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Well, we made it home yesterday. 5560 Miles in the Jeep Liberty and 2992 Miles in the Explorer.
Visited 15 states in 6 weeks, Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, California, Nevada, Arizona.
The First Australian we met was in San Francisco 5 weeks into the trip waiting for a cable car.
Fuel varied between $3.30 a gallon in Louisiana and $4.65 a gallon in Santa Barbara California.
Traffic was worst in Atlanta and LA.
We drove home from Sydney in a Territory which was an interesting contrast to the Explorer, we both got in and commented how narrow it was, half way home I realised that it was a diesel which, I guess is a pretty good ad for the quietness and smoothness of the TDV6 under the bonnet. The trim was positively at the poverty pack level when compared with the XLT Explorer though.
Some interesting thoughts we've had since we have been back:
Went shopping this morning and noticed that everyone else wasn't the size of a house.
We could buy chicken chips. We paid $5.00 a packet for a couple of packs and $13.00 for a tube of Vegemite in San Jose. The Vegemite kept us sane from sugary bread and bloody waffles for breakfast and there was a minor panic when we realised we would run out.
Although Bacardi 151 is a reasonable substitute for Bundy and is cheap enough at $25.00 a bottle, nothing beats the taste of duty free OP Bundy.
People in Australia actually have some awareness in carparks and don't just wander around in front of 2 ton motor vehicles.
The US has a much better selection and quality of fruit and veggies at the supermarkets. The steak is also much better in supermarkets than it is here, I ate better quality steak from the supermarkets in the US than I have had from some restaurants here.
Thanks for reading my ramblings :D
Regards,
Tote
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Thanks for your reports. How does the coffee compare?
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I had two cups of coffee this morning from my Aldi Machine and it was the best I had drunk for six weeks. I've previously been to the Bay area a few times for work and found a few good coffee shops. Anywhere else they seem to only drink that filter coffee which is usually horrible bitter stuff. Starbucks is usually passable but there were a lot less of those than previous visits as well.
Regards,
Tote
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Sounds like you had a good time. Did you get to sample the product when you did the Jack Daniels tour? Was it awesome? Hope so.
Welcome back, good to hear you had a good time, and arrived back safely.
Now, get back to work!:p
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When you do the JD tour you have the option to do a "special " tour for a small sum on which you do get to sample the product. Being in a dry county prohibits them from selling you liquor. You can these days however buy a commemorative bottle which just happens to contain whiskey at the gift shop.
We did the standard tour without the tasting due to having the kids with us (and Nic's tasting at Wild Turkey did not change her opinion on whiskey as a drink )
Regards,
Tote
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I was wondering about the "dry" rules. Did you buy one of the commemorative bottles?? I'll give you three times what you paid! ;-p Yeah, Wild Turkey is definitely an acquired taste...
