More Desert

Be prepared the low tonight is supposed to be 48 degrees. Not fun. I was supposed to get a real sleeping bag but I didn't get that far. So I've got a sweater pants and socks on, if that doesn't work I'll be sleeping in my car.

As for Portland I learned that my cousin Aaron is a minor celebrity. His coffee shop was picked up on CNN as the coffee shop that served a $15 cup of coffee. You can see the clip on YouTube. I can't get the file imbedded in this post right now, but it is cool.

Aaron was also interviewed by the Wall Street Journal on hyper-milage. If is where you use the computer data from you car to alter your driving patterns to double your cars MPG rating. Aaron was able to double the milage of his van from 12 to 24, just by the way he drives the van. I tried the techniques with the in car data but I wasn't patient enough, I'm only at 30.4 MPGs.

Im alraesy planning my next trip maybe to Iowa or Nashville. I may even go before the job starts in September. We'll see what happens.

Have a good night and stay warm.

posted by Dan Flies @ 8/20/2008 10:50:00 PM