The Great ASP Road Trip

Phew - in a bid to save both money and CO2 emissions, we've just been on a trip from Las Vegas to Dallas and Austin in our new company car - A Totoyta Prius Electric Hybrid. Flying would have meant 1 tonne of CO2 and $1,000 plus a rental car anyhow. Driving costs $200 in gas (petrol to you Brits!) and half the pollution. Ok so driving 3,000 miles took some time but we stopped and looked at the Hoover Dam, the meteor crater, Roswell and a pretified forest along the way.

Driving along at night I hit a tire lying in the road at about 80 miles an hour which damaged the car slightly. About 10 minutes later I got a flash of an animal in the headlights and whack! It wasn't until the morning when I found the porcipine quills stuck in the bumber I realised what I had hit. Perhaps driving wasn't so environmentally friendly after all.

A big thank you to Stephen Nold for his hospitality in Austin, Texas.

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Comment by Simon Burton on August 17, 2007 at 11:17: Did you see any UFOs or ETs?

Comment by Arran Coole on August 17, 2007 at 22:14: I did after too many energy drinks!

Comment by Stephen Nold on November 13, 2007 at 15:50: Arran,
I still weep when I think of that poor porcupine...minding his own business...crossing to the other side of the road on a quiet dark west texas night...and then being slammed in the head by some crazy Brit joyriding across half of the USA. We asked you to stay the night just to save the many armadillos that might have fallen victim to the same fate. Safe Travels.