What does one do when someone's diesel truck is warming up outside of your room at The Motel From Hell at 4:45 AM? For a full fifteen minutes! I'll tell you what....you give up and get up. Then you take your dogs outside in the 28F chill of the early morning, and they refuse to pee because they're afraid of the noisy truck. And then you try to pass the time by reading your email, but the connection is flakier than the one I left behind in AZ, and I cannot get a connection. By 5:45 they must have reset their router, and I can finally access my email and begin reading all the blogs I've missed recently. Do you think that might just take me a while to catch up with all of you?
What? Only 519 blog posts to read? No problem!Now what? It's only 6:00 AM, the next hotel is just three hours away, and check in time isn't until three this afternoon. We had planned on a relaxing morning in this motel room, just drinking coffee and watching TV, but this cable system doesn't even have ABC or NBC (I missed Dancing With the Stars last night....bummer). And the spout is broken on the coffee pot, so most of the coffee ended up on the dresser instead of in the cups. I wonder how long the dogs would be happy under their big blankets, in the back seat of the pickup, while we have breakfast and play a few penny slot machines at the local casino. I wonder how long our wallets will hold out! With the time change, there is still ten hours until check in time at Jackpot. I must admit, this trip isn't going as well as planned.
Oh my Granny...it definitely sounds like one heck of a trip so far!!
ReplyDeleteJust think, before you know it, you will be home!!
It's just party, party, party with you!
ReplyDeleteBummer! I hope you have a better day today.
ReplyDeleteYes, but you sold the mobile home!!!
ReplyDeleteHooray.
Really.
You'll be home soon.
Hugs to you
Sue
Oh dear. An adventure? With home waiting and we're happy to have you back?
ReplyDeleteOn the road again....
ReplyDeleteI've missed reading your blog. Glad to see you back, even when the truck is too noisy :-)
ReplyDeleteThere has got to be a blessing in that trip somewhere!
ReplyDeleteHold on snoopy, you'll soon be home.
Maybe not as planned, but you're coming HOME!!! Safe travels.
ReplyDeleteSo much time! You could write the great American novel in your spare time. Find the cure for cancer. Or redesign your garden in your head. Yes maybe the last one is best.
ReplyDeleteOh Granny! Not a good beginning to this day. I hope things improved once you got on the road.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny! I know not funny at the time, but funny - I can totally picture the scene!! I think, I maybe have stayed at that motel - hugs, G
ReplyDeleteOh Granny your winter hasn't started off too well at all. Hopefully your aren't traveling in snow like anyone in this area will be doing to get home today.
ReplyDeleteNot exactly a Travelocity destination resort from the sounds of it! LOL!
ReplyDeleteI hope you relax and have a fun day despite the rocky start.
Wow, I had a lot of catching up to do!! Congrats on selling the AZ home, I am sorry to hear the return trip is giving you trouble. I guess as your 'last one' it will surely be a memorable one!
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