Julie's Vacation on a Stick Photo TR - Day 7

[USRoadTripper]

All the photos from this day can be seen no my website at:

http://www.fyabulous.com/onastick/travel.html

 

July 16th

This was my travel day, when I needed to get from Toronto to Cincinnati. I left the hotel at check out time, which was 11:00am. I filled out a comment card, and mentioned the privacy issue to the desk clerk. She seemed apologetic, but not sincerely so. This hotel was very nice, but I'd never stay there again just because of the intrusive nature of the staff.

 

I headed out west on the 401, and was gonna cross back over the border in Detroit. As soon as I got on the highway, I found another Swiss Chalet and ordered another garlic cheese loaf and fries. I savored every bite of that magnificent bread, and felt a sense of loss when it was all gone. Ok, I'm being dramatic, but damn, there is just nothing like this bread in the world. I drove on, and it rained most of the way. I stopped at a Petro-Canada for a few bucks worth of gas to tide the car over until I got back to the US, and stocked up on Mr. Big bars and Aero bars while I was there.

 

The border crossing was like a police interrogation. They wanted to know where I had been, how long I'd been there, who I met, how I met him, how long I'd known him, what I did for a living and how long I'd done it, who the car belonged to and why I had it, and other stuff that I don't even remember now. And at the end, it seemed like my answers weren't good enough, but he was being nice and let me back in anyway! The guy actually said "I guess that's good enough" as though I were lying!

 

I stopped at another Big Boy for dinner in Michigan. This was also the first time I'd ever been in Michigan. I got a ceasar salad and blackened chicken alfredo. The salad was fine, but the alfredo sauce was horrible!!! It was this clear yellow color and was almost the consistency of a gel. I told the guy I didn't like it and asked if I could just have some plain pasta with parmesan cheese. When he returned, the new pasta was fine, but sort of blah. I just didn't want to risk getting the marinara and it being nasty too.

 

Nothing else interesting happened during the drive. It rained a lot until I got into southern Ohio. I was staying at the Homestead Studio Suites Blue Ash in northern Cincinnati, a hotel I'd booked through Priceline. I got there around 8:00 or so, and the room I got was wonderful! It had a full sized fridge, two burner stove, dish washer, dishes...and a recliner!!! I was so stoked to have the recliner since I was in early for the night, and had just planned on watching TV anyway. I wish it had had cookware because I thought that I should take advantage of that kitchen and cook something. But I'd have had to buy cookware, and I wasn't about to do that! I wasn't very hungry anyway, so I ate one of my Aero bars and I watched TLC most of the night.

My recliner and bed in my Cincinnati hotel!

My full kitchen in my Cincinnati hotel!