Our faithful six-year-old Buick Rendezvous delivered us the 1,704 miles to Catalina without a hitch yesterday and will be rewarded with a good soak at Virgil's car wash on Oracle. It was slippery and snowy getting out of Minnesota, but things got better as we went. A fierce north wind blew us through Nebraska, giving us a green 40 miles per gallon. Gas prices were around $1.72.So much for wind power, on with the solar.
