After taking into account all public ride & drives along the route, the FCX Clarity logged more than 2,391 miles. The Premier of British Columbia welcomed us across the finish line and spoke about the upcoming Winter Olympics & the fleet of H2-powered fuel cell buses that will be shuttling athletes back and forth from Vancouver to Whistler. It could not have been a better trip with memories of all 12 fuel cell cars driving up from the border and the wonderful people who weclomed us along the way. 

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Not just lining up in uniform for the Premier, but shamelessly dressed in the same color "star garnet" uniform as the Clarity, from left to right: Tim Cunningham, Steve Mathison, Steve Ellis, Todd Mittleman and Ryan Harty. Taking into account total mileage on the road (including all of the ride and drives at almost every stop), we averaged more than 200 miles per tank of H2. The tank holds 4 kgs. of compressed hydrogen (4 gasoline gallon equiv.) & mileage is more than twice that of a gasoline-powered car, so we averaged apprx.

We made it into Vancouver with the sun still high in the sky and view of the following day's checkered flag location at the Convention Center. We're all tired from the road, but how can you not feel refreshed with this view:

Day eight: our second-to-last stop before the border in Seattle.  Here we are at a propel biofuel station with Congressman McDermott, who made a speech in support of the hydrogen tour and its connection to energy independence. Propel is set to expand their green fuel portfolio with Hydrogen as being another one of their alternative fuels.  Next stop Western Washington University and then the border. We're amped up on coffee, but how can you resist the drive through espresso "barn" behind the Congressman.  The heat wave continues, so an iced DECAF coffee is due.

After a legislator ride and drive at the Washington State Capitol, we're off to Seattle to the Propel biofuel station near beautiful Lake Union. Great station and great location. After 7 months of rainy weather, we expect half the city to be outside and many of them on or in the lake.  The propel station expansion into other alt. fuels is set to iinclude hydrogen.We're loading up on coffee since it is Seattle even though the Northwest is in the middle of a heat wave.

Here we are climbing out of California on our way to Oregon past Mt. Shasta.  Started the day off at The Sierra Nevada Brewery where they use fuel cells powered by hydrogen, which is created from the methane that is a by-product of the waste materials used in making beer.

Climbing out of the Central California Valley and on our way to San Francisco.  Passing the largest concentration of wind turbines in the world.  4,900 of them.  We'll stop in Livermore, home of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which is funded by the DOE.  Then down to SF where we're looking forward to descending into the fog.  It's HOT out here.  As James Brown might say, "HEY.. HOT.. HOT IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY... LIKE A HOT TUB..

Gov. Schwarzenegger was at our first stop of the day at the Shell Hydrogen Station in West LA.  The Governor said California will continue to move forward building more hydrogen stations and leading the way with clean energy initiatives.  In the background is the Hydrogen pump where Honda Clarity customers fuel.

Ready to drive down to the Mexico border, it's time to fill up with hydrogen for the nine day road trip to Vancouver.  From the deserts of So. Cal. to the forests of the Northwest, the FCX Clarity will be cruising along with the only emissions being water vapor, but we'll still be bringing along lots of water in its non-vapor form. Todd and Tim are loading up with supplies and will meet the rest of the team at the border (and somebody better be making a good playlist of road music!).