I'm laying here procrastinating homework and thinking of the wonderful trip I took to Oregon in August. August seems like such a long time ago...time has been moving so slow lately.
It was a long drive from Colorado the Lincoln City, Oregon. My best friend/pseudo sister was supposed to take the trip with me but backed out the last minute. She was concerned about leaving her two girls and other misc. things. She unpacked her car just moments before I drove away on an adventure of my own. (I've never driven so far alone.)
I left at 5:30 that night and drive through Wyoming with lots of espresso in my system. Thankfully I work nights so I'm pretty good at staying awake. Midway through Wyoming I hit a really bad hail storm, needless to say my car now has memories of the trip as well. At one point I couldn't see the road and there was so much hail I nearly wrecked, a great way to keep you awake for the next few hundred miles.
Stopping at a gas station far west in Wyoming, I was given some useful directions for a short cut to cut some miles off the trip. The directions were from some guy getting gas next to me, I took his advice and went that direction. Once I was about 50 miles down the road I saw the guys truck and wondered how smart it really was to listen to some random person.... He could have been crazy, I'm too trusting...
Well, at 6 am I rolled into Boise, Idaho. I entertained myself pretty well for twelve hours, at least there were tons of songs I could listen to and sing without anyone having to suffer
My plan: Stop at a cheep hotel so I can sleep for a few hours and then hopefully drive the other twelve, yes twelve hours alone and make it to Oregon to the hotel and beach. I rolled in to Motel 6 thinking it would probably be a manageable place to sleep for a couple of hours. At the front desk I explained I had been driving all night and I wanted to get a room so I could get some rest. I'm guessing at motels, this is an uncommon request. I had to argue with the lady behind the counter to get a room. For some reason she couldn't comprehend why I needed a room at 6 in the morning to sleep? I guess driving all night means that it's now day time in motel world and people don't sleep in the morning, they only rent rooms to sleep at night. Finally fifteen minutes of discussion I had a room.
The lady then pointed to the black and white bulleted sign at the corner of the desk stating they provided coffee and tea but none of the following: "We do not provide the following to keep our costs low"Shampoo, conditioner, kleenex, lotion, extra towels or breakfast. We do provide one bar of soap. I'm glad this room cost me $69.00 plus tax. I'd hate to see the cost if they provided kleenex or two bars of soap.
I get to my room open the door and wonder if I accidently walked into the freezer and missed my room one door down. Oh it's the air conditioner on the lowest setting and on high;I am in my room. I'm glad they are attempting to keep their costs down, I sure the AC doesn't use much electricity and it quite important to keep a room below 60 degrees at 6 in the morning. The room was great, straight out of some 80's movie, in this place you don't want to take your shoes off, you don't want to touch the comforters, and you wonder what has gone on in this room from previous guests. The heater is now on high and hopefully I will get warm enough to fall asleep because I'm not using to blue floral comforter (I actually believe the term is bedspread.) The things that get laundered occasionally not after each visit.
It's 11 am, I've had enough; plan is to shower and get out of this place.I'm thinking of the ocean... It's only twelve hours away! and it's just another day of hanging out in the car singing and thinking. I leave the room and this is what I see on the wall:
What kind of motel has a big red Bozo nose doorbell outside of the room? Seriously???
Thankfully, I'm back on the road again.... Oregon here I come.....
(more to come)
It was a long drive from Colorado the Lincoln City, Oregon. My best friend/pseudo sister was supposed to take the trip with me but backed out the last minute. She was concerned about leaving her two girls and other misc. things. She unpacked her car just moments before I drove away on an adventure of my own. (I've never driven so far alone.)
I left at 5:30 that night and drive through Wyoming with lots of espresso in my system. Thankfully I work nights so I'm pretty good at staying awake. Midway through Wyoming I hit a really bad hail storm, needless to say my car now has memories of the trip as well. At one point I couldn't see the road and there was so much hail I nearly wrecked, a great way to keep you awake for the next few hundred miles.
Stopping at a gas station far west in Wyoming, I was given some useful directions for a short cut to cut some miles off the trip. The directions were from some guy getting gas next to me, I took his advice and went that direction. Once I was about 50 miles down the road I saw the guys truck and wondered how smart it really was to listen to some random person.... He could have been crazy, I'm too trusting...
Well, at 6 am I rolled into Boise, Idaho. I entertained myself pretty well for twelve hours, at least there were tons of songs I could listen to and sing without anyone having to suffer
My plan: Stop at a cheep hotel so I can sleep for a few hours and then hopefully drive the other twelve, yes twelve hours alone and make it to Oregon to the hotel and beach. I rolled in to Motel 6 thinking it would probably be a manageable place to sleep for a couple of hours. At the front desk I explained I had been driving all night and I wanted to get a room so I could get some rest. I'm guessing at motels, this is an uncommon request. I had to argue with the lady behind the counter to get a room. For some reason she couldn't comprehend why I needed a room at 6 in the morning to sleep? I guess driving all night means that it's now day time in motel world and people don't sleep in the morning, they only rent rooms to sleep at night. Finally fifteen minutes of discussion I had a room.
The lady then pointed to the black and white bulleted sign at the corner of the desk stating they provided coffee and tea but none of the following: "We do not provide the following to keep our costs low"Shampoo, conditioner, kleenex, lotion, extra towels or breakfast. We do provide one bar of soap. I'm glad this room cost me $69.00 plus tax. I'd hate to see the cost if they provided kleenex or two bars of soap.
I get to my room open the door and wonder if I accidently walked into the freezer and missed my room one door down. Oh it's the air conditioner on the lowest setting and on high;I am in my room. I'm glad they are attempting to keep their costs down, I sure the AC doesn't use much electricity and it quite important to keep a room below 60 degrees at 6 in the morning. The room was great, straight out of some 80's movie, in this place you don't want to take your shoes off, you don't want to touch the comforters, and you wonder what has gone on in this room from previous guests. The heater is now on high and hopefully I will get warm enough to fall asleep because I'm not using to blue floral comforter (I actually believe the term is bedspread.) The things that get laundered occasionally not after each visit.
It's 11 am, I've had enough; plan is to shower and get out of this place.I'm thinking of the ocean... It's only twelve hours away! and it's just another day of hanging out in the car singing and thinking. I leave the room and this is what I see on the wall:
What kind of motel has a big red Bozo nose doorbell outside of the room? Seriously???
Thankfully, I'm back on the road again.... Oregon here I come.....
(more to come)
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Hope you are all well and good.
Sorry... I see a great big button like that and i just wanna press it!