Martin wrote:Thinking about a Nitinat trip, so worked out my fuel cost:
1. take the RV = $150.00 return
2. take the Toyota Echo = $34.00 return
Don't worry, won't take the rv, but some interesting numbers!
This doesn't include breakfast on the way etc.
Of course the total expense for a Nitinat trip doesn't matter because it is PRICELESS!!
Fuel?? If that was all, heck, it's just a few more $$. My Moho cost:
$200 I am guessing now.
Well, over the years I've encountered a few other minor "cost" issues traveling to Nirvana Lake, they are kind of fun to think about now as I drive the paved road to Gordon's:
-broken leaf spring on trailer $100
-Labor $all weekend to install it, drive into town to get parts $gas, mechanically inclinded buds using up all of life's credits- priceless
-2 flat tires repaired locally $20ea & 1/2 afternoon of sailing missed
or -1 destroyed tire $200, inflating the flat spare borrowing pump from local camper- 2 beers
-one destroyed hubcap rendering the unmatchable other 3 useless, $130
-getting forced off the road by a mondo logging truck .....well, a lot...
-getting a rock embedded in the new windshield from a "safety first" 150km/hr driver from Hayes, $300 deductible and an afternoon with no vehicle
-dust inside trailer/moho cuz the vent lid/door seal/bottom storage lid/ storage cabinet cover/fridge vent/ window lock/any other closure items on the vehicle.... let go on the washboards, 3 hrs wiping everything down (x probably 6 or 7), fewer days of a working stereo cassette deck or CD player, gritty sheets and toast
-6 exploded beers and one gallon of milk over RV floor when fridge door opened despite 2 locks= 6 beers, a gallon of milk, 1 morning fixing fridge door instead of having breakfast in the sun
-one chaffed through board deck where a downhaul rubbed all the way through stuff when piling on other stuff = one epoxy repair that didn't take in the lake humidity, no sailing one day, one more repair in the sun for another lost breakfast
-one fried RV battery when the mounts let go, $100 and no power in the trailer for the weekend
-one trailer window from kicked up rocks, $50
-salty sail surfaces scratching monofilm into bathroom glass on the gravel road - steady few sails and smokin' the guy beside you cuz ya can't see
There's probably a few more items if you think about that road and the distance to sail flat water but, hey, it is a wonderful miraculous place...just getting even a wee bit less accessible now with the gas prices but it means more open spots I guess
