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Arrived in Russell, KS this afternoon around 2....thought it was 1pm, but apparently we lost another hour.... Had a tailwind all day, and flat Kansas driving on I-70. Paid the rent this morning.....put $496 of diesel in the tank (119 gallons). The park we stayed in last night is run by the same people who run the local Conoco, and they offer 5 cents off per gallon if you stay in their park. Checked the mileage and what do you know? We averaged just over 8mpg on this tank for 1,000 miles. We hold 180 gallons, so we still had 61 left after 1,000 miles. It seemed like we were getting better mileage this time, and now I know it is not my imagination. We've been averaging around 6.5mpg on the trip for the first 10,000 miles. We now have 134,165 on the ODO....almost broken in. Also, oil consumption continues to decline. The last time I added oil was in Vancouver, 1,618 miles ago, and have used just 1 quart. In the 4 years prior to the start of our journey I was adding a quart every 800 miles.

We traveled 217 miles today.....longer than our normal of around 150, but easy driving with the tail wind. Tomorrow we'll do around 134 down to Newton, KS on I-135.