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Author Topic: This is Killin' me!  (Read 633 times)
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« Reply #15 on: July 08, 2008, 06:41:59 pm »
Yes, it IS an awesome burden we who live here must bear. As I type this, it is 78 degrees at PJ.  icon_smile
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Remember, folks, it's 100 miles to the closest hospital.
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« Reply #16 on: July 14, 2008, 11:23:22 am »
I woke up a week ago in the backcountry of GUMO and it was 55 degrees.  I'm missing the outdoors already.  I hate sitting in the office.  I gotta get out................ ................. eusa_wall
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« Reply #17 on: July 14, 2008, 11:45:42 am »
Let's see.... 650 miles each way from my house in OKC to Big Bend...  1300 miles round trip.

My Toyota Matrix gets 40mpg on hwy, so that's $130 round trip at $4 gal... although I'm sure gas in Ft Stockton is bit higher than that already.

In a few years, a Matrix will be a 'big' SUV.  :)

Those pictures with crystal clear views sure look great...  I wish the sky had been that clear back in Feb when I was there.
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« Reply #18 on: July 14, 2008, 11:53:19 am »
Quote from: dkerr24 on July 14, 2008, 11:45:42 am


My Toyota Matrix gets 40mpg on hwy, so that's $130 round trip at $4 gal... although I'm sure gas in Ft Stockton is bit higher than that already.

We paid $4.19 in Ft. Stockton yesterday.
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« Reply #19 on: July 14, 2008, 12:23:45 pm »
Quote from: TexasAggieHiker on July 14, 2008, 11:23:22 am
I woke up a week ago in the backcountry of GUMO and it was 55 degrees.  I'm missing the outdoors already.  I hate sitting in the office.  I gotta get out................ ................. eusa_wall

 I woke up today here in Piedras Negras to a cool 90ºF (32ºC) , but who is envious here? , not me  eusa_wall
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« Reply #20 on: July 14, 2008, 12:24:57 pm »
Quote from: RichardM on July 07, 2008, 04:23:53 pm
Lessee, $300 for a round trip of around 1000 miles from Austin and gas averaging around $4 a gallon, that's only a little over 13 miles per gallon. Time to leave the truck at home and take a car that gets decent mileage!

Last trip out I took the car for the first time....made a huge difference, although it kept me off the backcountry roads:icon_cry:
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