Riverview to Lake House on Richland Chambers Reservoir in Corscana TX
Vehicle: 2019 Camry 2.5L with all the eco features
Car Radio: kinda lame, the standard version. Speakers in the bottoms of the doors.
Has apps for NPR and iHeart and such, but forgot I'd have to login and forgot the logins.
So, FM listening along the way to whatever local flavors were available.
You don't want to ride with me, I'm brutal to the passengers:
68.87mph average
Ooh, dats a new record...
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First gas stop in Milton FL, at a busy Food Mart station. Maybe 30 people in and outside, only one wearing a mask, with an FDOT shirt (Florida Department of Transportation). Other stops, better adherence to the new personal safety standards.
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House has TV in a corner of the living room, with tiny little speakers attached flat to the north and west facing walls. There's a tiny soundbar under the TV, that may or may not have been working, and a tiny one-note sub someplace,
Owner is from England, watches BBC with a subscription.
So, some Glastonbury concerts were viewed.
I embarrassed myself by not recognizing David Bowie on one...
I was recognizing some songs, and wondering why there would be such a big production for some group doing "cover tunes".
Food and service was good.
Another attendee brought some nice teenagers to look at.
I could feel not guilty since two of the three weren't his...
My guest room was missing it's TV. Oh no... I'm accustomed to TV'ing to sleep...
So I bought a 32" HiSense Roku TV for $109 and left it with them. Of course, the audio was not up to standards, but it provided the proper amount of mind-numbing. The screen isn't really bright, either, but it works well enough. Ordered it from WalMart, with curbside pickup. Felt foolish asking whether it had built-in wifi or not. the delivery girl was like, well, duh!, they all do now.
Fireworks were provided.
High points were when the male teen fired two mortars at once, where the first one knocked over the second, which fired directly away from us but sent the launch pipe flying at the attendees. That was repeated when the launch table fell over and a similar action/reaction occurred.
Then the Roman Candle war ensued.
I slow-cooked ribs and later fast-cooked steaks on their gas/charcoal smoker (used charcoal).
The trip back wasn't quite as speedy. Had to take 2 hours for a nap.
Also had to buy a gallon of gas to be sure we got home. Misjudged the mid-trip fuel point by 15 miles. Wanted to fill at my usual station after returning.
65.95 mph
Looks like the Google Timeline only counts driving hours, not the stops.
Fuel Economy:
Data overload for anyone who cares:
And despite all that, made my weekly pittance on YMU20.
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