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Old 03-11-2008, 07:28 PM   #40
sreigle
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
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M.O.C. #20
The cost of fuel is not quite as big as it sounds. For every 1000 miles of towing, a dollar per gallon is $100, at 10 mpg. Every 1000 miles of sightseeing and other solo travel is an additional is $59 if you get 17 mpg. Still, that money has to come from somewhere else in the budget. And that does make us rethink our plans. We are not going to the Pacific Northwest. Because we'd have a 2500 mile trip to make it back to Kansas City in late June for a granddaughter's birthday, we're changing plans and will spend some time in Colorado and northern New Mexico instead.

We hoped to return to New England next Fall. We will see. We may go north to North Dakota instead as we've yet to visit that state.

We will be in KC in mid-June and need to get to Washington D.C. for a granddaughter's h.s. graduation. And back to KC by 6/25 for a granddaughter's birthday. Normally we'd probably take the Montana. But we're thinking now we'll fly to D.C. It will likely be cheaper than towing the Montana and maybe even cheaper than driving to D.C. solo.
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