Toledo, OH

Greetings from Toledo, OH.

We left Amy's place around noon today, we got up around 8:30ish and leisurely got ready. Amy took us out to breakfast at "Jude's" in Manchester and it was delicious. I loved their menu, you could order french toast and pancakes by the individual slice, you could totally mix it up and order a variety of items....I had a slice of french toast, a slice of blueberry pancake and some sausage links....oh and coffee too. :)

Our drive was fairly uneventful today...we made it through the rest of Iowa, through Illinois, Indiana and now we're in Ohio. It's funny how along the drive and while seeing all the different city names and whatnot I've thought of the reps I used to support at Medtronic....Montana area was Matt Hense....the Dakotas I think was Brian Aschoff...Brad Love is Indiana...etc etc.

Tomorrow will be only about a 4-5 hour drive and then we'll be in Lockport. I have a list of things I need to get right away at Walmart. Woohoo, shopping right away!!

We've been very lucky with weather along the way, we did run in to some thick fog this evening but other than that it's been clear sailing.

Can I just say that it is absolutely disgusting the amount of bugs that your car collects when traveling such long distances. EWWW!! Each time we get gas Matt cleans the windshield and sometimes we stop to clean it just because and it's still gross. The front grill area was totally foul. Lucky for us, Amy's husband has a thing about clean cars and within an hour of our arrival (did I already talk about this in my last post?? Ugh, I can't remember...sorry if I'm repeating myself) he was washing our car and got all the yucky bugs off. Thanks, John!!!

Oh and the hotel we're in tonight is total ghetto. Yep, I do not recommend the Days Inn in Toledo, or shall I say 'Perrysburg'. There is a red spot on the bathroom door that we're hoping is nail polish. You know your room is ghetto when the notes that they leave on your bed have been typed up, printed out and then hand cut with scissors. We don't even have a mini refrigerator in here! ha ha. Like my thing about rest areas, I also love checking out hotels. Speaking of rest areas, Indiana has these awesome "travel plazas" (I think it was plaza, maybe center, forgive me I'm tired) and there is a plethora (like that?) of places to eat at, little convenience store, very clean rest rooms, gas station, just a very nice 'resting' experience all around. I just realized: I'm a dork. :)

On that note, I am going to bed.

Tomorrow I should be writing from Lockport...that is if I'm able to find an internet connection!

Love,
M.