Devall Travels

Since the scare stories about hours to wait to fly anywhere I have always been a little paranoid about turning up late to the airport. So we were up at 7am a full five and a half hours before our first flight from Fort Myers to Toronto.  I packed the car. The Mustang is a fine car but luggage capacity is not good.  The overall mpg, titchy US gallon was 24.6 on the onboard computer with a high of 30.4 on a long boring 55mph limit zones. Not bad for a big engine. In fact it was more economical at 50 than 35. Both popular limits in Florida. We stopped for breakfast at a Denny's on Gladiolus Drive.  This is a nice chrome jobbie. Nice not belly busting breakfast and then off again. Next stop to fill the car. Guessed at $35 since Weston. Took $23.11! Then TomTom took us to the airport and we waved goodbye to Sally. Back in the hands of Alamo. With all insurances she cost us $800 for 16 days. GULP!!!! And now enjoying a Dunkin Donuts coffee (too ...

We checked out with a couple of minutes to spare. TomTom had decided that the best off motorway and therefore toll free route was the northerly route rather than US41 we came on. So we headed to US27 again this time turned right and right again into the gas station. The cafe alongside had a loads of bikes outside including a fetching pink and white HD.  US27 is almost as featureless as SR997. Same dead trees, same dead straight and no towns until South Bay; 45 miles of nothing but straight road. As we approached Lake Okeechobee we expected to see it lapping gently alongside the road. We never saw it as it is behind a twenty foot or more high levee! We had a coffee stop in Clewiston at Dunkin Donuts before the last leg of the journey to Fort Myers Beach on slightly more interesting SR80... We arrived a little too early and the room wasn't ready. The Beach Shell Inn is another traditional style motel. Quirky. They ha...