Heading home to Oregon with a stopover in St. Louis
Charlie and I left right after graduation and drove to Valdosta, Georgia headed back to St. Louis. We had dinner on the patio at a Mexican restaurant right next to our motel. All good except for brain freeze from the margarita that almost made me sick to my stomach. Whew! That hurt. Lol
We spent one more day and night on the road staying in Clarksville, Tennessee before we got back to Stacie’s in St. Louis.
Charlie quickly made himself at home again.
I wanted to stay until Thursday because Tom’s parents, sister and nephew were coming for Memorial Day and I wanted to see them. Even though it was a short visit it was a good visit. The last night Charlie and I stayed in the guest room before moving into the den Charlie must have sensed we were going to hit the road again because he slept in my suitcase.
One fun thing we did was recreate a picture with Chase Haley and both sets of grandparents.
The trip home was uneventful until the last night when I tried to check in at Sleep Inn in Bend, Oregon. Even though I had reservations they told me they didn’t have any more dog friendly rooms and Charlie would have to sleep in the car or cancel my reservation. I said I had a dog when I made the reservation. I was livid. Standing there with my Vietnam veterans hat on, Memorial Day Weekend and they had no idea if Charlie was a service dog or not. They cared less. Didn’t offer to help me find a room elsewhere or anything just sent us down the road.
It was a long trip but a really good one. 6800 miles and 116+ hours of actual drive time.
We spent one more day and night on the road staying in Clarksville, Tennessee before we got back to Stacie’s in St. Louis.
Charlie quickly made himself at home again.
I wanted to stay until Thursday because Tom’s parents, sister and nephew were coming for Memorial Day and I wanted to see them. Even though it was a short visit it was a good visit. The last night Charlie and I stayed in the guest room before moving into the den Charlie must have sensed we were going to hit the road again because he slept in my suitcase.
One fun thing we did was recreate a picture with Chase Haley and both sets of grandparents.
The trip home was uneventful until the last night when I tried to check in at Sleep Inn in Bend, Oregon. Even though I had reservations they told me they didn’t have any more dog friendly rooms and Charlie would have to sleep in the car or cancel my reservation. I said I had a dog when I made the reservation. I was livid. Standing there with my Vietnam veterans hat on, Memorial Day Weekend and they had no idea if Charlie was a service dog or not. They cared less. Didn’t offer to help me find a room elsewhere or anything just sent us down the road.
I was very fortunate that when I drove straight to Econolodge they had just had a cancellation so we got the only available room. It was the nicest Econolodge I ever stayed at. The next morning we stopped at the Snake River Overlook on the way back out of town. Before that we stopped to take pictures of the last Blockbuster in the country.
It was a long trip but a really good one. 6800 miles and 116+ hours of actual drive time.
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