Nebraska

Made it to Grand Island, Nebraska yesterday... about 800 miles, so we're ahead of schedule to make it to Berkeley in three days. It helps that we cross into a new time zone each day, giving us an extra hour of driving each day.

Last night was rough though... we tried about 6 motels before we found one that had vacancies and accepted pets. We finally found a Motel 6 which allows one pet, so we put both cats in a pet crate and brought them in. Surprisingly, they dealt with that pretty well. But while we were driving around looking for a motel, the muffler came detached from the exhaust system. So first thing this morning (7:30am) I called the nearest Midas and asked if they might be able to do something with it this morning. "I'll see what I can do..." the man says. I drive right there, they weld the thing back on in 10 minutes and say "you're all set".

"What do I owe you?", I ask.

"Nothing."

Wow. Fixed for free first thing in the morning. I'm still amazed. Now we can resume our cross country journey.

Stella is doing most of the driving so I can read the new Harry Potter book. I'm loving it!