It was so comfortable staying at the hotel in Lewisburg, WV that I didn't want to leave, but we had a long drive ahead of us. I think we left at 11 or 12. We thought we were headed for Richmond, IL, to spend the night at a friend's house, but his wife had surgery, so we decided to keep heading toward Okoboji, Iowa and spend the night in a hotel.
Poor Violet. She cried for the first 2 hours of the drive. :0( we stopped just to get her out of the van and calmed down.
A few hours after that the day took a bad turn. Tom didn't like the GPS directions and wanted to stay on the interstate. When we turned around and got back on there was a detour that sent us south to go north, and then a wonderful traffic jam (in Ohio). As all this started we got separated from TJ, who didn't get on the interstate, but followed the GPS. He ended up missing the whole traffic jam and ended up an hour ahead of us.
Then we had unexpected tolls and were digging for change. Tom wanted gas and didn't like the exit I told him to get off on. I use an app, Gas Buddy, to find the cheapest gas, but we were trying to get around Chicago, and Tom was worried about prices and blah, blah, blah. He put in 3 gallons and we got back on the interstate. The next gas station I found was perfect, but it was late and we were getting tired.
Meanwhile, Angelica was trying to book us hotel rooms and everything was full. She finally found us 2 rooms, each with 3 queen beds, which was great, but 2 hours away.
I finished the embroidery on a dish towel a nd started crocheting lace edging.
We finally made it and went straight to bed. It must have been close to midnight.
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