In Ohio, Heading East

A very strange thing happened this morning. I had checked out of the hotel, signed up for next year and then decided to get gas as the first order of business. I pulled into a gas station, got out, did the credit card thing -- then I opened the fuel door to unscrew the fuel port. There was a five-dollar bill inside the fuel door. Meaning when I opened the little door, there was a five-dollar bill there.

I know that I didn't put it there. Why would I? All I can think of is someone saw the money on the ground near my car and assumed it was mine and was trying to return it?? If I saw a five-dollar bill in a parking lot, I woud NOT assume it belonged to the nearest car. Oh well. I started the day five dollars richer.

This is a place attached to a convenience store where I stopped to use the restroom. I have a fascination with people who use quotes wrong, as in this sign.

So I was in a bunch of states today -- Wisconsin, Illinois, here I'm entering Indiana and now I'm in Ohio.

Beautiful day today, driving through Indiana.

Not much of a view at this Red Roof Inn.

King size bed. That little card on the left on the pillow says you have three choices for housekeeping: No service, full service or just make the bed, clean towels and empty the trash. They couch this redution in service as "going green." So not vacuuming helps the environment. I remember (as I stroke my beard and light my pipe) when a hotel room was really cleaned, new sheets every day, vacuuming, the works. I don't think my sheets were changed all week in Fond du Lac and not mucch more was done than make the bed, empty the trash (although they kept not taking a paper cup that had had soda in it) on the nightstand.

Great TV, but very few channels.

So tomorrow it's to eastern PA and then home on Monday morning.