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November 07, 2007
Travel Tips
We have just passed a restful but short night in the Day's Inn of Gastonia, North Carolina. We are en route to Columbus, Georgia, where, tomorrow morning, my brother will graduate from Army boot camp. The family is convening to celebrate his accomplishment and wish him well. But Columbus is far from Chestertown, and so we had to make a pit stop last night.
Right around 2:00am we pulled in. The Gastonia Days Inn had been our destination from the start, both because it was geographically situated at the approximate limits of our driving endurance and because, according to Robbi's research, it is "pet friendly." What does this mean?
1) we pay an extra $5
2) a crazy schnauzer barks like mad every time Iggy walks past the room in which it is spending the night
3) Iggy gets her own bed
Frankly, the idea of her own bed unnerved her, and she ended up sleeping on the floor.
She also had to eat her dinner (and, subsequently, her breakfast) out of a two-cup pyrex since someone forgot to pack her dog bowl.
Though any inconvenience or discomfort she might have felt on that front was surely made up for by the scalloped hand towels.
Those who do not know me will probably not be shocked to learn that, as a man who loves his comfort, I travel everywhere with four fine pillows. The scalloped hand towels were but the extra icing on my cake of luxury.
All in all, the Gastonia Days Inn was a nice place to pass the night. Keep it on the short list of places to take your dog on vacation.
And now we travel to Atlanta, to meet up with my mom and Dean and travel to Columbus with them. More stories of the main event to come.
Posted by bogenamp at November 7, 2007 08:54 AM