Stats on my circuitous route to the LCDC (Chicago->Moab->The Maze->Moab->Ouray->Ft Collins->Chicago).
4125.3 miles this year, 11.5 MPG, 30.4 MPH average. That's unadjusted for tire size, so add 5% all around. The above works out to 135.7 hours of ass-in-seat time.
For those of you who see that speed and think I drive like a grandpa, I did 1010 miles Saturday night/Sunday to get home in 14:15, which resulted in an average speed on that leg of 70.8mph... and that time
includes the time spent at gas stops and a quick lunch (which we ate in the truck). It's the 150 miles of single digit crawling that really hurts my average.
This year was without the trailer, so MPG was better than the typical 8-8.5, though 11.5 mpg means I still used 358.7 gallons. That's a lot of milk jugs being dumped into the 5.7. I think I spent $1203.27 on fuel, at least according to my credit card transactions, which means my average cost was $3.35 per gallon. Technically a tad less since I still have 4.5 gallons in the rotopax sitting on my roof, and I think I left a few cups worth on that rock at TOTW.
The really important stats from the trip though:
- Eight days wheeling (I think) with @TheGrrrrr
- Four days wheeling with @sdnative and his son
- Two fun days on Rimrocker and one full Alpine Loop run with @mcgaskins and @TheGrrrrr
- One awesome trip up TOTW with @indycole
- One exhausted @laserturbo91 crashing on the futon in our Airbnb for the night
- Two decent hits on my new Asfir skids, one self-tapping slider bolt head sheared off, and countless scrapes on my sliders and other various places I won't care to admit
- Three trails partially run by my son Gabe including the Maze Overlook, a short jaunt on Rimrocker, and an inaugural leader run for a portion of Kelly Flats on Saturday. Also more photos than I want to edit.
- Meeting more new LCDC enthusiasts than I can count
Thanks to
@indycole,
@codyaustin5, and probably more importantly their wives for helping to set this trip up yet again.
And once again I personally owe a huge thanks to Amory and the shop tech Brian with
@sleeoffroad who managed to squeeze me into the shop last minute and sorted out in 24 hours so I could make the LCDC.