Strange, I KNOW I posted a message around 7am saying I had a change of plans and was on my way to this event... ??

But anyways, I just got home. Had a good time! It's always nice to get a bunch of hybrids (or any fuel efficient vehicle, for that matter) together. And as always, great company! It was a pleasure meeting everyone today. Two familiar faces, all the rest were new.

698 total miles round trip
18.271 gallons
$54.93 for fuel

I left Phoenix with a full tank of fuel. I think I filled up the day before for $2.95/gal. When I got to Chino, I had just under half a tank and about 340 miles on the tank. I was going to fill up before I left to go home, but as I pulled into the gas station near the parking lot we met up in, I saw that it was about $3.30/gal!! Sheesh! How do you Californians live?! So, since I have pretty good range in my HAH, I turned around and hopped onto the highway.

I knew Gonavy had exceeded 600 miles on a tank already. So I felt pretty confident I'd make it a good ways before I needed fuel. But in the desert sometimes you can go 70+ miles between gas stations. I didn't want to take that chance. (once, I saw a sign that said, "Over 100 Miles To Next Service Station.")

So I thought I'd go out to the CA/AZ border; it's GOT to be cheaper there. When I pulled off into Blythe, CA gas was $3.43!! So I went down one of the roads and into the town to see if it was cheaper away from the interstate. Nope, $3.49... At this point, I think I had 545 miles on my tank. I got back on the highway and kept on truckin'.

As soon as I crossed into AZ, the Flying J truck stop had gas for $2.99! Man oh man, does CA tax the hell out of your fuel! I only went about five miles down the road from Blythe and gas was 50 cents cheaper!

So, I made it 553 miles. If I was around Phoenix, where the gas stations are closer together, I would have pushed to get that 600+ mile tank. Next time...

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