Monday, July 24, 2023

Road Trip To Portland, OR -- July 24, 2023

Mileage data for recent trip from Euless, TX (near Dallas) to Portland, OR, and back. 

The mileage and gasoline data are close to exact, but times (third column) could be off a little. 

We drove straight through both going to / returning from, sleeping along the road except for one night, July 16, 2023, when we stayed in a Day's Inn near Twin Falls, UT. That was a particularly exhausting day, having made some wrong turns in Cheyenne, WY, area; almost running out of gasoline; and, changing plans abruptly with regard to ultimate destination.

We had originally planned to drive first to Flathead Lake, Montana, and then drive to Portland, Oregon, from there. But somewhere in the Cheyenne, Wyoming, area, we decided to bypass Montana completely and head straight to Portland.

We were driving a 2023 Nissan Altima rented from Enterprise Rental, and we drove it at speed limit or slightly above. On freeway or major roads, most stretches had posted speed limits of 70, 75, or 80 mph.

We stopped often during the day for various reasons. We took two-hour naps two or three times through the nights. We spent several hours in Arches National Park and Moab, Utah. 

Comment

Date

Time

Mileage

Gallons

Price/Gallon

Total

Miles

MPG

Price/Mile

MPH

Euless, TX

July 15, 2023

1930

12399










2115

12504










2335

12660









July 16, 2023

118

12749

8.69

$3.16

$27.45

350

40.29

$0.08


Cheyenne, WY


1238

13297

13.76

$3.49

$48.02

548

39.83

$0.09


Rock Springs, WY


1643

13609

8.30

$3.45

$28.64

312

37.59

$0.09


Twin Falls, UT (nr)

Lodging - one night

2016







 


Twin Falls, UT (nr)

July 17, 2023

1000

13976

8.75

$3.79

$33.16

367

41.94

$0.09


Dalles, OR


1851

14428

12.63

$4.79

$60.50

452

35.79

$0.13

 

Portland, OR


2000

14503




75




RETURN TRIP











Portland, OR



14503








Hood River, OR

July 20, 2023

1953

14503









July 21, 2023

313

14865

10.36

$3.86

$39.99

362

34.94

$0.11



July 21, 2023

1145

15303

10.85

$3.99

$43.29

438

40.37

$0.10


Farmington, NM

July 21, 2023

2200

15757

10.48

$3.70

$38.77

454

43.32

$0.09



July 22, 2023

911

16224

10.35

$3.15

$32.59

467

45.14

$0.07


Euless, TX

July 22, 2023

1400

16542

8.15

$3.22

$26.23

318

39.03

$0.08













Totals



4143

 

 

$378.63

4143




Averages




102.31

$3.66



39.82

$0.09










40.49

$0.09


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Sunday, July 9, 2023

Sophia -- Jiu-Jitsu

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Jiu-Jitsu Tournameent
Dallas -- July 8, 2023
A Silver Medal

Sophia milestones:

  • September, 2022: starts Jiu-Jitsu
  • March, 2022: first competition, white belt, bronze medal
  • March, 2022: second competition, white belt, gold medal
  • June 28, 2023: awarded grey belt
  • July 7, 2023: competition practice; tells coach she wants a silver medal to complete her collection
  • July 8, 2023: silver medal; Sophia has been a grey belt for two weeks; her opponent, a full year;