Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Febraury 1, 2008 ~ Missouri to Columbus, Ohio

This is a continuation of our original blog that can be found at http://chrischristi.wordpress.com/ If you haven't already read our posts there, feel free to take some time and check it out. We started a couple new blogs in conjunction with our website, hence the move. Same great content!

Well, we left Missouri yesterday and traveled about 600 miles to Columbus, Ohio. We wanted to leave on Thursday, but a big winter storm was expected and we wanted to get in behind it instead of getting caught IN it. They had predicted about 8" to 10" for most of Missouri, but we ended up with only about 3" to 4" ~ which is fine by us! As we get older, the snow just doesn't have the same appeal. When I was a teacher, snow was great! See, kids, teachers like snow days, too! Now, though, with the ability to set our own schedule and work from home, all snow does is cause a mess in the foyer when people come in and out.

The day was pretty uneventful while traveling. We did keep up with the weather and was pretty interested in the Snoqualmie Pass getting closed in Washington state. We had been through there earlier this summer and I asked WHAT people did when it snow in that area (seemed REALLY steep to me ~ course, I'm not a big fan of mountain passes anyway). People out there said they just fly up and down that pass and that everybody knows somebody with an airport type snow remover, so it makes quick work. The Washington Department of Transportation had to keep closing Snoqualmie Pass on I-90 due to heavy snow and avalanches. Click here for the news story.

Thank goodness we weren't anywhere near there! We are heading northeast, so you never know what you're going to encounter this time of year. Wasn't it just a few weeks ago that we were in Key West??

We stopped at Applebee's in Indianapolis, Indiana to eat supper. Click here for our review on that....and what to eat at Applebee's to stay healthy. For more healthy tips and reviews, see our I Love A Healthy Me blog.

Even though it took quite a while to get our meal, we drove on to Columbus, Ohio. We got to our hotel, an Econo Lodge on the north 270 loop, around 11:30. We did really well with our lodging ~ I went online to book the room at the Choice Hotels website, got the miltary discount rate, and ended up with a king bed, non smoking room for 34.00 (with tax it was 39.??). The room was clean and nice sized. Heater worked and shower worked ~ sometimes you can't ask for any more than that! It did have a refrigerator and TV, but no coffee pot. However, the office had coffee for the guests this morning.

We will continue heading east today. Even though Punxsutawney Phil predicted 6 more weeks of winter by seeing his shadow this morning, we've got a few more trips to New England this month. Could be interesting traveling....stay tuned!

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