$5 a gallon, and 98 mpg!

Gasoline prices are sure getting my attention.  I went to Rhode Island last week on another secret mission, and from the time I left until the time I returned home, gasoline in the Peoples Republik of Kalifornia shot up about $.80 a gallon.  In two days!

To me, the solution to this unbridled thievery is obvious…let’s see…Door Number 1 is a turbocharged Subie WRX that gets 18 mpg on a good day, and Door Number 2 is my CSC that gets over 90 mpg pretty much all the time.

Hmmmm……

Yep, I’m a CSC commuter…and that’s my bike on the Cal Poly campus very early this morning.  I get there early, which explains why there weren’t more bikes in the parking lot yet (the parking lot is packed with motorcycles right now, but most kids were still asleep when I shot this photo).  I grabbed a quick shot with my i-Phone this morning, and then I was off to class.   That’s a pretty cool XS-650 Yamaha right behind the Baja Blaster.    I used to have one of those, and I can tell you that the Baja Blaster is more fun.  There are other CSC motorcycles here at Cal Poly, too.  I may grab a shot or two as I spot them around campus.

More cool stuff…that low slung building on the left side of the photo (the one behind the three palm trees) used to be the stables.   W.K. Kellogg (the cereal magnate) donated the land to Cal Poly.   The University property used to be Kellogg’s winter home.   Kellogg’s only stipulation in donating the land was that the University care for his herd of Arabian horses in perpetuity.   The descendants of those original horses still run through the Cal Poly property, and they’re beautiful.  The former stables you see in the photo above are offices now…but don’t worry about the Arabians…the horses have even better digs elsewhere on campus.

One last thought…if you ride your California Scooter to work, send me a photo of it and I’ll post it here!