We got up early and started last minute cleaning and carrying stuff to the car. Our car is incredibly loaded including two bikes, libbie's Pedago and my 7 speed which I'm going to convert to electric. we got going at 8:37 Am. Stopped by dunkin donuts on Clark for coffee and a glazed donut. A little ways down the road on I-75 we found 2 lanes were blocked at university and traffic was backed up. what a start to the trip. we got off on university and wound our way through lakewood ranch and then got onto 70 before getting back on i-75. not sure if we saved anything but libbie commented we've been on the road for an hour and have only made it to lakewood Ranch. the rest of the trip was trouble free. traffic was light. We took i-4 and did a rest stop on i-95 before jacksonville then got off a few exits later and bought gas at raceway for 1.99. we had lunch in the car of the leftover shaved beef from last night on French bread. It was pretty nice. A honeybell along the way served as a snack. Around sunset in Walterboro we got gas for 1.89 at a murphy Oil in front of Walmart next to the highway and had the leftover swiss cheese and crackers. Got gas at one of the last exits in SC at a Love for 1.89 while Libbie talked on the phone to Joe. We got home around 8:20 including a stop at Wendys for 2 large bowls of chili. it was 34 outside so the warm chili bowls were a good dinner. The mailman brought our mail today stuffing the mailbox. The majority of it was junk mail except for our tax forms and some peanut brittle and business cards I ordered.