STATE BY STATE

IOWA- CORN, CORN, CORN, AND SCARY PLACES. OH, AND MORE CORN.-nothing worth getting off the highway for. We did stay in a hotel in the town of Williamsburg that was right out off a horror flick. The main lobby was clean and neat but as you ventured toward the back it got creepier and creepier. The building was shaped like the letter T with two floors. The bottom had the main office and the back or top section was closed off because of a fire/killing. Apparently there was a guy radomly killing people off of I-80 and he murdered someone in one of the rooms there. We went in the closed off section to take some pictures and we were totally freaked-out. The lighting or lack there of was so spooky, the rooms were filled with odd things like: cribs, peoples personal belongings, old couches, piles upon piles of chairs, cleaning supplies, and mattresses. Not only was every room filled with random stuff, but it was scattered and stacked all over the place. Also all of the rooms were randomly numbered, it would go from 217 to 220 then 218. It was just super scary, and just knowing that someone was murdered there and that there was a fire made it really hard for us to fall asleep. Then I mentioned to Pete: "Good thing it's not Friday the 13th", and he pointed to the clock and it was 12:01am, aaah! On a good note, we did have a nice lunch at The Pickle Barrel Deli in the town of Walnut.

ILLINOIS- Drove straight through.

INDIANA- Drove straight through, except for all the toll booth stops.

OHIO- We stopped off for the night just outside of Toledo. Wow, 4 states in one day, we think it's pretty impressive. It has been a little bit of a stressful evening for us so we have decided to just try and relax tonight. Tomorrow morning we will try to find a decent cup of coffee (not likely), and then head off to Cleveland to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame baby!!! It doesn't look like it's possible to make it all the way to Rhode Island tomorrow, so we are going to shoot for New York, and then make it home for Sunday. Are you ready for us Rhode Island? It's been a long time coming for Aidan and I and we are very excited to meet all of you. Oh yeah, if any of you girls know a good place to get my hair cut I am in desperate need, any suggestions?

P.S. I hate toll booths!
P.S.S. Happy Birthday Kori, miss you all at Banfield.


Oh, one last thing. This is how we have been spending all of our nights. We put Aidan to bed in one bed, put up a blanket in between the beds, put a towel over the light we turn on, keep Ele quiet, turn on the TV, snuggle, then on of us (who's ever turn it is) will quietly crawl into bed with Aidan and go to sleep while the other gets to sleep with Ele (they are both the worst bed-hogs). We have tried multiple ways of hanging the blanket: tacs and chairs, but we finally found a way by tieing a knot onto one of the lamps against the wall and tieing the other end to a standing lamp and poking a hole in it and screwing the top on. It's been interesting.


P.S.S.S I apologize for the bad photos, I have many reasons, none worth stating. So Roland please goes easy on the critiques.