#cttofl

We made it with minimal arguing, no major crises and a bunch of laughter. It was all good. Overall, we made two (maybe 3) extra stops to charge as compared to what we would have done with our Subaru (yes, how stereotypical of us). A few times we took extra time to charge, but it made us be more leisurely about our travel. Overall, I’d estimate that we spent an extra

2 to 2.5 hours. With the Black Dread in tow, we needed some time to get out of the car. I’ll be honest it also made us be much more patient in our travels. We took our time and enjoyed the experience.

As for cost at the pump, it was much cheaper to use the electron pump than the gas. We were keeping track of costs and it should of cost just about $55 for all the Supercharging. We also just checked our history and found we were only charged for a couple of the stops. No idea why. We so far have been charged for $23.57. A couple of places we waited, one or two were full so the charge might have been slower, but I really have no idea why.

At 5:45 AM my internal clock woke me and we starting moving. We are really an efficient team when we want to be. We were out of there by 6:36 am, ordered Starbucks and quickly hit the road. The Black Dread was very excited. I was in the back seat. After two days of essentially sleeping all the time, Child had woken up and wanted to be in the front to see things. Wife wanted to drive, so I was good with hanging in back (yes, I fit in back). We left with a charge of 306 miles and a plan to stop in Brandon, FL for a final charge before our last leg.

At this point we clearly just wanted to get to Naples, but I must say that I never thought that I would be so focused that I would miss a major landmark. Apparently, we drove right by Daytona Speedway and completely missed it. Doh!

The drive this morning was amazing. There were very few cars on the road. It was still dark and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. The temperature was in the 40’s. We were able to see Venus, Jupiter and Mercury lined up in the sky as the Sun was rising. We cruised through Orlando and past all of the parks with only a few other cars on the road with us (we were giddy about the lack of traffic, or at least the Wife was since she was driving). We saw the hot air balloons floating over area which was very cool.