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...My Life as 'Drive away' driver
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Trip 64d - New Chev - Box ... to Morehead, KY 11/18/04 - Back to the lot to pickup the other drivers truck to use as our shuttle for returning the rental car ... should have bought that gas can ... there isn't any diesel in any direction for 10 plus miles. We stop at the first station we see, they don't have any but everyone there has a set of directions to get us to some ... none of which we find. after about 20 miles we find a station ... I top of the car here and loose this receipt, must have paid cash, can't find record of it on my credit card. Another few miles we are at the airport ... not very well marked but we do find it ... with 10 minutes to spare. Wasn't thinking about these small town airports closing early ... didn't look good when I walked in, most of the lights were out and the cleaning crew as sitting by the door to clean the last few feet after locking the doors ... the only place still open was Avis ... and the rest rooms. This could have cost us another day ... ouch. On the way back to the lot we stop at another gas station where I do buy a gas can and some diesel ... glad I did, after pouring the two gallons in my truck, I could see the gauge had moved .. not off of 'E' ... but it had moved ... it should ... get me the 12 miles to our closest station. It did ... and the closest station would be closing a half hour after we were there ... if we had lost an hour in traffic today or for any reason, we'd have been spending the night here ... and so far I still have ... slight hopes ... of getting all this mess done and being ready to leave for CA sometime Sunday. Finally 6 hours after we arrive at the lot today, we are finally ready to roll ... ahhh ... six hours 'wasted' on day one and another six 'wasted' today ... So far we are still running legal ... even if you count the hours in the rental car this AM, but it still makes me nervous when we cross our first scale and the other guy gets flagged to re-weigh ... I keep going ... slow ... and still can' |