I would think the Avalon is significantly better on short slow trip useage: no warm up inefficiencies, airspeed isn't significant for much drag and possibly a chance for some regen at some point of the trip.
In your case the Rav4 could be the better choice. Decent sized towns are far apart in Colorado. How close is the nearest mega mart?
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