My Volvo gets approximately 9 MPG but that is while towing our 9.25 ton house behind it and with my 90 BMW K75 RT motorcycle on the back of the tow vehicle. The bike does get a bit over 40 MPG and is much more fun to drive anyhow.
As to how much we drove this year. We drove frm AZ. up to Kansas then NE to Indianna, S to Tennessee, E again to North Carolina to see Seagoon and back to Tennessee for a bit. After a While we were back in Indiana, Wisconsin, Indiana, Missouri (Branson for a couple weeks), back to Kansas for a conferance, W to Colorado Springs to see Bodhi then S to New Mexico and back to AZ. for Dr. and dentist visists as well as spend some time with the kid.
We covered about 17,000 miles as opposed to the 23,000 + last year. This year, who knows. We'll decide where to go as we get closer to the springtime. Right now we are thinking of seeing the DC area after visiting grand kids in TX. and LA. then traveling across the Northern states to Washington, Oregon, maybe a bit of Kalifornia before heading East via Idaho, Wyoming to Kansas for an annual conferance then SW back to AZ. for part of the winter.
It sounds like a lot but when we figured out how much the wife and I drove a year combined back and forth to work as well as all the other driving daily life required we realized we are using less fuel to criss cross the US in our nomadic lifestyle. This way we are also having a grand time seeing the country meeting new folks and some of the people on the BBS to boot. Each trip brings us to new people I have only "spoken to" via this BBS. It's a neat way to get faces associated with board handles and find that they aren't really very different folks at all. We look forward to meeting more of ya's. At least those who can be reached via roads. I refuse to drive across the atlantic or Pacific!:cool: