SO THIS IS THE MIDWEST...LOTS OF ROOM OUT HERE...TONS OF FARMS...NOT MUCH TO SEE ON THIS LEG OF THE JOURNEY, BUT IT WAS A SAFE AND UNEVENTFUL TRIP... LOTS OF CRITTERS DIDN'T MAKE IT TO WHERE THEY WERE GOING, SO I CONSIDER MYSELF LUCKY...(OF COURSE, I WASN'T CHALLENGING AN 18-WHEELER TRYING TO CROSS THE HIGHWAY)...
I DID ENJOY CROSSING THE OHIO RIVER. AND I DID LIKE THE FACT THAT I WAS IN 3 DIFFERENT STATES YESTERDAY (TENNESSEE, KENTUCKY, AND ILLINOIS) AND COULD HAVE DONE MISSOURI ALSO BUT I DECIDED TO STAY IN SHILOH, ILLINOIS WHICH IS 20 MILES OUTSIDE OF ST. LOUIS... I WAS GOING TO GO INTO THE CITY LAST NIGHT AND WATCH THE GAMES BUT THE HOTEL WOULDN'T LET ME... LET ME EXPLAIN...
YOU KNOW HOW WHEN YOU STAY AT A HOTEL OR HOTEL CHAIN AND THEY OFFER YOU A FREE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THEIR "PRIORITY CLUB"? WELL, I JOINED HOLIDAY INN'S CLUB AND HAVE BEEN COLLECTING POINTS AND NOT GETTING MUCH OF ANYTHING (BUT IT'S FREE, RIGHT?)...I CHECKED INTO THE HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HERE IN SHILOH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND WAS TOLD I WAS GETTING A FREE UPGRADE TO A SUITE...(SWEET!) THE ROOM HAD TWO TV'S AND A COUCH(SO I COULD WATCH THE FOOTBALL GAME AND WORLD SERIES SIMULTANEOUSLY)...THEY ALSO HAD 3 LOCAL RESTAURANTS THAT DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO THE ROOM...AND (DRUM ROLL, PLEASE) A HEATED INDOOR POOL AND HOT TUB!!! PLUS THE FACT I DIDN'T WANT TO PARK MY TRUCK FULL OF MY "VALUABLES" SOMEWHERE IN DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS. DON'T HAVE TO BE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO REALIZE I HAD A SWEET DEAL (BUT I DID STAY AT A HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS LAST NIGHT!)
TALKED WITH ANGELA LAST NIGHT AND WILL BE IN HER AREA TUESDAY... WILL VISIT AFTER I CHECK-IN TO HOTEL TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WILL MAKE A QUICK TRIP INTO ST. LOUIS THIS MORNING BEFORE HEADING NORTH TO KEOKUK...
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