Drive to Pick Up Malaysian Food

“Freeway Driving” Austin, 2021

Today we ordered a bunch of Malaysian food from Penang Shack which on the east side of Austin. Since we live far north in Cedar Park, it took about 25 minutes to drive there, but it was definitely worth it because the food was delicious!

Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/60 sec, ISO640
“Malaysian Noodles” Cedar Park 2021

I don’t get out much, so it was actually nice to have a longish drive. If you’d like to see what it was like, I recorded the trip with my GoPro. Please have a watch:

I hope you had a good day! またね~

Cat and Car

"Sphinx" Cedar Park, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.5, 1/110 sec, ISO6400
“Sphinx” Cedar Park, 2018

こんばんは。How’s it going?

Today’s weather was a huge change from yesterday – a 40° F drop from 84° to the 40s! How crazy is that? So, we spent most of the day indoors staying warm. As you can see from the first photo, Yuzu is keeping me company on my desk as I blog away. 😺

However, I did make a short trip to the store to buy some margarita fixings. Tequila, Cointreau, and limes were in order, and I also picked up some whiskey. Gotta stock up just in case, right? On the way back home I filled up the tank and was pleasantly surprised that I set a record for my fuel efficiency:

My Subaru Crosstrek has about 5,500 miles on it and the MPG is getting a little better after its break-in period. The car has a built-in fuel calculator, but it’s usually about 3 MPG on the optimistic side, which is normal across most cars, so to get an accurate measurement, I’ve been using Fuelly to keep track of how much gas I put into the car and the mileage. I also enter in how much the cost is per gallon so I can get the total amount I’ve spent on fuel over the life of the car. It’s very interesting (to me) and it makes me more mindful of trying to drive more efficiently. The Crosstrek has a real-time gauge to show the efficiency so I can kind of adjust how heavy my foot is on the gas pedal as I drive. 😄 My Subaru isn’t nearly as efficient as our Prius, but the ~30 MPG average is much better than the 19 MPG I was getting with the Honda Odyssey. I’m happy about that!

またね~