Road trip in the "not a Prime!"

Leg one is complete!!


1058 miles on the button. Actual MPG as of the last (second) fill-up 134 miles before getting to the farm came to 51.59 mpg and a cost of 3.87 cents per mile.

Only almost got killed once.

 

Oops. Thanks. I was getting pressure locally here to finish up and get to supper. I left out a couple words, but I got back here in time to edit it thanks to your prompt "heads up.". We got gas twice. If we had started with a full tank and the gas stations were perfectly spaced, we could have theoretically made it on one fill-up. There were about 60 miles on the tank when we left home yesterday. Not enough to justify topping it off, but enough to complicate the calculations. First gas stop was 8.705 gallons and the second was 9.117 gallons. Cost of both gas stops was $35.73.

Edit to add:
Yup, if we'd gone far enough on each tank to need 10 gallons to fill, that would have been another 100 miles and then if we'd started out full, that would have been another 60. We could have gone 1153+60=1213 miles with one gas stop in the middle! Theoretically.

 

Oh, and they're giving away gas in GA and KY. Got it in GA for $1.899 and in KY for $1.859!

 

Yup. 1058 miles. We left home about 4:45 AM and got to the farm in Ohio just before 11:30 PM. It's not the first time I've driven this route in one day. And I've done over 1k on the motorcycle two or three times. The secrets are being rested before the trip (most people spend most of their time sleep deprived), finding things to occupy your mind, and keeping stops as infrequent and brief as you can. Both gas stops doubled as meal stops. For lunch, we got finger food that I could eat without needing to look away from the road. And we made about one stop for potty breaks in between each gas/food stop.

OUCH!!! Then again, when we lived in Honduras, it was about $5/gallon for gas and $4 for diesel.

I scrounged through the files on the dash cam and the even was still there. Here's my Youtube debut.

 

A little bit. Now and then. We only had two accident-induced traffic jams to deal with. One that we were able to detour around cost us about 15 minutes and the other one we had to wait out but it was also only about 15 minutes. And then we almost got to help cause another one. I HATE I-75, but it's the quickest way from FL to OH. We took back roads a couple years ago. Much more pleasant, but that took two full days.

Blind and deaf. Fiam Freeway Blasters should arrive today. I'll put them on tomorrow afternoon or Monday morning so Mildred's car will sound like my Prime. Mildred ordered them within a half hour of the exciting incident, from her phone on the road. How cool is the tech we have today?!

Could be. Could be he totally forgot that he wasn't alone on the road. There was no reason for that lane change at that time.

 

Thanks. I try to assume everyone else is blind and grossly retarded. I knew another 85 mph car was coming up on the left so I couldn't move that way. Didn't have time to check behind, but braking hard was my only choice anyway. PTL, the driver of the giant SUV behind us was unlike most drivers. He was keeping a safe distance and paying attention.

 

I know what you mean about the zone. I think 600 miles for my bladder, though, would be impossible. In my younger days, I remember driving all the way across Iowa on I-80 non-stop. By the time I got to that 1st rest area in IL, I was really close to bladder splatter.

Kids will absolutely slow down your trip. So will elderly people. We call what we're doing, "TWOKing." Traveling Without Kids.

Today, we're going up to Findlay to see friends and ministry partners. It's about an hour each way. After Thursday's drive, we could do this one standing on our heads. BTW, I need to get back to your GPS thread. We just got our new one. I have mixed feelings about it.