Magnus Returns From Thor

Tuesday, 5 November 2024

Since the Thor service manager didn't call us on Monday, like he promised, Ed called him today. This morning, early. And he said it was done.  All done--and if they'd only bothered to tell us the night before, we'd have been ready to leave!

We left anyway. I got up at 7:30 and started getting ready almost immediately, and I believe we pulled away at about 9:15. Luckily we'd left most of our stuff piled on the floor, ready to shove into suitcases and take off.  In the end the only things I forgot were Molly's chew toy and the lunch I was going to make.

We stopped for gas at Geyer Springs Road near Little Rock and made it all the way to Salem Illinois before stopping for the night. I'd made a reservation at a Holiday Inn Express there which was pet-friendly for a $25 fee. But even though I mentioned the pet twice--once during the reservation and once at check-in--I don't think they ever charged me the pet fee.  The price (ridiculously huge) charged was the same as the one I saw on the web page.

I ended up having to call the hotel to make the booking because the web page didn't have a way to select "pet" rooms. Which was good, because then I could be sure to get one. Funny, though--when I told the desk clerk what I wanted, she first proposed the double-bed suite room for $170, and when I demurred at having to pay so much, she immediately located a king bed normal room with accessibility features. Which we didn't need but at least the price was better, about $140.

There was a Jimmy Johns a mile away from the hotel, so we got gas and then stopped in there to pick up sandwiches. By the time we'd eaten, walked the dog--they had a fenced run, yay!--and got ready for bed, it was nine o'clock. Old TV series (Green Acres and Hogan's Heroes) put us to sleep.

Jimmy Johns so late at night gave me awful nightmares.