After a wet and, in some places, icy start from Indianapolis the drizzle stopped and for a few minutes in Ohio and Pennsylvania the sun was out. On Day 1 eastbound I filled up with the least expensive gas on the trip, $2.40 in Kingdom City MO. It has gradually crept up to $2.59 here in PA. I am averaging 24 miles per gallon since leaving Boston on January 4. My average speed has been 63 mph. I succumbed to the lure of Cracker Barrel for breakfast this morning since I was waiting for the temps to rise so the roads would dry. I think Cracker Barrel has replaced Stuckey's and Nickerson Farms as the most frequently seen eatery along the interstates. I will admit the food at Cracker Barrel surpasses Stuckey's and Nickerson Farms.
After crossing the Ohio River at Wheeling WV the route I am now taking is entirely different from the route I took westbound.
On the eastbound trip I have so far driven the width of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio. Tomorrow I will finish crossing Pennsylvania and the width of New Jersey and Connecticut then the length of Rhode Island then home. My GPS says I have 399 miles to go. I should be home by late afternoon.
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