We got out of Seattle just ahead of the big one on Wednesday night but we only made it as far as Centralia before we were forced to stop and evaluate the situation. After a quick discussion we decided to get a set of chains while they still had some, get a motel room and give it a go in the morning.
Finances being what they are we decided to go all out for the luxury of Motel 6. $49 +$3 for wireless internet and tax came to about $54. We asked for a non-smoking room. In fact, we ask for a room as far away from smoking as possible. What we got was a room that smelled like they converted it to non-smoking 10 minutes before we got there. While there wasn't actually a sweaty, chain smoking 450lb man in our room, it smelled like it.
Trying to make the best of a bad situation, we striped all the covers off the bed put down our own sleeping bags and turned off the heat to keep the smell down as much as possible. Then, the satelite TV went out. Three kids, two adults, a very stinky, very small room with no TV is a BAD combo. We turned to our old friend, the internet. Quickly we signed up for a netflix account and started streaming cartoons straight to our room. Underdog saved the day. Best $8.99 I ever spent.
7 comments:
NICE. Sounds straight out of Bardsleyland. Love those kind of family adventures... later when I can blog about it. :)
The atmosphere of a stinky smelly motel room is the BEST!! - not!!
That sucks, but glad you were able to make the best of it!
Been there, done that. On our way to Utah once, we stayed in a crappy motel in oregon- and it not only reaked of smoke and was filthy but there was actually piece of a crack pipe on the floor.
I hope you made it okay and you have a fabulous Christmas! Miss you already!
Keep on coming Dervericks! You can do it! We are excited to hang with you soon!
Lisa
I'm glad you guys made it ahead of the storm! Hope you had a great Christmas.
Remember our motel experience in Boise. Very similar. However what I remember most, is that we had a great visit with the then Utah Hinze family and saw the movie Mulan together at the Boise Cinema. And boy did we have a van full. Barry, Margo, Lisa, Annie, Tara, Jeni, Eric and Brandi.
Can't forget the speeding ticket some "retired" law enforcement officer got on our way. MEMORIES, it's what we have most of.
Glad the Netflix thing worked out. Nice save. What would have been even more ironic: you buy Netflix, and click on some cool cartoon like Underdog for the kids. But, instead, it starts streaming some grainy webcam shot of a sweaty 450-pound chain smoking man watching Underdog on TV.
Stay strong. Fight the fight. Power to the people.
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