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appropriately, often clad in puffer jackets. Meals Which brings us to the money-saving app Gas-
felt like fine-dining camping, with excellent local Buddy. This easy-to-use tool listed gas prices at
wines substituting for the insulated gear we forgot nearby stations for the grade your vehicle re-
to pack. quired and provided maps and verbal directions
Lunches and breakfast were not as temperature for getting there with GoogleMaps. Price differ-
challenged. For most of our trip, days were sunny ences were significant — often more than a dollar
and by noon, temperatures had climbed enough to a gallon. GasBuddy also has a cool calculator to
make alfresco lunches quite nice. Fast-food joints, help you budget your trip.
normally a mainstay on the road for restrooms and Clearly this pandemic road trip presented chal-
reliable chow, limited their services to drive-thru. lenges. We adapted - and thrived as you’ll discover
For pit stops, we mostly used gas stations. Thank- riding along with us. Our only caveat for a repeat
fully, their facilities ranged from passable to spot- adventure down the road - never leave home with-
less - pandemic lifesavers. out long winter underwear and gloves.
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