I just reconciled the last two gas receipts for the Pennsic trip, going down: 317.4 miles on 8.825 gallons ($3.779/gallon $33.35) for 35.96 MPG and coming back: 328.0 miles on 9.63 gallons ($3.739/gallon $36.01) for 34.06 MPG. Not bad for a car with a EPA estimated 32 MPG highway (in 2003!)
Posts Tagged ‘pennsic war’
MPG Gloating
Monday, August 11th, 2008I’m back. It is nice to be home.
Saturday, August 9th, 2008There are no words to describe the last week, relaxing in the woods with 10,000 other people, falling asleep every night to the sound of drums, waking up to the mournful drone of bagpipes. The people were extremely friendly and I felt at home from the very moment I arrived on site. To all my new friends thank you for a wonderful year.
I came home to a pile of mail and found that my badge for PAX at the end of the month. Time to unpack, relax and enjoy flushing toilets and municipal water. The few pictures I managed to take are in the gallery
To WAR!
Friday, August 1st, 2008The car is packed, the house is locked up and everything is off. I have my map printed, my camera charged and my PTO scheduled! T-1 hour until I take off.
Almost time for War!
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008I went and saw The Dark Knight in IMAX tonight after a triumphant sushi dinner at Sushi Edoya. If you have not seen this movie in IMAX (or at all) GO. Full Stop. I also saw Wall-e the other day, it was really cute and the moral they crafted in there for the adults was really awesome.
In other news, I got my hair cut again as I’m about to go to the Pennsic War for a week. It feels really nice to have it cut really short (I went way shorter this time) and I’m sure that after a week in the woods I’ll be even happier.
It is also admittedly cute to see Nina learning to drive a manual transmission. She’s doing pretty well. Hopefully she keeps it up. I had meant to teach my ex to drive manual but always figured there’d be time to do it later. It helps that I don’t have to do much teaching this time around!