Fuel costs for upcoming trip...
A retired old guy with time on his hands and a calculator :S
We are going to Buckskin mountain State Park on the Colorado River north of Parker Arizona from our home in Payson for a 4 day 3 n night trip next week. From home Buckskin mountain is 254 miles and side trips on our Can Am up to Oatman to visit the wild Burros and enjoy a nice stretch of old Route 66 adds another 81 miles the second day we will ride up to Laughlin and try our luck at a couple our favorite casinos which is 98 miles. Both side rides are awesome bike roads and the weather looks to be fantastic.
We will be driving our 24'Nexus Class C and towing my 6 X 10' {8' tall} cargo trailer hauling our Can Am Spyder. When towing I get 8.5 mpg as the tall cargo trailer does add some windage to the equation. Riding the Can Am "briskly" :B I get 40 mpg. Total mileage for this trip will be 966 miles, 508 driving our coach and 458 on the Spyder.
Gas is currently $4.49 for regular and the fuel for the coach will be 60 gallons = $269. Fuel for the Can Am will be 9 gallons = $40. Total fuel bill at $4.50 a gallon = $309. If gas was a dollar a gallon less the whole trip would come in at $241 for a difference of $68. Our combined mileage nets out at 14 mpg and I can live with that.
We all want to see lower fuel prices but $68 is not going to keep me home when we can be out enjoying one of our favorite trips...and no, this is not our first time. Add in the State Park fees and the whole trip rings in at right at $400 which is a lot of fun for not all that much money.
For those of you who are not familiar with the Can Am Spyder here is shot of ours, a 2017 Spyder RT next to the coach:
:C
We are going to Buckskin mountain State Park on the Colorado River north of Parker Arizona from our home in Payson for a 4 day 3 n night trip next week. From home Buckskin mountain is 254 miles and side trips on our Can Am up to Oatman to visit the wild Burros and enjoy a nice stretch of old Route 66 adds another 81 miles the second day we will ride up to Laughlin and try our luck at a couple our favorite casinos which is 98 miles. Both side rides are awesome bike roads and the weather looks to be fantastic.
We will be driving our 24'Nexus Class C and towing my 6 X 10' {8' tall} cargo trailer hauling our Can Am Spyder. When towing I get 8.5 mpg as the tall cargo trailer does add some windage to the equation. Riding the Can Am "briskly" :B I get 40 mpg. Total mileage for this trip will be 966 miles, 508 driving our coach and 458 on the Spyder.
Gas is currently $4.49 for regular and the fuel for the coach will be 60 gallons = $269. Fuel for the Can Am will be 9 gallons = $40. Total fuel bill at $4.50 a gallon = $309. If gas was a dollar a gallon less the whole trip would come in at $241 for a difference of $68. Our combined mileage nets out at 14 mpg and I can live with that.
We all want to see lower fuel prices but $68 is not going to keep me home when we can be out enjoying one of our favorite trips...and no, this is not our first time. Add in the State Park fees and the whole trip rings in at right at $400 which is a lot of fun for not all that much money.
For those of you who are not familiar with the Can Am Spyder here is shot of ours, a 2017 Spyder RT next to the coach:
:C
