and then came time for a pit stop with a bit of refueling for our tanks at the tank shown left in the mirrored shield...astoundingly, the price of petrol is not higher in harder to get to rural areas than it is at our local stations which are run by snake oil salesmen in our decade's oil scam for those not in the know...though not to rant (too much), once they get to the bottom of the barrel on this shell game, it will no doubt prove to be as erroneous as the Enron energy shortage scam in California...rotters the lot of them...

nonetheless, after topping both tanks and wiping the credit card clean, Wade had to bolt to go have a go go at selling lottery tickets for a church fund raiser (and here's hoping that my numbers show up for the Bimmer convert they were given!!!)...I on the other hand continued the journey to see a different form of experienced gambling...