On the road again

 

We woke up in Ouro Preto and are going to bed in Vitoria. We drove just over 9 hours in between, covering less than 300 miles. It was all on a major highway, with no real traffic issues or dramas. The roads are just slower here, with two lanes and enormous potholes. Fellow traveler form long parades behind slow-moving trucks as they wind up the hills in first gear. After accepting the pace of the day, we had fun being in the parades, parade-waving at fellow travelers in the west bound lane.  Lunch was noteworthy at a hole-in-the-wall buffet with meat slow-cooked on a wood stove and fresh pineapple juice. It was one of the best meals we had in Minas Gerais (if we were in Minas Gerais) and at about $10 total, definitely the cheapest.  After lunch, the scenery started to change. It got less farm-y and more timber-y. Then we passed the inviting "Blue Rock" and about an hour later we dropped down, down, down out of the mountains and ended up at the sea. Not a bad day for a moving day.