financial blessings

We were up at 6:30 (Evelyn had been awake from 2 to 4 because she had gone to sleep at 8), packed, the car loaded and on the road by 7:30. We left in a heavy mist and drove in and out of rain until we got into KY. It then cleared up, giving us a beautiful view of the peak weekend in the mountains. We made very good time and were in Corbin by 11:00. We got gas and surprisingly recorded 23.1 mpg. I was suspicious of that number because it can be a result of not filling the tank completely. I was especially suspicious because I had set the cruise on 65 while I rarely drive faster than 60. We ate lunch as we drove (Evelyn had made ham sandwiches on delicious Kroger bread) because it was too cold to sit outside on picnic tables. I reasoned if we had to sit in the car to eat, we might as well make time. We took a different route in that when we got to Lexington, we took I-64 west to Louisville. There we took 65 north to Indianapolis and went to the Trader Joe’s to get Charles Shaw wine. We had called ahead from our On Star telephone to see if they carried it. It was frustrating because we had trouble getting the car phone to understand us. I was screaming into the microphone only to hear, “Let’s try again.” Finally we got through. We bought three cases of wine at $3 per bottle. That should last me all winter. I also bought Evelyn some flowers, -romantic fool that I am, and we went on. We went back to I-65 and called the Super 8 at West Lafayette. We had an ad that quoted $45 plus tax but they had no vacancies. We pulled in to Lebanon and got a room at Lees Inn for $47 plus tax. I had to talk hard to the young desk clerk to get that rate but did. We ate the rest of our lunch for dinner and then went to get a DQ Blizzard. As the Lord had it, it was half price week. We went to the Kroger store across the street and found Hazelnut/Poppyseed bread for $1.89. Quite inexpensive. We returned to the motel for a night’s rest. I want to be on the road by no later than 9 tomorrow morning so we can meet our football friends for lunch. The game is at noon o'clock.