Woo Hoo… had a nice win at the Rio!
All this on 60 bucks… love those penquins! Sure nice to leave Vegas with more than you came with!!
Back in Vegas …
Category Archives: 2012-09-21 Day Trip from Vegas to Zion Kolob Canyons
CNG Station on Riverside Dr. in St. George
Missed this on the way out (going north, exit at Bluff St. and go east… it becomes East Riverside Dr). No traveler facilities here, but there’s a Costco’s a bit further north (exit at Greensprings Drive and go east; it’ll be about 3 blocks down on the right). Interesting in that the St. George Costco has some self-checkout lines (good for shoppers with a few items). Should have got a few pics of that. Wonder when they’ll hit California? 
Same price as the Questar in Hurricane, $1.49/gge*. Fill-up took only 2.962 g ($4.40); it was only 1/2 hr from St. George to the Kolob Canyons.
*gge = gasoline gallon equivalent (the amount of alternative fuel it takes to equal the energy content of one liquid gallon of gasoline)
CNG Station in Hurricane
Chevron station in Hurricane off SR-9
Great stop for travelers with a minimart and deli
Topped off here before heading on to Zion’s Kolob Canyons. Cost was $1.49/gge* (took 6.505g from Vegas) for a total of $9.67.
*gge = gasoline gallon equivalent (the amount of alternative fuel it takes to equal the energy content of one liquid gallon of gasoline)
Short Stop in Arizona
A roadrunner greeter!
The highway is seen on the right.
Day use area on the west side
Very clean facilities… good p!ace to take a break.
Campsite on the east loop
External Drive’s Back Online
OK, the drive’s back on-line. Now I’ll try to work around the cat tail flopping in my face. Here’s some pics from my recent one day outing (20 Sep) from Vegas.
Found the Clean Energy CNG station on Losee Road in North Las Vegas. It’s located at a Sinclair facility.
Should have gotten closer shots (can’t tell from the photo if both 3000 and 3600 psi are available).
I filled with the 3600 so I know that’s available and works. Cost was $2.60/gge* (took 3.971g to fill at a cost of $10.32; previous fillup was at Victorville on the way out to Vegas). There’s a McDonald’s next door which is very convenient… got breakfast there before hitting the road to Utah.
*gge = gasoline gallon equivalent (the amount of alternative fuel it takes to equal the energy content of one liquid gallon of gasoline)
Learning to Blog
OK… I gotta learn how to blog, so I’ll use some pics from a trip last month that Gary and I took to Vegas to experiment with.I should have gotten pics of us with Brian and his girlfriend, Melissa, at dinner (we went to Joe’s Crabshack), but I was more concerned about us not catching his cold at the time (didn’t matter… we caught it anyways).
So as I sit here sniffling and coughing, hoping to get over this before our trip this weekend to Lake Tahoe, I figured I see how well this stuff comes out on-line. We arrived Thursday, and I took off Friday morning, determined to get a hike in. Also figured I get some info on the CNG stations I hadn’t visited before.
OK… got all my pics off the iPhone 3 onto my external hard drive. Now my laptop’s not talking to the hard drive. I think the cat walked on the keyboard while I took a break. Had to power down and restart, but it still doesn’t work. Wonderful IT problems. We’ll just shut everything off and try again later.
CNGTravels 