After packing up Bob's truck and hooking up the boat, we started heading north, on our way back to Ohio. The truck is certainly drinking more petrol with the boat in tow, averaging around 13mpg. Going to be a very expensive trip back, even with petrol here being far cheaper than in Australia (costs around US$1.80 / gal here, which translates to around AU$0.67/L).
We encountered little traffic on the road, and were glad to leave the Florida Turnpike behind, which was costing us $3 every 7 miles in toll charges.
We have stopped here in Georgia for the night. Back to grits and biscuits!!
One lesson we learnt on the road. When we have needed wifi access on the road so far, we have stopped at McDonalds and paid for a 2 hour connection. Well we were sitting down and had just paid another $3, when an older couple sat down with their notebook. They pulled out a McDonalds voucher for wifi - it turns out you can just ask for them for free from the counter staff!! Oh well, given the fragile nature of the economy here we can consider our payments to Waypoint Network as their bailout funds! :-)
Given we will have another long day on the road tomorrow I'd better get some sleep.
We encountered little traffic on the road, and were glad to leave the Florida Turnpike behind, which was costing us $3 every 7 miles in toll charges.
We have stopped here in Georgia for the night. Back to grits and biscuits!!
One lesson we learnt on the road. When we have needed wifi access on the road so far, we have stopped at McDonalds and paid for a 2 hour connection. Well we were sitting down and had just paid another $3, when an older couple sat down with their notebook. They pulled out a McDonalds voucher for wifi - it turns out you can just ask for them for free from the counter staff!! Oh well, given the fragile nature of the economy here we can consider our payments to Waypoint Network as their bailout funds! :-)
Given we will have another long day on the road tomorrow I'd better get some sleep.
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