The day started sunny and went through partly cloudy to partly sunny, to cloudy, to showers and eventually back to partly sunny, not such a bad thing for driving. After a typical start to the day and a nice substantial breakfast I loaded the rest of my stuff in the van along with a very substantial picnic lunch that Jean prepared for me. The goodbyes were said & hugs taken all around and lots of thanks in both directions & I finally pulled away right around ten o'clock in the morning, much as I had expected.
The journey was smooth and I didn't once have to say "shut up, Portia"! Much of it was Interstate, but a big chunk of it wasn't, which slowed me down a bit. The whole drive, though, was flat and boring, with a surprising (to me) amount of traffic for a Sunday. I made three stops, one at a rest area for coffee in and out (lousy machine coffee); once at a McDonald's where I used the purchase of an iced coffee the excuse for a long respite in their parking lot eating my picnic and reading while sitting in a middle row seat for a change of position; and finally at a gas station where I stayed just beneath the $75 limit.
The hotel (and once again I had been tricked into reserving through AND paying a third party) is not one I would choose for a multi-day stay but is adequate for crashing for a night and playing with the laptop. "My share" of our driving in the Tampa area had added about 140 miles, so I figure today's run was right around 430 miles, as the overall trip odometer reading stands at1822 miles.
I figure it must be a southern redneck macho thing that on three lane highways the outer two lanes are very busy & the inner lane virtually empty. I frequently passed long lines of center lane traffic on the inside. Weird!
Sunday, March 20, 2011
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