Friday, August 4
11:18
Wake up. No alarm was set. Tell the housekeeping knock on the door:
Not just yet.
11:45
Breakfast at IHOP. Daniel gets oatmeal and 2 eggs, Doyle, just oatmeal. Oatmeal is $1.99, while each egg = $1.50.
12:30
Get on the road and get driving. As we get into Illinois it starts sucking as the freeway turns into a toll road. We have no cash and have to take an envelope and promise to send it back in within 4 days. Yeah right. And not only do we have to pay for a toll road, but the road itself is terrible. There is tons of construction being done and traffic is moving at a crawl. It seems dishonest, at least to Daniel, that they make you pay for something that doesn't even work. Doyle is mad that they aren't getting their own taxpayers to foot the bill.
Either way you look at it it sucks.
16:00
Stop to get food and cash at a mall. Daniel and Doyle both get Burritos to eat. Wish that there was a Jamba Juice around.
17:30
Doyle stops to get gas. Daniel is worried that they will never find the highway again after
the Byzantine route they take to the gas station. They do, and it is just as sucky as before.
18:30
Traffic finally starts moving just as Ben calls. Hilarious guy on 102.7 does the traffic report. He talks about a certain stretch of highway and then yells out:Messed up!!!
20:30
We get really hungry part way and stop in Ann Arbor. It is by far the coolest town we've been to yet. We both decide to study at some point at University of Michigan. Have a couple beers at a restaurant called ____ and have dinner. Daniel has a garden burger. Doyle has the house sandwich.
24:10
Try to check into a Best Western. Air show in town, cheapest room: $119. He says we should go down the road about twenty miles.
01:15
Decide to cross into Canada. Rehearse story for the border patrol. Border agent questions and replies: BA: Citizenship? Daniel: Canadian Doyle: US BA: How long have you been away? Doyle: Umm... Daniel: 1 week. BA: How long are you going to be staying in Canada? Doyle: Couple weeks. BA: Any drugs, firearms, or anything else to declare? Doyle: No. BA: Where did you meet? Daniel: Seattle. Doyle: Seattle. BA: Go ahead. Doyle: ! Both are amazed they didn't even check our passports. Agree that it is tempting to sneak weapons and drugs across the border.
01:40
Arrive in Windsor the Canadian Tijuana. Get a beer at the first place we see. Doyle thinks he is being given a free shot of alcohol and puts it back when he finds out it isn't. Waitress is not affable.
2:30
Daniel wants to gamble. Casino Windsor. He changes $50 at the roulette table and wins 35 on a black bet but loses $15 on side bets. $20 up. Goes to first open black jack table. Bets $40 on hand. Dealer shows a 9. Daniel has 12. Daniel hits for a 2; hits again for a 3. He stays at 17. Dealer shows an 11 hits two more times and ends at 17. Push. Daniel bets the same amount. He draws a 14; hits. Draws an 8. Bust. $30 left. Move to other table. Daniel bets $30 black. Ball: Red 19. $0.
03:00
Go to ABC motel. Check in. Room is a bread oven. Turn on the air conditioning and open all the windows and wait for an hour until the room cools down to sleeping temperature. Sheets are mysteriously full of holes.
Wake up. No alarm was set. Tell the housekeeping knock on the door:
Not just yet.
11:45
Breakfast at IHOP. Daniel gets oatmeal and 2 eggs, Doyle, just oatmeal. Oatmeal is $1.99, while each egg = $1.50.
12:30
Get on the road and get driving. As we get into Illinois it starts sucking as the freeway turns into a toll road. We have no cash and have to take an envelope and promise to send it back in within 4 days. Yeah right. And not only do we have to pay for a toll road, but the road itself is terrible. There is tons of construction being done and traffic is moving at a crawl. It seems dishonest, at least to Daniel, that they make you pay for something that doesn't even work. Doyle is mad that they aren't getting their own taxpayers to foot the bill.
Either way you look at it it sucks.
16:00
Stop to get food and cash at a mall. Daniel and Doyle both get Burritos to eat. Wish that there was a Jamba Juice around.
17:30
Doyle stops to get gas. Daniel is worried that they will never find the highway again after
the Byzantine route they take to the gas station. They do, and it is just as sucky as before.
18:30
Traffic finally starts moving just as Ben calls. Hilarious guy on 102.7 does the traffic report. He talks about a certain stretch of highway and then yells out:Messed up!!!
20:30
We get really hungry part way and stop in Ann Arbor. It is by far the coolest town we've been to yet. We both decide to study at some point at University of Michigan. Have a couple beers at a restaurant called ____ and have dinner. Daniel has a garden burger. Doyle has the house sandwich.
24:10
Try to check into a Best Western. Air show in town, cheapest room: $119. He says we should go down the road about twenty miles.
01:15
Decide to cross into Canada. Rehearse story for the border patrol. Border agent questions and replies: BA: Citizenship? Daniel: Canadian Doyle: US BA: How long have you been away? Doyle: Umm... Daniel: 1 week. BA: How long are you going to be staying in Canada? Doyle: Couple weeks. BA: Any drugs, firearms, or anything else to declare? Doyle: No. BA: Where did you meet? Daniel: Seattle. Doyle: Seattle. BA: Go ahead. Doyle: ! Both are amazed they didn't even check our passports. Agree that it is tempting to sneak weapons and drugs across the border.
01:40
Arrive in Windsor the Canadian Tijuana. Get a beer at the first place we see. Doyle thinks he is being given a free shot of alcohol and puts it back when he finds out it isn't. Waitress is not affable.
2:30
Daniel wants to gamble. Casino Windsor. He changes $50 at the roulette table and wins 35 on a black bet but loses $15 on side bets. $20 up. Goes to first open black jack table. Bets $40 on hand. Dealer shows a 9. Daniel has 12. Daniel hits for a 2; hits again for a 3. He stays at 17. Dealer shows an 11 hits two more times and ends at 17. Push. Daniel bets the same amount. He draws a 14; hits. Draws an 8. Bust. $30 left. Move to other table. Daniel bets $30 black. Ball: Red 19. $0.
03:00
Go to ABC motel. Check in. Room is a bread oven. Turn on the air conditioning and open all the windows and wait for an hour until the room cools down to sleeping temperature. Sheets are mysteriously full of holes.
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