Thanks for the report, jwight.
Glad to see that the car and the driver behaved well!
The energy bill per mile (˘9) is what I guessed it should be on longer trip, since I average about ˘12 for urban driving.
During my first car trip in the US (1977) I drove from DC to Grand Forks ND. The wheat fields in the great plains so impressed me that I asked a friend to drop me off at one end. He picked me up at the other end... 2 hours later!
Welcome back home.