Texas -- En Route -- Friday, August 5, 2022

This was our route -- it was a round-trip, Audi Quattro rental from Enterprise.

Mileage:

		Odometer	Miles	Gallons	Per Gallon	Cost	MPG	cost/mile
Depart DFW	11:35  a.m. Aug 5	0.0
Henrietta, TX	1:30 p.m. Aug 5	98.6	98.6	10.885	$4.00	$43.53
Dumas, TX	6:01 p.m. Aug 5	385.7	287.1	10.958	$3.65	$39.99	26.2	$0.14
Denver area	2:00 a.m. Aug 6	769.1	383.4	12.686	$3.65	$46.29	30.2	$0.12
Casper, WY	11:30 p.m. Aug 6	1016.2	247.1	8.812	$3.40	$29.95	28.0	$0.12
Billings, MT	5:30 p.m. Aug 6	1296.5	280.3	10.415	$4.26	$44.36	26.9	$0.16
Helena, MT	11:5 a.m. Aug 7	1529.7	233.2	8.119	$4.30	$34.91	28.7	$0.15
St Regis	9:46 p.m. Aug 8	1842.7	313.0	10.953	$4.30	$47.09	28.6	$0.15
The Dalles	6:02 a.m. Aug 9	2214.2	371.5	12.505	$4.70	$58.76	29.7	$0.16
The Dalles	9:00 p.m. Aug 9	2345.4	131.2	5.101	$4.70	$23.97	25.7	$0.18
Spokane, WA	1:55 a.m. Aug 10	2593.5	248.1	9.29	$4.40	$40.87	26.7	$0.16
Lakeside, MT	9:30 a.m. Aug 12	2879.3	285.8	10.405	$4.50	$46.81	27.5	$0.16
Whitehall, MT	4:15 p.m. Aug 12	3155.8	276.5	9.830	$4.29	$42.16	28.1	$0.15
Billings, MT	8:00 p.m. Aug 12	3359.7	203.9	7.267	$4.26	$30.95	28.1	$0.15
Casper, WY	11:00 a.m. Aug 13	3627.0	267.3	10.124	$3.50	$35.42	26.4	$0.13
Denver, CO	4:00 p.m. Aug 13	3918.6	291.6	10.513	$4.00	$42.00	27.7	$0.14
Stratford, TX	10:00 p.m. Aug 13	4227.0	308.4	10.077	$3.47	$34.96	30.6	$0.11
Buc-ees, TX-114	2:00 p.m. Aug 14	4627.1	400.1	14.244	$3.24	$46.14	28.1	$0.12
Home	2:30 p.m. Aug 14	4654.0	26.9

AUGUST 14, 2022

Home safely: around 2:30 p.m.

Buc-ee's, TX-114, Texas Motor Speedway, west of DFW, fuel stop.

Dumas, TX: departed at 9:30 a.m.

AUGUST 13, 2022

Dumas, TX: staying overnight; Quality Inn. Two-star, maybe three-star. $141 total, with AAA discount. From here, one hour to Amarillo, and then about five hours to Dallas-Ft Worth area. Hope to be home around 1:00 p.m. Right on schedule.

Stratford, TX: about 10:00 p.m. CT; fuel stop only.

Kit Carson, CO: McDonald's. All McDonald's restaurants at which we stopped this trip, had easy wi-fi access but they had removed all electrical outlets. Will need to depend on Starbucks in future when laptop needs to be recharged.

Denver, CO: about 4:00 p.m.; fuel stop.

Cheyenne, WY: about 1:00 p.m. McDonald's. Duolingo lesson. 

Casper, WY: about 11:00 a.m.; fuel stop. 

Sheridan, WY: depart Baymont Inn and Suites, about 8:00 a.m.

• pronghorn and deer

AUGUST 12, 2022
Friday

Sheridan, WY: 10: p.m. overnight stay at Baymont Inn and Suites

• with AAA discount: $91 before taxes; total about $110.

Billings, MT: 8:00 p.m.; fuel stop

Whitehall, MT: 4:15 p.m.; fuel stop

Lakeside, MT: 9:30 a.m., Friday

• depart Lakeside, begin trip back to Texas

AUGUST 10, 2022
Wednesday

Lakeside, MT: 9:30 a.m.

• arrived back at Lakeside, MT, safely

AUGUST 9, 2022
Tuesday

Portland, OR: depart 8:00 p.m.

• spent the day with Laura, Tim, and the twins.

Portland, OR: arrive destination, 8:00 a.m. 

• mileage: DFW to Lakeside, MT, to Portland
• google: 1,755 miles + 564 miles = 2,319 miles
• actual: 2,305 miles

The Dalles, Oregon: fuel stop.

AUGUST 8, 2022
Monday

Lakeside, MT: depart Lakeside, 8:00 p.m. to head too Portland, OR. 

AUGUST 7, 2022
Sunday

Lakeside, MT: arrived destination, 3:00 p.m.
literally, five minutes after we arrived at Flathead Lake, MT, after a 3-day drive:

 

Bozeman, MT: August 7. Breakfast. Last long break before Lakeside, MT.

Livingston, MT:

• overnight at the Country Motor Inn,
  

Billings, MT:

• arrived at 5:30 p.m.
• had planned to drive to destination tonight but it was getting to be a long drive for Sophia, so we are staying overnight in Livingston, MT
• I've always wanted to stay in Livingston, MT -- "funny" how it finally worked out.
• the right mix of "city fathers" and outside entrepreneur could really have an effect on this town
• Warren Buffett has discovered it -- at least his realty company

Casper, Wyoming:

• arrived 11:30 a.m
• I had forgotten how incredibly this entire country is
• I had forgotten how nice it was prior to the Fauci lockdown; rallying cry: never again
• I had forgotten how friendly folks across the midwest and west are
• mileage: 1,016 miles
• 8.812 gallons at $3.399 = $29.95
• Sophia and I are already planning next year's trip
  

Denver area:

• departed about 8:00 am.
• Ft Collins:
  

Denver area:

• arrived about 2:00 a.m. CT (MT?)
• mileage: 769.1 miles (odometer reading)
• 12.686 gallons at $3.649 = $46.29
• Choice Quality Inn on northbound I-25
• arrived just after major police action at the motel; LOL
• $132 after military / AAA discount
  

AUGUST 6, 2022
Saturday

 Lamar, Colorado:

• arrived 8:21 p.m. CT (MT?)
• no fuel stop; just a 15- minute break
• this will be last stop this evening before Sophia falls asleep for the night
• Denver around midnight
• seeing stars.
• departed 9:28 p.m. CT (MT?)
• Sophia and I felt very safe in McDonald's
• Lamar, CO, must be open-carry.

Dumas, TX:

• arrived: 6:01 p.m., Friday, August 5, 2022
• mileage: 385.7 miles (odometer reading)
• 10.958 gallons at $3.649 = $39.99
• huge amount of building activity
  
• departed Dumas, TX, at 7:15 p.m. CT, after McDonald's stop
  

Chiliclothe, TX:

• pecan stop

Henrietta, TX:

• arrived: 1:30 p.m. Friday, August 5, 2022
• mileage: 98.6
• 10.885 gallons at $3.999 = $43.53
• most expensive in the area; most service stations in the area: $3.59
  

DFW area: 

• Enterprise Rental: 2022 Audi Quattro Turbo
  
• departed: 11:35 a.m., Friday, August 5, 2022
• mileage: 0 
• fuel gauge: 5/8th full, so first stop will not be accurate for mileage
• west of Euless, the TX highway 114 project will be completed by this time next year; bridge almost done; huge for Texas Motor Speedway and for folks in general.

AUGUST 5, 2022
Friday