Good evening all. We ended up taking another night in Columbia. Hopefully we will get up at a good time tomorrow and get another full day of driving. The sister is still sick and I just couldn't drag her on the road again.Permit driver and I have taken the opportunity to try and seek more real food for our meals while we are in an actual town.
Exploring in the light of day, I realized that the Quality Inn is across I-70 from the College (I think the University of Missouri). Anyway, when we went in search of food it was a lot like the U-district; difficult parking and lots and lots of pedestrians. The store fronts were considerably cuter though.
I couldn't figure out why the streets were so packed on a Saturday until I overheard a student and realized it was orientation. I am assuming early decision orientation or something? So many of the cars had parking tickets. I felt bad for them. By the way, you can get about 30 minutes on the meter for $.25. I was stunned the parking was so cheap. I got so excited I accidentally put 2 hours on the meter when I finally found one I could get the Suburban into.
This is the atrium outside our room with the pool. I know the photos are way too dark to really get a sense of it, but it is actually a very peaceful and nice area to walk out to. These views are literally outside our door.
Yep! That's Permit Driver's room alright! So, an indoor pool!? How cush!
ReplyDeleteI love that you over paid on the parking. $.25 is nuts! But that's the midwest for you. They aren't restricted by water or mountains = lots and lots of space (or cheap parking).
ReplyDeleteIn fairness I was in the room with her - it was a pretty even explosion. I just tend to keep mine to one corner.
ReplyDeleteIt was such a strange hotel; it would have actually been considered an older one of the "nicer" ones out there but it was actually a really pleasant place. We lucked out.