Some Things Author; Kabob Optional
Steve and I rolled out of Salt Lake, headed down into Nevada toward that land of sex and sin, that place where no one talks about what happened there, the place where morals are tested and darkest desires become real…..
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As we last left off, we were in Vail, Colorado. We only stayed for the night, but we had a great little dinner at a local café, walked the streets a bit, and headed back for a good night’s sleep.
I stood on our porch while Jessica was getting ready and tried to imagine Vail in the high season. …
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Next on our trip was Mt. Rushmore, the iconic cliffside sculptures of four of our Presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
It was getting late, so we pulled into a small motel along the way…
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Las Cruces, NM to Carlsbad, NM
Via White Sands National Park (National Park #1)
MPG: 20.2
Today’s Drive: 233 Miles
Total Miles: 1092.4
Drive time: 4 hours 12 minutes
Brake light status: Gremlins (off and on and off etc)
More GEEKY JEEP REPORT at bottom of post.
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Day 2: Scottsdale AZ to Los Cruces NM
Drive time: 6 hours
Distance: 400 miles
Total Miles: 882.5
MPG: 18.6
Brake light status: off
Amount of Bug Splatter: Inconceivable
So far the Jeep 4xe we purchased earlier this year has been a delightful vehicle. We’ve been enjoying it much more than we thought we would. The electric part of the drivetrain is really sophisticated. Jeep obviously put a lot of thought into this. And when the hybrid system shuts down (as it will when the battery is low) the gas engine picks up. There’s no dropoff in performance. The gas driven drivetrain is exactly the same as in the standard Jeep Rubicon.
We’d been looking for a new vehicle and I, particularly, wanted a Jeep. Not just any Jeep, but a Jeep Rubicon. I’ve owned three Jeeps in the past, a Wrangler Sport, a Grand Cherokee, and a Rubicon. I’d done a lot in those vehicles and, yes, I did off roading (though not the extreme off roading). So, I’d been wanting to get back into another Rubicon.