An Experiment Gone Wrong....

Good evening from Grand Prairie, Alberta.  What a day!!!

We had a wonderful night at the Comfort Inn in Airdrie, Alberta... a suburb of Calgary.  It was a beautiful hotel and just recently opened.  Two lovely beds... or perhaps we were just very tired.  The convenience center had mid-sized fridge and decent microwave.  There was a Keurig coffee maker with a supply of K-Cups.  Everything was clean and new and there were enough plugs for all of our devices.

The front desk had put us at the end of a hallway that was close to an outside door for easy access for the dogs.  They had the hotel trollies for luggage which meant we could do the loading in one trip instead of several.  It was lovely.

Rob went out for chicken for dinner and we enjoyed that in the room.  I shared mine with the boys.

We rearranged the trunk of the Caddy this morning as we will be filling up the 5 gallon gas can at our next stop.  Gas stations are becoming farther and farther apart.  Tomorrow we will be heading north to Fort Nelson, British Columbia.  We will be on Mountain Time and if we were to draw a line due west, we would be on the same level as Juneau, AK

Tomorrow we will pass the halfway mark of the journey with Rob.  I actually left Parkesburg on September 6th.  Thus far I have been on the road 11 days.  We still have 5 days of driving remaining.  Rob calculated I have been in a car driving or being driven for close to 45 hours.  Yikes, no wonder my butt feels like it is in a constant state of buzzing.  I cannot wait for this to be over... but I would not change a thing.

Today we drove into more mountainous sections.  The hills roll and the occasional long hill up or down made for beautiful vistas.  I am reminded so much of the mountains around Fancy Gap and the trees of Alaska.  It is beautiful.  The clumps of trees are more yellow now and there are now areas of a flaming orange.  No reds yet, but I am sure they are coming.  Fall is in full bloom here.

Looking at the yard of my new house, all of the leaves have fallen off that tree, so there will not be any fall colors for me at my new house.

As for the experiment, Rob convinced me not to make reservations at a hotel for tonight.  We decided just to head here and find a room.  We drove to one of the motels that were on Rob's list, pulled into the place and I immediately thought, "no way".  It was just sending out all kinds of nasty vibes, So Rob got his phone out and saw a Comfort Inn nearby, so based on last night, we headed there.  We followed his phone directions and when the phone said we had arrived, we were on top of a small mountain, in a neighborhood of single family homes.  No hotel anywhere.

So back to the main road, we pulled off and once again went to Rob's phone.  We located all of the pet-friendly places.  We decided on a Motel 6 that was no-frills.  And it fit our needs nicely.

The first thing Rob did after we got settled was get out his computer to find our possibles for tomorrow night.  We will not go to our next overnight stop without a reservation.

I have been taking pictures along the way, but I have not been able to get them to download on this little computer,  I do not have the correct adapter for the card.  I guess I will have to wait for the van to deliver all of my stuff.  I will post them once I can get them off of my cards.

In the meantime, Gaddy the Caddy is still covered in bug guts and today we added muddy water and lots of road grime.  She is going to nead a good detailing when we reach Fairbanks.

Thanks for following along and all of your positive thoughts and prayers.