Got back from Black Mountain NC w/o any incident. Crossfire gas mileage was 27.2 for the total trip. Still runs good & strong.

But the most interesting thing on our trip was meeting a man loading his minivan last night. Made some noise going down the hallway. When I went out to see what was going on, he apologized for the noise. Told me he & his wife finally got a FEMA trailer to live in & they were checking out THU morning. Said they lost their home during Helene when it passed thru. He & his wife had been living at the Monte Vista hotel since OCT 1! Told me he & his wife were in the home when it got washed away! Their home was in Swannanoa NC on bottom land along the Swannanoa River. It flooded & took nearly everything in the bottomland. Area still looks really rough. Dump trucks hauling loads of waste all day long. I gave him a big hug & wished him good fortune going forward.