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Author Topic: This is Killin' me!  (Read 913 times)
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« on: July 07, 2008, 01:19:39 pm »
Weather is great. Trying to make an August trip.

Wish it was now.

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« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2008, 01:49:11 pm »
I'm right there with ya, I've been in the park two out of the last three July's and the weather was fantastic both times.  It's been killing me this year missing out on it! 

...the storm that never hit, July 2007


and the spectacular sunset that followed


cool and wet hike up to the South Rim, July 2006


and a strikingly clear afternoon


some menacing clouds rising over Emory, July 2006


and this lovely sky near Croton Springs
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« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2008, 02:38:50 pm »
That's it!  pissed

There's too much talk going on and too much daydreaming on my part.  I'm going this month!  Maybe in a week.   eusa_think

Here's the plan...haul ass out there on a Friday...pack it up to the rim early Saturday morning...wake up Sunday and haul it back.

That will cost about $300 round trip on gas alone.    eusa_silenced

This sucks!   icon_cry
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« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2008, 02:47:06 pm »
Awesome pictures bdann, it looked incredibly clear.  I have never been in the summer and most likely never will get the chance unless I quit this farming career   eusa_think
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« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2008, 02:50:22 pm »
You gotta get someone to go with you and share in the gas price pain.  I figured a few weeks ago that a trip out there will run me in the neighborhood of $350 just for gas, but divided by 4, it's not so bad.  Even divided by 2 isn't terrible.  
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« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2008, 03:10:02 pm »
Awesome pictures, Bdann! 
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« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2008, 03:11:08 pm »
Quote from: bdann on July 07, 2008, 02:50:22 pm
You gotta get someone to go with you and share in the gas price pain.  I figured a few weeks ago that a trip out there will run me in the neighborhood of $350 just for gas, but divided by 4, it's not so bad.  Even divided by 2 isn't terrible.  

So, you're saying you want to carpool?  I'm for it.  Let's go!
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« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2008, 03:43:41 pm »
Quote from: Ay Chihuahua! on July 07, 2008, 03:11:08 pm
Quote from: bdann on July 07, 2008, 02:50:22 pm
You gotta get someone to go with you and share in the gas price pain.  I figured a few weeks ago that a trip out there will run me in the neighborhood of $350 just for gas, but divided by 4, it's not so bad.  Even divided by 2 isn't terrible.  

So, you're saying you want to carpool?  I'm for it.  Let's go!

dude, i'm going to check my schedule.
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« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2008, 03:49:10 pm »
Quote from: Ay Chihuahua! on July 07, 2008, 03:11:08 pm
Quote from: bdann on July 07, 2008, 02:50:22 pm
You gotta get someone to go with you and share in the gas price pain.  I figured a few weeks ago that a trip out there will run me in the neighborhood of $350 just for gas, but divided by 4, it's not so bad.  Even divided by 2 isn't terrible.  

So, you're saying you want to carpool?  I'm for it.  Let's go!

Yea, I wish, I don't have any time set aside for a Bender until November. 
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« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2008, 03:50:53 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!
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« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2008, 04:51:54 pm »
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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!

Whoa!  Hey!  No fair using that fancy rocket scientist type stuff.  What is it you guys at NASA call it...ariffmutick?

You have forced me to use my noggin and utilyze my map read'n skills (plotting distance on Mapsource) and my cipher'n skills (think Jethro Bodene). 

Here's what I've come up with:

From my house west of Austin it is exactly 475 miles from driveway to Basin parking lot.
My truck gets approx. 18 MPG
THEREFORE, it would cost me $211.11 round trip, assuming $4/gal.

That still sucks...assuming I cipher correctly.

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« Reply #11 on: July 07, 2008, 04:53:12 pm »
Looks like the High Chisos got some rain today.
http://raws.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=TS645

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« Reply #12 on: July 07, 2008, 05:00:39 pm »
Quote from: Ay Chihuahua! on July 07, 2008, 04:51:54 pm
Quote from: RichardM on July 07, 2008, 03:50:53 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!

Whoa!  Hey!  No fair using that fancy rocket scientist type stuff.  What is it you guys at NASA call it...ariffmutick?

You have forced me to use my noggin and utilyze my map read'n skills (plotting distance on Mapsource) and my cipher'n skills (think Jethro Bodene). 

Here's what I've come up with:

From my house west of Austin it is exactly 475 miles from driveway to Basin parking lot.
My truck gets approx. 18 MPG
THEREFORE, it would cost me $211.11 round trip, assuming $4/gal.

That still sucks...assuming I cipher correctly.

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dude, i'm going to check my schedule.

That's the spirit!


Solution for you..... rent a rice burner at $84.00 (tax and all for 3 days), that should get approx 35mpg
At 950 miles round trip, and 27.14 gallons of gas at $4/gal = $108.57
Total cost of $192 split between you and Ay Chihuahua = $96.00 EACH!!!
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« Reply #13 on: July 08, 2008, 03:21:49 pm »
Next July...I'm going to Big Bend. 

Weather Conditions for TS645 (South Rim) - http://raws.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=TS645&unit=0&time=LOCAL

Most Recent Observations at July 8, 2008 - 13:50 MDT
Temperature 65.0° F
Max since Midnight 65.0 at 13:50
Min since Midnight 54.0 at 2:50
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« Reply #14 on: July 08, 2008, 03:55:07 pm »
Arrgghh... you're killin' me too. Those skies are amazing. I've got the itch BAD. I wanna get out there pronto.

But it's not to be, not now at least. Gotta save what little vacation I have left for the arrival of our next little Bender...  icon_biggrin
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