Actually, it was yesterday but...
I completed my first road trip in the "Root Beer Float". 600 miles round trip in a 40 year old van with no A/C, averaging 13 mpg @ 70 mph. Which really isn't that bad considering it's basically a 7,000 pound brick on wheels...
The only real problem is that since I've made this trip dozens of times over the past 30 years and know the route by heart, I didn't bother with a map. I also don't have a smart phone, nor is my vehicle equipped with a navigation system, it's 40 years old for Christ's sake... I always take the back roads through dozens a sleepy little towns with plenty of landmarks to help me navigate and places to get help if I have problems.
But this time, that route was under construction and the detours led me to even more obscure, unknown back country roads and even worse, the interstate.
I hate the interstate highways, nothing to see, nowhere to stop if you need help. Just miles and miles of boring nothingness...
And to make matters worse, heading south on the return trip the detours took me on a completely different set of back roads than the trip north. Which made it even more confusing. I was actually happy when I reached the interstate, as boring as it is, at least I know that if I stay on it going south all the way to the end, it will take me straight home since it ends half a mile from my house...