On the road again

Blog for October 25, 2008

We are on our way to Texas!

After a very nice over night visit with Jake and Rita at Brandon, we started out at 10:30 a.m. The border crossing is always very traumatic for Linda ever since the bad experience the first MDS trip. However, there was nothing to it this trip and soon we were enjoying the fall view of the Dakotas. It was a nice, sunny day, perfect for driving. We didn’t realize hunting was so popular in this area. The fields (and motels) are full of hunters, camoflauge outfits, blaze orange vests, rifles, and hunting dogs! We found they must have a “special” on motel rooms for hunting season, as the first three inquiries were: $99.99!!! Way above our budget! Last year the same room at the same motel in Aberdeen (the last week in Dec.) cost $43.00! We arrived in Aberdeen at 6:00 p.m. and it was still light out, so we kept traveling on down to Redfield. Here they had the same $99. “hunter’s special” at the Super 8. However, we did manage to find a little privately owned motel for $38.00. Lovely room, but no continental breakfast, nor high speed internet. No problem… We found a very nice friendly place to have supper and were told there was probably high speed available at the One-Stop on Main Street, so we drove over there and pulled out the laptop in the parking lot. Sure enough, I was able to retrieve our messages and get back to Shari. The phone in the room works just fine for calling with the calling card.