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El Cheapo FuelOn the Way to Miami
I had made a reservation at the EconoLodge at exit 87 just past Savannah at Richmond Hill. Originally I had considered a Budget Motel which was a bit closer to Savannah, but this was a bit farther along. We got there about 4 \ p.m. and it was $44.75/night. We saw signs advertising cheaper rates along the road, but this was a AAA motel and I wasn't sure without looking at them in person how good a motel would be where you could stay for less than $30/night.
I was interested in Richmond Hill because the marina at Kilkenny Creek was in Richmond Hill. Also there was an interesting battle during the Revolution here, and Ford had a great interest in the town. So when we left to go out to dinner about 6 (after dark at this time of year of course), I thought instead of stopping at the Waffle House (which there was one of on each side of the interstate) or the Southern Restaurant, we should try to drive into Richmond Hill to see some of the town. BAD idea.
As we proceeded down the road, we looked for restaurants. After we got to the other side of Richmond Hill, we came to a really bad accident on the other side of the road which had traffic tied up for several miles. So now we couldn't turn around and go back. Eventually we went around and got back on I-95 back up at exit 94, and drove back around.
When we'd been driving for 45 minutes looking for a place to eat, we got off at exit 90 and ate dinner at Perkins. Actually we both had breakfast. I had 2 eggs, bacon, hash browns and a blueberry muffin ($5.99), and Bob had one egg, sausage and pancakes ($4.49). Then he said because of all the driving around, he needed to have a hot fudge sundae, so I had a scoop of ice cream with hot fudge too. The bill before tip was $20.18. We got back to the motel about 8.
"December 8, 2004"
After we checked out, we got fuel at "El Cheapo" gas station where the fuel was $1.979/gal. Bob had intended to go to the TA next door, but El Cheapo was cheaper. We left to drive to Orlando about 8:45 a.m.
We crossed into Florida a little after 10, and started looking for a place to have lunch when we were approaching Dayton about noon. I hoped we could find a place where we could get fuel at the same time as we ate. I had seen such a place at one of the earlier interchanges, but now of course we couldn't find anything.
After we got onto I-4, we got off and ate at Bob Evans in Orange City. Bob had the soup (beef vegetable) and half sandwich (BLT) with rolls for $4.99 and I had spinach salad and 2 biscuits for $5.99.
It was quite hot in the car with the sun beating down through the windshield. Bob didn't like driving with the windows open because the noise made it hard to hear the radio - we were listening to NPR.
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