my guess.
GL Bluetec would be an ultimate road trip rig - big, comfy, safe, huge range, relatively efficient. A thirsty G with brick-like aerodynamics, more for posing in the city.
It is incredible.
I thought I would mention that I'm taking the family to Seward this weekend. According to Google, this is 491 miles one way, so I guess that counts as a road trip, even though we're only gone from home for 2.5 days. The plan is to pick up my grandmother in Palmer on the way through, spend the day (Sunday) in Seward, tour the Sikuliaq, head back to Palmer, then home on Monday.
If I remember to take a camera with me, I'll share a shot or two next week.
Might take the old car on an ~80 mile round trip.
When we stopped for a break at Byers Lake rest area, there was about 16" of fresh snow on the ground. Fun stuff!
Went to see R/V Sikuliaq today. Pretty impressive, but not nearly as big as I thought it would be....
We rolled into Seward with weather that looked more like early May than early March! Dry roads, perfectly sunny, about 35 degrees. Oh, but that wind was some bitter cold stuff!
Resurrection Bay:
Alaska Sea Life Center (the model of the Sikuliaq from the last post is there):
And, the day's capstone, our visit to R/V Sikuliaq:
We'll head home in the morning. I can only hope that whatever traffic is heading to Fairbanks for the Iditarod restart is there already. The Parks Highway is never clogged up like it is for the restart when it takes place in Willow (moved to Fbx this year due to no snow in southcentral and the southern Alaska Range).
That is pretty interesting as Australia has just commenced operating the Antarctic equivalent of the R/V Sikuliaq. Our R/V Investigator has been to the edge of the Antarctic in recent days, this being remarkably similar to the US vessel (albeit without ice-crushing capability). http://mnf.csiro.au/Vessel.aspx
The Australian version has sufficient power drain when dockside (exceeding exisitng shore power supply), that it has upset the residents of the upmarket harbourside suburb it calls home through running engines continuously.
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