Hi Sean,

As long as you have a working fridge and microwave in the room, that
made a lot of sense. We've very often found rooms where the
fridge/freezer is so iced up so as to be impossible to use, not that we usually use them. An overnight defrost job (leave the door open, put
down towels) usually restores it to working order.

I can't remember the name of the hotel I stayed at but it was a huge
room with a small office area, complete with a largish fridge and a 1100-watt microwave oven. The appliances were top-shelf and it was
very nice to "come home" to after a really tiring day. Once my
finances get better, I might do that for the weekend so I don't have
to cook dinner. :D

Sounds like a more upscale place than what we usually got. We'd get a
basic room with the combo fridge/microwave and just a small table/chair
for "office space". But, since it was for just a quick overnight and hit
the road early the next morning, it didn't need to be deluxe. I usually
brought my own pillow as most often pillows in those places are not that
great. Some places had "breakfast included" but the next morning when
we'd go down for breakfast, we'd find it to be a heavy carb assortment
of stuff we usually don't eat. We'd just check out a bit earlier than
planned and go to some place where we could get some protein to go with
a lighter amount of carbs. (G)

That way, if you don't feel like being social, you don't have to be.
We're not checking into motels much any more as we usually haul the
camper with us. If we do get a motel, we semi binge watch cable tv channels for a couple of hours, usually Food Network and Discovery,
with a bit of the Weather Channel.

I wasn't social after those long days. Now if the upper management invited me to dinner, I never said "no" (would be rather rude to do so unless I was physically hurt or ill). But most of the time, I'd get

I understand. We usually got a motel room on our way to or from visiting parents as it is too long a drive for one day. Now, since we bring the
camper most places, we don't have to get a room. We have gone for a bed
and breakfast a few times, a bit more upscale, but everything is so much
nicer. (G)

back to the hotel room, shower (you'd be amazed how dirty factory IT
can be), nuke my dinner, and eat silently watching some TV or movies
on my laptop.

Probably what we'd do, if travelling as singles. (G)

I'll check it out on line, probably not bother checking it in person.

My parents and I went to our local UGO yesterday for ice. My
refrigerator went out on Tuesday and it won't be replaced until Monday
or Tuesday so my parents brought me a huge Igloo cooler I won at a
company picnic when I worked at Leclerc. Right now, the "sensitive"
cold stuff is in the cooler with two half-melted 20# bags of ice and
it's working well.

Our camper fridge died on day 3 of our trip out west this spring. We
bought a heavy duty cooler at W-M to suppliment our Sterling Free Piston (medical grade) cooler. Had to buy ice every so often for the new
cooler; the SFP one kept the sensitive stuff cool on just electricity or battery. When we got home, Steve ordered/put in a new fridge; we'll give
it a test this week when we head to the Outer Banks for a few days.

The UGO was very spartan but had lots of product. ALDI still beats

Never heard of them.

their prices on many things but they do have a lot of "odd job"
products there for a good price. They did have a good price on "breakfast-cut" pork chops so I bought some to have for dinner tonight
and tomorrow. I wouldn't go there for my everyday shopping but if
they have something in their weekly ads that catches my eye, I'd go
there to get it.

Sounds like Lidl; we don't buy many groceries there but it had all sorts
of other stuff.


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