Day 1 - Part 4 "They still use key-keys?"

From the expressway we could see our motel’s neon sign. From that moment forward, we expected the worst. We got the rate we wanted but everything else has just been a moment similar to. . .

As I was thinking about how to finish that sentence, Aaron said “Hey, a bug just walked across your back.” I don’t think I need to finish that sentence anymore.

At the front desk, we were given an actual key-key to our room. I know it’s not the craziest thing in the world but as Aaron put it, “in 25 years, I’ve never experienced this.” Walking to our room we saw rooms completely destroyed, mattresses leaned up against the windows and broken windows with wood repairs. Needless to say, we emptied the car of everything valuable and hid the instrument in the closet. If we’re never heard from again, our instruments are in room 217 at that shitty motel at exit 70 on I-80.

The good news is that we have been talking with my friend Dave about things to do tomorrow in our spare time and it looks like we will take a train to Chicago for a day of walking around. The bad news is that our free day now begins at 7am in order to get to Chicago by lunch time, but I have a feeling that the pizza will be worth it. I haven’t been to Chicago outside the airport since 2007 so I’m sure it will be like a new experience.

Now to sleep in fear.