12th
Midland to Dallas and Back Again
Today I drove to Dallas (actually I drove to Carrollton, which is a suburb of Dallas). There was a Men’s Breakfast at 8am this morning at church, so I went there and then left at 9:05am. The drive was supposed to be 5 hours, but due to the rain, there were a bunch of accidents in Dallas which caused traffic jams, so the trip ended up taking an extra 40 minutes. I waited about 20 minutes for the company to get the server finished up, and then I loaded it into Dexter and took off back to Midland.
On the way to Dallas, Dexter got 34.8mpg. Going through Dallas (on the way in and out) he only got 32 (sad face), but then I filled up again outside of Dallas, on I-20. From that point on, I drove 80mph the entire way back to Midland. Dexter rocked it up and got 37.2mpg! Dexter also went over 217,000 miles today!
In total, Dexter and I drove 697 miles in less than 11 hours. And I still made it back in time for a free supper. I love my car!
