Another Long Day

Have to back up a bit here and go back to last night.......Doug and I had a nice dinner at a place called O'Charleys which is a knock off of Applebee's and Chili's and went back to our motel room and found that the lights we had left on were off. Tried all light switches and nothing worked, looked at the other customer rooms and they all had lights, so Doug went to the office and it took awhile but we finally got lights. The next morning we went to Starbucks for coffee, bagels, and a newspaper. We read the paper and found that a man had murdered his step-father two night before by stabbing him 40 times and big surprise they found the killer at the motel we were staying at. We decided that tonight we would spend a little more money and stay at a motel with a little higher clientele.

Today was a 8 1/2 hour 550 mile drive. Weather has warmed quite a bit, Doug put on long pants in Minot and took them off today, 10/22, he does not plan on putting them back on for a very long time. Still has a little color on his legs so not to bad.

Stopped in Berea, KY today to see the Boone Tavern Hotel which is on the Berea College campus. Berea College is for students who can not afford to go to college, they pay no tuition but have to work on the campus to pay their way. The college is over 100 years old and the buildings are beautiful, big brick structures. This is the second college that has no tuition we have visited, the first was in The Ozarks outside of Branson. What an opportunity for family's who can not afford to send their children for an education and to break the cycle of poverty

If all goes according to plan we will be in Sarasota tomorrow evening.