On the road again.........

We left Riverbend this morning about 8:15 a.m., and since it was Saturday, didn't expect to encounter much traffic. Wrong again...Stopped for fuel at a station on Route 80, diesel is $2.16 a gallon....and I thought Maryland prices were bad! Oh well, if you want to dance, you have to pay the fiddler.....

We were heading for Ocala Florida, about 275 miles north of Ft. Myers. Unbelievable number of trucks and cars on I-75, and all travelling at about 80 miles an hour. Occasionally, a truck in the passing lane would encounter an obstacle (a four wheeler), slam on the brakes, and bring the whole route to a halt amonst heavy black smoke from his tires. Just outside of Tampa I noticed a white van slowing down in the passing lane, put on his blinkers, almost came to a stop. He apparently wanted to get off at the exit, and had to go across four lanes of traffic to do that.

I think I have made my last trip to South Florida. Too many people who can't (or won't) speak English, too many crazies on the road, and just too many people, in general. It is warm in Florida, for sure, but so it is hell!

The clerk in a store was trying to tell me something. I said "no habla Espanol"....she said, "I am speaking English!".

Goodbye red, ripe, tomatoes, fresh corn on the cob, Honey Bells....