I ripped the strap on one of the dresses that I brought for my trip. Hopefully I can pick up a cheap sewing kit along the way. I didn't bring one because, well, I don't sew.
Yesterday I explored a bit of Pennsylvania. I even stopped to see a house built in the shape of a shoe -- 'the only one like it in the world'! At four o'clock, I began looking at my aps to find a stopping place for the night. I called three KOAs, all in the right direction and within a three hour drive, but none had available kabins.
I looked at the clock - it was 4:30. 'OK, God. I'm putting this one in your hands. I'd like to eat at five, then we'll figure out lodging.' So I pulled back out onto the highway and headed west.
At about 4:55, I passed a billboard advertising Denny's at a Flying J Truck stop and my heart grinned. That had been my favorite restaurant on my very first solo road trip. I must have eaten there at least four days in a row. I plugged it into my gps and took the next exit. It wasn't right off the highway, so I had a couple of turns to make, and along the way I passed an Econo Lodge. Hmmmm.... Tonight's stopping place?
I ate dinner (bourbon chicken with broccoli and a side of Mac and cheese, I ordered grapefruit juice but she brought me cranberry), then returned to the Econo Lodge.
'How much for a room?'
'Well, we've got a promotion going on...'
For only ten dollars more than my kamping kabin, I got ac, cable, my own bathroom, and a complimentary breakfast. But wait, there's more. The best part was when the manager handed me a complementary sewing kit.
Well played, Abba. I'm glad I'm on Your team.
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