Month of September 2022 (Nat'l Avg $3.829)

Thanks, Gord.
I will post all of my September exploits and adventures.

 

Well……the bad times are bad again. This time its the Deep Six. So if my posts get thin or non-existent, don’t be surprised.

 

Today , 64 deg F in Naperville , 67 in Elk Grove.
Wind SW4
33.3 miles, fcd = 69..5 x .943 = 65.5 MPG.
540 miles remaining.

 

Today , 67 deg F in Naperville , 72 in Elk Grove.
Wind SW4
33.3 miles , fcd = 66.5 x .943 = 62.7 MPG.
That's odd. It should be about 2-3 more.
I did a visual and temperature check of
the tires when I got to work. Seemed okay.
Will check with gauge later today.

 

In dark clouds…….it helps a bit to take the 2016 manual Elantra for drives…..even if there may be few drives remaining. I’ll fill the car with l00% gasoline & wander to Eastern Washington……sometime! Hopefully, the wildfires do not block the route I wish to travel.

 

Couldn’t get to sleep. I saw some stars & took binoculars outside. For the first time, I discovered a small relatively dark spot with obstructions blocking streetlights, & right between two houses that didn’t have outside lights on. Orion was very pleasant with the 9x63mm & 11x80mm binoculars……actually wonderful in the little cubbyhole away from the lights. The Orion Nebulae was as fine as I’ve seen from this neighborhood with shaky binoculars. The Pleiades star cluster was wonderfully prominent & even luminous in the 11x80mm binoculars. Red Aldebaran, in the direction of the star cluster Hyades, both were sweet. Cassiopeia stars constructing the Throne of the Queen, led me to the shocking closeness of the two sumptuous clusters, known as the Double Cluster, directly overhead.
I turned around & the International Space Station, came out from behind a cloud, really bright & fairly high in the sky. It moved east toward the far horizon. Tracked it for over 2 minutes, as it dimmed towards the far horizon, which would translate to a horizontal orbital distance of 600+ miles & possibly 150-200 miles through the atmosphere.
Later, looking at the Pleiades again, with the 11x80mm binoculars, I saw a faint satellite run in front of the cluster……about 435lt-yrs in front of the cluster.

 

Today , 66 deg F in Naperville and Elk Grove .
Wind N5.
33.3 miles, fcd = 66.3 x .943 = 62.5 MPG
Tank is at 419.7 miles, 70.9 fcd.

 

Today , 64 deg F in Naperville , 63 in Elk Grove.
Wind NW3.
33.3 miles , fcd = 66.4 x .943 = 62.6 MPG
Tank still good at 70.8 fcd.

 

Today , 58 deg F in Naperville, 60 in Elk Grove.
Wind W1.
33.3 miles , fcd = 67.4 x .943 = 63.6 MPG

 

A man after my own heart…… & free charging, too!!!!
Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.

 

Today , 58 deg F in Naperville , 61 in Elk Grove.
Wind S3.
33.3 miles , fcd = 69.0 x .943 = 65.1 MPG.
617 miles on tank ,24 miles remaining. Approx 25 to my Amoco in
Naperville. Will E. Maycutt ?
Stay tuned to see !

 

Whoa!! The wind from the Eastern Washington forest fires, has been increasingly blowing smoke to our Western Washington, causing the sun (& Moon) to redden. Last night on a drive, I saw the deep red sun on the horizon. The blue Smokey atmosphere had cut the deep red sun in half, the lower half of the sun, shining as if blue. This morning, I was going to drive the Hyundai Accent. Walking out the door tho, the sun, tho pretty high in the sky, was deep red. Then, I saw particles falling from the sky. Not only was smoke in the air, but particles from the distant Eastern Washington forest fires was falling on the cars in our neighborhood! No, I didn’t take the Accent for a drive. But now, I will go down & put the Accent in the garage, hoping less fire particles will fall on the car……bye!

 

Good! Perhaps you'll inhale less smoke staying indoors. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-62797777

 

A positive side effect of the KN95 masks is reduction of particulates one breathes.. not perfect but better than outright choking on forest fire smoke, or diesel and DI engine particles.

 

Thanks for sharing the article.

 

Oh, yeah. We have a 1000acre forest fire, south of Mt.Rainier in the Western Washington Packwood area, 100+ miles south from our area.