Hotel travails

We stayed in a Holiday Inn Express in last night in Coralville, IA. I don't know if it made us any smarter, but at least it had a pool. It was about $130, but at least it had a pool! It also had the slowest elevator in the free world. Then there was the time it wouldn't budge from the 1st floor. The door kept closing half-way, then opening again. I tried repeatedly pressing the door close button, but that set of some sort of alarm, so I slunk away and went up the stairs! The LAN access didn't work. H.I. farms it out, and I gave up on the support number. The hardwired guest computer in the lobby couldn't connect to the LAN, either.

Coralville was surprisingly nice. We took a much needed break from the cat and walked about 1/2 a block to a mall. We had to buy swimsuits for the pool. You can imagine the selection at this time of year! We found some at Target on the clearance racks.

I had a much needed chair massage at a kiosk. It was strange trying to relax with people plodding by.

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Tonight we're in the Super 8 ($75/person, $10/cat) in Howe, IN, about 2 blocks South of the MI border. They actually call this area michiana. There network didn't work, and the lady at the desk didn't know what to do about the orange light on the modem. I kindly suggested she restart it. It didn't get done until her manager relieved her at 9 PM.

Albert update (the precious puddy tat): He is travelling very well. He seemed to love the H.I. Express. He mucked about quite a bit, there. He took some time to settle in here. He keeps being started by people in the hall, and when we first got in he bolted into the hall and had to be dragged in. But, overall, he's doing good. He's claimed the couch for himself. Since we got him the large carrier (meant for a 22 lb dog, not a 12 lb cat!) he has the most room when travelling.

I have pics to post, but likely won't get to it until we are done travelling. We are taking our time, since we can't be in our new place until the 1st, anyway.