Hypermiling - the continued story

The update on my hypermiling adventures: I have gone from 15 mpgs to 20.9! I have been able to get roughly 50 more miles out of each tank. All I have to say, is Praise Jesus! I am more relaxed while driving, and I still get everywhere I need to go just as fast. I am pretty excited.

Polar bears and electric cars

No, this is not a post on climate change, but it does combine two of my very favorite things: polar bears and electric cars. Two weeks ago, Jon and I went on a date to the zoo, and this is what we saw!

A friendly emu.

A sleepy kitty. (Oh, how I just WISH I could see a moutain lion in the wild - maybe from the safety of the car!)

A very cute family of hippos - one of my very favorite animals.

The hippos go for a swim.

The polar bear goes for a swim. I actually cried when I saw the polar bears. They were too hot in the Albuquerque heat. And it's getting too hot in Alaska too.
The very last thing we saw at the zoo was not behind bars. We saw two rare species of electric cars, which I correctly identified as being from the Miles EV family. Yay for electric cars! They both had California plates, but I hypothesized that they were perhaps show-off vehicles of the Albuquerque Q program or run-around cars for the zoo, or maybe both. Who knows? Now I would just like to spot an NMG in the wild. :)

Camping

Several weeks ago, Jon, Lucky the Dog, and I went camping in the Jemez mountains. Here are some pictures:

Ecological succession in action:
Sunlit aspens against a New Mexico blue sky - one of the best color combinations ever. The master of the campfire. I don't know anyone else who can get a campfire started and roaring in such a short time! "Camping is my favorite activity ever - it wears me out! "