Well... what can I say ... the truck mileage was 1481 miles; they'd "allowed me" 1487 on the trip. I've driven on longer trips, just not in a rented truck sucking ghastly ghobs of ghasoline.
I think I pushed the distance envelope a bit because they would have had me going absolute shortest superhighway route... and me, I avoid driving through New York City, and I avoid driving around/through the so-called "mixing bowl" in the Virginia/DC area. Did I mention they would have charged me 78 cents a mile per mile over the "allowed" distance? Gorblimey.
My trip took me through some lovely countryside and up several mountains; in one lovely spot I could see a vista dozen of miles wide unfolding almost below me as the crosswinds shook the truck and tried to persuade it to the side of the expressway closest to the vista. All in all, a good drive -- the one day I got in 732 miles, in a series of fwoops rather than in one swell. IIRC.
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2007-04-19 12:16 (UTC)I think I pushed the distance envelope a bit because they would have had me going absolute shortest superhighway route... and me, I avoid driving through New York City, and I avoid driving around/through the so-called "mixing bowl" in the Virginia/DC area. Did I mention they would have charged me 78 cents a mile per mile over the "allowed" distance? Gorblimey.
My trip took me through some lovely countryside and up several mountains; in one lovely spot I could see a vista dozen of miles wide unfolding almost below me as the crosswinds shook the truck and tried to persuade it to the side of the expressway closest to the vista. All in all, a good drive -- the one day I got in 732 miles, in a series of fwoops rather than in one swell. IIRC.