Now that our most recent trip is over I’m going to name it Midweek Getaway I. But back to the beginning before we get to the end.
It was a dark and stormy night – well it was, trite and florid doesn’t mean not true. How about now the night of our discontent is made glorious day? Too derivative? Ok, the morning was perfect, if you were filming a horror movie. The chill fog made the appearance of brain eating zombies not just possible but expected.
Matthiessen State Park was literally on the way to the interstate so we stopped to see the sights and stretch our legs. Another beautiful park, but hard to tell in the cold fog. So after a brief visit we were on the road again.
Except we had to stop for gas. Normally putting gas in the car is a no brainer, but this time was different. There were two regular unleadeds (do they even make leaded anymore?). The 88 octane regular was 4 cents cheaper than the 87 octane regular and had its own blue nozzle. Huh? The 88 octane gas had no ethanol, the 87 did and shared a black nozzle with the other grades that did. The yellow nozzle had the E85 gas. So there I stood, racking my brain trying to determine if it was ok to fill up from the blue nozzle. I did, and so far it’s been ok.
Three and a half hours with a stop at Culver’s for lunch we were home and only the clean up of Midway Getaway I was left. I hope you enjoyed reading about the trip almost as much we had taking it.
