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| Starbucks mug |
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| Quality Inn's 5 small square pillows |
As for thoughts. I am sure this is not the last time that I rant about Choice Hotels chain and their 5 half-size square pillows. We get a king-size bed for 2 adults and it comes with 5 small square pillows. Again, I have to ask.... what genius had the idea of an odd number of square pillows on a large rectangular bed split by 2 people. I was sure that after our many years absence that this problem would have solved itself. Alas, not. Sigh...
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| Kanawha River behind the Quality Inn/Charleston |
The weather was much better for our return stay at the Quality Inn on McCorkle Avenue in Charleston, WV. We did not realize during the outbound journey's stay there that at least 2 of the buildings backed up to the Kanawha River. Side notes: NC's New River which is one of the world's oldest rivers and it runs into the Kanawha and is one of only a few rivers to flow north.
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| Kanawha River behind the Quality Inn/Charleston |
Most of our trip, we traveled on US Route 35. We got on it in West Virginia as we left Charleston and ended somewhere near Xenia, OH. It was little used and a well-paved 4 lane divided highway. I cannot say that everything of interest was on that road but it was a great road!
Points of interest: Stephen Austin birthplace
Wilbur Wright birthplace (guess what, it is not in Ohio! It is in Indiana!)
We did not stop at either of the 2 above, but on the way back home we did stop at Bob Evans Farms. It was rather a let down as everything but the restaurant was closed up tight. If you've ever been in one of the Bob Evans restaurants then you've seen it all in better photos than ours below.
