Cross Country Trip – Day 67

25 May 2018

Although the trip distance was short, major portions of the interstate 480 was “under construction” (albeit without any workers) and the speed limit was 50 mph.  People really hated me on that drive since I drove the speed limit.  I had the last laugh since OHP was pulling people over right and left.  Still it only took me about 5 1/2 hours to make it to Independence, Ohio.  I was originally scheduled for a Choice hotel in Akron but they contacted me and said the hotel was no longer participating in the Choice program.  The next closest to Cuyahoga Valley National Park was a Comfort Inn in Independence.  

I checked in around 2:45 pm and even though check in was at 4 pm, they gave me a room on the third floor for the next three nights.  

From there, it was wash clothes (again) and the desk clerk gave me directions to the nearest Laundromat, some 1.5 miles down the road I drove in on.  I got the laundry done and then looked up the nearest pressure car wash.  It was just down the road from the laundromat and so I spent the next hour trying to get the dried, dead bugs off the front of the jeep and the cargo box.  

The problem was the pressure wash was $2.50 for 4 minutes.  Four minutes is barely enough time to soap the vehicle much less scrub any bugs.  Believe me, it took some scrubbing.  I think I had to renew five times to get the bugs off.  It seems that Michigan has a particularly nasty little bug that glues itself even more tightly than our beloved Florida lovebugs.  
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I ran out of quarters, then ran out of dollar bills and then had to go around begging for change for a $20.  Even though there was a person on site, they couldn’t give change since they didn’t have access to the computer.  

Alls well that ends well.  The jeep looks semi-sparkling and I feel better that I don’t have a layer of dead bugs all over the place.  Of course, NPR news announced a Chrysler recall that includes the Jeep Grand Cherokee for my year for the cruise control – the single feature I use most on the jeep.  It apparently will stick on some vehicles and gives the feeling of a run-away jeep.  Mine has worked perfectly.  Even though they recommend not to use it, I’ll continue to do so until I can get it in for the recall. It’s a software update, so I may be able to do it through UConnect.  

The last two days have been good for my ankle.  I’ll probably only do short hikes tomorrow to continue to allow it to recuperate.  

To my Florida family, what gives?  I leave you alone for a couple of months and you go and have the first named storm of the season before the season starts.  That’s not good.  What are you trying to do – welcome me back with a hurricane?

Author: searcyf@mac.com

After 34 years in the classroom and lab teaching biology, I'm ready to get back to traveling and camping and hiking. It's been too long of a break. I miss the outdoors and you can follow my wanderings on this blog.

One thought on “Cross Country Trip – Day 67”

  1. What we’re trying to do is get the house painted and new gutters installed – delayed yet again because of the promise of rain! Now we learn that the vendors are backed up for 3 weeks (because of recent rain). So to ease our stress we are going to see the new Star Wars movie SOLO tomorrow night. Not the greatest reviews, but it will be fun with Ben and Rosemary. Glad you have been able to enjoy a little down time.
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