So, Thursday night, we got on Priceline and went for an area around Akron and ended up getting a Courtyard Marriott for $60. We programmed the address into the TomTom and just let it decide the route. Hit the road around 11am. Cloudy skies but only a bit of rain here and there. Beautiful views of the mountains painted with fall colors, none of that in coastal Virginia yet, and Leasa says no leaves on the trees in Regina...
Stopped at a gas/food plaza outside Philly, and I went over the counter after the guy at Roy Roger's when he wouldn't serve me my egg, ham and cheese on sourdough. It was ugly, but we got out before security arrived. Also discovered that the soft pretzel booth guy was either a bit challenged, or living in his own private hell.
I can't remember ever doing the ticket thing at a toll both. The tab after basically running the length of the Penn Turnpike was $22. Gas prices have gone up as we've gone west, from $2.73 in Va. Beach to the last stop just over the line in Ohio, $2.90. And as I was filling that last tank, got pelted by wet snow, and ran through a squall that was starting to stick to roofs and grass. Great. The TomTom, this time, led us right to the door of the hotel, freaking awesome. I can't see every traveling again without this freakin' miracle of technology.
Hoping for an early start tomorrow so we can we spend an hour or two in Chicago, but that will depend on whether we wake up to a couple inches of snow, which is what is in the forecast. Doh!
A sign of where we are - even on the garbage container!
Almost there... just in time to beat the rain/snow combo!
Our great room, thanks Captain Kirk!
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