the imbroglio

Of course, as soon as I say there won’t be any more updates for a while, here’s an update. To our surprise, the Super 8 Motel in Dayton, OH, offers free internet access w/your $70 room! Hooray! Thoughts on the day:

1. We should have done exactly what Audacity suggested and put our bed up for giveaway on Craigslist. Whoops. It was a crap bed, but there was probably someone out there for whom a crap bed for free would have been better than no bed at all.
2. If you rent a car carrier with a tilting bed, do not try to drive your car onto the carrier w/out titling the bed. Stupid stupid stupid!
3. Before you dismantle your life and leave on a cross-country drive, be sure to print out directions.
4. Suggestion to some chain of filling stations or truck stops: Offer and advertise internet terminals connected to printers where travelers who are too dumb to think ahead can stop in and quickly print up a Google map to their destination.
5. It may sound strange, but driving feels safe. With all our possessions in a truck, I feel most secure when we’re moving down the road. If we stop or exit the freeway it seems more likely that something could happen—someone could break into the truck, an accident seems more likely, etc. Moving is good when you’re actually moving.

Time to hit the road for another day….[tags]moving, driving[/tags]