It’s Friday now in Prince Rupert, where even after nearly two months since the longest day of the year, the sun still sets at 9 pm. We took a tour today out to Dundas Island and back… here’s some of the mammals we saw…

I filled up the Escort again Thursday afternoon, but not until after we’d done some local driving, and impacted the fuel economy a bit more. Vanderhoof to Smithers had the tank starting at 6.0, but it was Terrace to Rupert that really didn’t help; the best I could coax out of the auto tranny sedan was a 6.3

August 14, PM
Vanderhoof to Prince Rupert
Fuel economy: 6.22 L/100 km / 45 mpg imperial / 38 mpg US
distance travelled: 739 kms
fuel consumed: 45.976 litres
maximum speed: 100 kmh
average speed: 67 kmh
Fuel cost for trip: $63.86

Still, the NRCAN rating for the car is 6.3 on the highway, so all things considered - like the headwind all he way from the Hazletons - I think I’ll do better on the return trip, and drag the overall number back down.

In other news, StatsCan just released a new report, Over a barrel? Canada and the rising cost of energy, and this will likely rekindle the discussion about our fuelish ways. The full feature article can be found here. I hope to give it a good review by Tuesday and offer up my thoughts on it.