Awareness of the outside world. Posted my last FB message yesterday. “I’m out. The algorithm has decreed that I need to see utterly horrible pet rescue videos. Hiding them does not help. Contact me via blog, email, or text. I read Bluesky & others but rarely post in those places. Ciao.” The politics did not help. The horrid images pushed me out the door. YMMV.
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Milestone!
Truck odometer earlier this month.
Truck arrived in February 2017. [Milton’s Chariot]
With less than 10 miles. [Between The Rear-View Mirrors]
100K miles in 8 years for an annual mileage of 12,500 mpy.
US average in 2022 was ~14,000 mpy, Kelley Blue Book: Average Miles Driven Per Year: Why It Is Important, Hardesty 2024.
My state average is over 17,000 mpy, ibid, Each State’s Average Annual Mileage.
Internet says 16 mpg is low for a truck, but average for towing.
Procedure
I noticed the mileage with less than 100 miles to go. Kept an eye on it. Knew that I would need to arrange the driving so that I ended up in a parking lot at the right time. Didn’t want the odometer to turn while I was in traffic. The numbers worked out so that I arrived at MAKEbhm with less that two miles to go. Avondale Park was less than half a mile away. [Making The Materials]
After class, I drove around the block until I got close. Then drove around the park’s parking lot until the photo op.
Processing the image, I see that was too caught up in the moment to put it in park. Fortunately, I was alone on idle tarmac.
Onwards!
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 
As your father would have said “But you got the shot!”
Mom
🙂 📷
Wow. My 26 year old Subaru, bought new, has 32,500 miles.
🚗
Was back on Facebook for a while, stopping again. Too much.
Feels like a lot of things are too much at the moment.
I hope truck goes to 200K + miles. Right now, it’s still a youngster. I appreciate the driving and timing to get the odometer readings photographed, having driven cars over the 200K miles.
🤞 on truck. Thank you on 📷.