Today was a bit of a low-milage warm up (I’m reserving the hammer down for the great wide west after I pick up leadfoot tomorrow). I made an early stop in Newtown to see Zalandra and Hildeguardue; Z bought me a coconut ice cream at Ferris Acres Creamery, a cute little shop where you can look up both sides of a valley and see the very bovines which supply udder excretions to make their deliciousness.
After that, it was a hella lot of highway, trucks, rain and mist (no gorillas). I went through Scranton, made obligatory unfunny Dunder Mifflin jokes to self, then shortly thereafter passed the exit for the actual town of Mifflinville. Exciting, but not sufficiently so to stop. KPH called from Hawaii and tried to convince me that there there weren’t any active volcanoes there. This turns out to be disinformation.
States seen: MA, CT, NY, PA
Miles driven: 459.7
Overall MPG: 36.2!! - The hypermiling strategy is working! Thanks to Steven for the de-roof-racking and John McCain for the tire inflation reminder.
Day 2 preview: Tomorrow night will either go see TMLMTBGB or the Red Sox vs White Sox at Comiskey. Tickets for both still available…(!)
UPDATE: Other sources for CT ice cream…
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3 responses so far ↓
1 Hondo // Aug 8, 2008 at 6:39 am
We make the same jokes every time we drive through Scranton. It never stops being funny.
I vote for Red Sox vs White Sox! I was hoping you could get a sox game in before you left - so this is double sox game!
2 nathanael // Aug 9, 2008 at 12:54 am
I’ll guess I’ll have to aim for the Sox vs A’s the next time that rolls around.
3 Steady, As She Goes // Sep 29, 2008 at 7:47 pm
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