In Palmer, Texas, just south of Dallas, I saw a multiplex drive-in theater. Yup. Five screens in a circle. Just like at a walk-in theater you pick your movie then point that direction. What will they think of next?
The billboard for Sonic drive-in restaurant said, “We built it. Now come.”
I-35 in Oklahoma has scenic turnouts. Who woulda thought?
A Cracker Barrel billboard said, “Relax. Unwind,” with a picture of a Slinky. The child in me cried, “No! When you unwind a Slinky you kill it!” Guess how I know that.
A Maine license plate on a truck said, “semi-permanent.” It wasn’t a semi-truck so that couldn’t have been what it meant. So was it “semi” or “permanent”? How could it be both?
It’s different traveling in a car instead of an RV. Now we can stop anywhere for lunch; it doesn’t have to have pull-though truck-sized parking spots. We can pull into any gas station without worrying about if we will have to unhitch to get back out. We can take side roads without worrying about low or narrow clearances. The road doesn’t have to be seven lanes wide for us to make a u-turn. But we can’t stop just anywhere for a potty break; we have to find public toilets. Ones we’d be willing to use. And I still see every Blue Beacon Truck & RV Wash along our route. I wonder how long that will continue?
And motels. I’d almost forgotten what it’s like to stay in motels. We mostly stayed in Comfort Inns on our trip because they were well spaced for our planned stops and we could get rooms with refrigerators to store all the meat we cooked before we left to snack on during the trip. And we could get rooms with desks and sofas where we could sit during the evenings to do our computer stuff. And they serve a hot breakfast in the morning.
But, there was one Comfort Inn we will not be returning to. The one on 14th Street in Des Moines. They would not honor their website price. They advertised a sofa but actually provided a chair and ottoman that was very uncomfortable; in fact it tried to dump me out of it. And the toilet ran off and on all night. We’ll choose somewhere else next time we pass that way.
But, we are home. We are settled into the Extended Stay America where we lived for a month a dozen years ago while the builder finished the house we sold when we decided to hit the road. And we’re slowly getting moved into our apartment. More about that later.
TTYL,
Linda
It is definitely different driving in a car than your RV. We’ve stayed at more than our share of motels/hotels. You never can tell from their advertising what you’re really going to run into. We’ve even paid before and had to walk since we wouldn’t stay in the room.
At least now the relaxing can finally start. Take care.
Glad to hear you guys are back safe and sound. The world definitely looks different from a car. Lots of pluses for that – like a whole lot less worry.
I can’t remember the last time I was in a hotel/motel. I do remember most of them being a bit cramped but we didn’t choose the penthouse. Glad you are safe at home…at least your temporary home. Hope you have warm weather.