Day 1:Ending in Danville, Ill

the MONSTER truck in our rearview mirror

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One of the risks of road trips and not reserving hotels in advance is that you can drive in circles and from one exit to another looking for a place to spend the night.  To avoid this, we stopped in the early afternoon at the Indianna border Welcome Station and made a reservation for the Sleep Inn in Bloomington/Indianapolis .

We arrived there around 9:00 a.m. but our reservation was refused by the manager who also refused to help find other accomodations. I drove next door to the Comfort Inn; they did not have room at their Inn either, but the desk attendant recommended and called the Comfort Inn, 30 minutes away, in Danville, Ill. So, in the dark, off we went, searching for a room at someone's Inn.

We arrived at the Comfort Inn in Danville, Ill,  at 10:30 p.m. I had been driving since 11:00 a.m. All I wanted was a quick, but hot shower to relax my muscles. There were no towels. I called the desk attendant. She explained, in a long convoluted story, that she was the only staff person in the motel and had housekeeping duty as well as desk attendant duty. She asked, "Could you come and get the towels?" as she was the only staff person on duty. "Of course, I could." I returned to the room laden with warm towels  that had come straight from the dryer in the room next to the front desk. I then realized we only had 1 pillow each. I called our Desk Attendant. "Could we have pillows?" "Yes, could I come get?" "Of course." I did and I grabbed a couple of extra blankets while I was up front.

M was fascinated by sunsets. Took many pictures!

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Our desk attendant had several irate customers at the desk each time. She handled them with grace and humor, much to her credit. The next morning when I checked out  I asked the desk attendant/manager  if the hotel gave credit for having to service your own room.  He did not see the humor in it!

Oh, by the way, if you need music to help you sleep at night, ask for our room. Thiss very nice and comfortable room had a musical bathroom. We went to sleep with the sounds of the shower whistling and the toilet gurgling!