slimpicken

the fire up here in North Texas burned 20-40,000 acres and destroyed more than 100 structures (40 in the small town of ringgold alone). got within about two miles of my house and I was about to head home from fighting it to start a back burn around my house when the wind switched directions and let up. I was one nervous cat. luckily no one was hurt, but I did come to realize that fire can be just as odd as tornadoes. It took a bunch of houses you wouldn't have thought and left a bunch more it shouldn't have. Just wanted to thank the guys that dropped me a line giving support and checking up on us up here. Tonight was the first night I have had a chance to sit at the comp and fool around. On the lighter and better news side of things I left for New Mexico to go skiing after working a full day and fighting fire until midnight and am glad to report that the truck got 20.77 mpg from Amarillo into the mountains and back to Amarillo pushing a head wind about 70% of the time, never running slower than 75 and usually about 83. And The Texas Longhorns won the Rose Bowl on the way home. Not bad fuel mileage for running around in the mountains for ~250mi. Overhead was only .7 mpg off from hand calc. farthest I've ever seen it off was 1.3 not bad and pertty reliable (always shows low of what it is). By the time I got home it was showing 21.5 so adding .7 to 1.3 puts it at 22.2-22.8. Not bad at all for a truck that tips the scales at around 8k