Well, the day started off fine. Clear blue skies again, and the temperature climbed up to 27°C, even had to put on the A/C in the truck. We had 574 miles to cover today, which we did in nine hours and a couple of minutes. All of the route was interstate and the fuel consumption was better at 21.0 mpg. We even hit 80MPH which is probably a first in the truck. In truth I had no idea we had got to that speed until I updated the trio computer after we had fueled up. Talking of fuel, we were paying $3.62 a gallon in Alabama, it’s now $4.25.
Today’s route took took us from Tennessee into West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia and finally into Pennsylvania. The greenery and 27°C from down South slowly gave way to a dull brown, with no sign of leaves or buds on the trees and the temperature dropped to 18°C. To make matters worse, we saw piles of melting snow as we went into the restaurant.
Having been true to our diets for many months we finally broke down and celebrated the end of the trip with a slice of pie each for desert. We deserved it. Tomorrow should be a fairly short day with about 425 miles to cover. Hopefully we should get home around 4.30pm.