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We’re finally home, back in warm, sunny, Florida.

At 8:15am we were checked out of the hotel after breakfast and on the road for the final time. We were worried there’d be heavy traffic on I-75 South around Gainesville due to the UF/FSU game in Tallahassee yesterday, plus students returning to school after the Thanksgiving break, but it turned out to be fine. We made a brief stop at Busch Gardens to pick up our annual passes (my daughter is going on a field trip there for Physics Day later this week) but were home by 11:45am. Whew!

Driving stats: 3 1/2 hours; 211 miles

This was quite the road trip:

Total drive time: 53 hours
Total miles driven: 2,955
Average MPG: 25.7
Total fuel cost: $240
Colleges visited: 5