tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post1964959211226534161..comments2024-01-06T13:54:47.570-05:00Comments on The Retirement Chronicles: Travel ObservationsThe Retired Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466803019073952351noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-84764503203996423172009-12-26T19:51:42.786-05:002009-12-26T19:51:42.786-05:00Claudia: Welcome to my blog, I am so glad you foun...Claudia: Welcome to my blog, I am so glad you found it! <br />Yes, isn't the hotel experience one of many different adventures? Then you see your "neighbors" the next day and they both look like librarians or something. haThe Retired Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02466803019073952351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-66483324931832973952009-12-26T18:40:00.516-05:002009-12-26T18:40:00.516-05:00Just found your blog and I am having a laughing go...Just found your blog and I am having a laughing good time reading it. In reference to item #2. I had the pleasure (???) to be awakened by two people getting it on at 3 AM one morning. I think they thought they were at home or were having a tryst and did not care if the made noise. I was just wishing one of the would hurry up and not try for a hat trick.Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714440790407126206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-2727944492843605592009-12-22T16:35:24.203-05:002009-12-22T16:35:24.203-05:00SquirrelQueen: I just joined one of those chain ho...SquirrelQueen: I just joined one of those chain hotel/awards dealies on this trip...so now we will see if it is better if we always stay in those types of hotels each time we travel. <br />I get my computer back tomorrow, so keep your fingers crossed for me...he already told me he found some of my photos and I think he found ALL of them...gosh, I hope so!! He is going to add a few programs to make saving future photos onto my external hard drive easier too, so that will make me feel better for the future!!The Retired Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02466803019073952351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-41154299038842879692009-12-19T21:52:30.636-05:002009-12-19T21:52:30.636-05:00You hit all of my pet peeves for road travel, #4 b...You hit all of my pet peeves for road travel, #4 being at the top of my list. I will do everything short of causing an accident to not let them in.<br /><br />Hotels, we have one favorite chain (because of the points) and so far so good on everything. I usually ask for the top floor or outside corner room. <br /><br />Sorry about the computer problems, if I lived closer I would help for free.SquirrelQueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00634513897599275287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-89627290462883810062009-12-19T15:36:48.159-05:002009-12-19T15:36:48.159-05:00Life: Thanks so much!! Please join on as a Followe...Life: Thanks so much!! Please join on as a Follower if you haven't already, I would LOVE that!! We recently traveled to Florida and that will be it for a few weeks..we may go down towards Chicago next week for a quick trip to see my eldest daughter, but we won't be staying in any motels. ha<br />Please make sure you join the blog and I look forward to many more comments from you. I will check out your blog too!The Retired Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02466803019073952351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-37848426653637972612009-12-19T11:57:42.505-05:002009-12-19T11:57:42.505-05:00What a great blog. I saw your comment above me at ...What a great blog. I saw your comment above me at The Pioneer Woman today and I came over to say hi : ) Nice to meet you! Hope your travels over Christmas are wonderful and you don't have to deal with too many high heel wearers above you :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07874897254332872367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-68104249737243972302009-12-18T20:26:28.517-05:002009-12-18T20:26:28.517-05:00RNsane: I love the name of your blog...and welcome...RNsane: I love the name of your blog...and welcome aboard to mine! I am so glad you found my blog. I usually do a lot of photography, but my computer that has most of my editing programs on it has crashed and I am hung up a few days without being able to post them. I am going crazy waiting to post more pictures!!<br />You will find that you will love retirement! (Even if it was forced). I don't know how I worked all those years now that I am off. ha Looking forward to having you visit often and leave comments! I will stop by and visit your blog soon.<br /><br />Cathy: Go to www.fotosearch.com to find pix for your comments...it is the best site I have found..they have a lot of royalty free ones and a huge collection. Just go to the search engine and type in what you want and it pops up with a ton of choices...I LOVE it. <br /><br />Sara: We haven't met up with any sports teams in hotels, but I can just imagine the noise and fun they want to have when staying at a hotel and hiding from their chaperones. haThe Retired Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02466803019073952351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-72216303196446980482009-12-18T16:33:25.034-05:002009-12-18T16:33:25.034-05:00I knwo what your talking about, my Hubby and I alw...I knwo what your talking about, my Hubby and I always end up with the early noisy raisers, it drievs me nuts, and we always end up on a hotel when there is a big group of girls or boys for sports, so loud and gigglySarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05747765696446486573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-4727775408953962542009-12-18T14:55:46.293-05:002009-12-18T14:55:46.293-05:00NOW you know why it is so nice to be camping in yo...NOW you know why it is so nice to be camping in your own home (AKA RV). But some of those things about people on the road and what they are transporting under those tarps, etc...yep, makes ya wonder. I don't miss staying in a motel at all. Where DO you come up with these perfect pictures to go along with each comment???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-11925029097829799522009-12-18T14:07:50.075-05:002009-12-18T14:07:50.075-05:00I just discovered your blog because of the "c...I just discovered your blog because of the "collection" Sharkbytes put together. It is absolutely marvelous. Being a not so happy retiree this year ( the city and county of San Francisco eliminated my forensic nursing position of 21 years ), I need all I can find to cheer me up and your blog is certainly helpful in that arena!RNSANEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02841873957894861725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-84747558370375747672009-12-18T09:06:54.619-05:002009-12-18T09:06:54.619-05:00Bernie: How awful! I think the only way to stop pe...Bernie: How awful! I think the only way to stop people from smoking in hotel rooms is to install extremely sensitive smoke alarms that will go off if they light up. <br /><br />Kearsie: That finger move has taken me YEARS to perfect. ha Yes, it was wonderful seeing my daughter. If only the weather would have cooperated. And now? I can't get my pictures downloaded, the dang computer that I have the tools to do it has crashed, along with SEVERAL of my older pictures. I am crushed.<br /><br />Lesley: I forgot about that one! You are correct...there were at least three of them that had a fan but obviously no vent because it stayed steamy the whole time. A few didn't even have fans.<br /><br />Grannyann: So glad I just wasn't a crabby traveler and others experience the same frustrations. <br /><br />Shelley: They say it is to beat the traffic, but for me, travel is about the adventure and seeing things in DAYLIGHT. What fun is it to drive in the dark???<br /><br />Ratty: Maybe THAT is it. I will wear my can't-smell-my-blood perfume then! :-}<br /><br />Lucy and Dick: yep, heard THAT once too. That is what wake up calls are for, no? Although I was shocked one day because I called the desk and asked for a wakeup call at one hotel and they said "I'm sorry, we don't do that here". I was shocked.<br /><br />JJ: It is so funny that people flip each other off...I never do that while driving. (I have felt like it, though) ha<br /><br />Blissed: Don't you ever wonder what they are doing? Just ONCE I am going to get dressed, go up and knock on the door and ask them. ha<br /><br />Ramblin: the only thing about traveling that many miles and getting up so early and traveling is that you must have to travel in the dark...and miss so many things you get to see in daylight when you travel. For me, the most fun part of the trips is seeing/catching things as you travel. We never travel in the dark...we just take a couple extra days to get there instead so we can go in the daylight and stop at sunset. You are lucky to be able to take so many trips, though...just hope you get to enjoy them...traveling that many miles a day would only exhaust me.The Retired Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02466803019073952351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-31035012597606794152009-12-18T02:10:33.089-05:002009-12-18T02:10:33.089-05:00We, too, travel well together. Good thing as we&#...We, too, travel well together. Good thing as we've made three cross-country drives this year alone, not to mention quite a few weekend runs of 200-600 miles one way. I agree with the pushy driver comments 100%. Our neighborhood is surrounded by road construction at the moment and I see it every time I leave the house. Those must be the same "special" folks who also park in the parcel pick-up lane at the market. The towel shortage is my biggest complaint about the hotels along the way, too. I have long hair and a large body. Maybe they could cut out the hand towels and give extra bath towels instead. We are some of those 4 a.m. folks (but we do try very hard to be quiet. We do it as we try to cover 700-750 miles a day on a lot of our trips so we either have to go early or late. And yes, traffic is often that much better! We live just off I-95 and it is much worse after 6 a.m.Ramblin Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10370462257976522563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-5751722673855864992009-12-17T20:21:07.627-05:002009-12-17T20:21:07.627-05:00We had one of those high-heels-from-hell-at-6 a.m....We had one of those high-heels-from-hell-at-6 a.m. situations last time we traveled, and it drove me crazy. It sounded like the whole room above us had a tile floor, and this person click-clacked from one end to the other time and again, pausing only to let me fall back to sleep before waking me again. Aarrgghh.Nancy/BLissed-Out Grandmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17223278142557533175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-90924346581186605812009-12-17T19:13:05.067-05:002009-12-17T19:13:05.067-05:00Re: #4 - my mom will nearly cause an accident whil...Re: #4 - my mom will nearly cause an accident while trying NOT to let a "sneaker" (as she calls them) in. It's pretty funny to watch their frustration. I've never seen so many 'one finger salutes' in my life. lol!J.J. in L.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14394864319127058771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-53253846250492839192009-12-17T18:30:26.074-05:002009-12-17T18:30:26.074-05:00What normally happens to us in hotels is the guy w...What normally happens to us in hotels is the guy who had the room beside us sets the alarm clock for yesterday and it goes off today at 4 in the morning and Dick has to call the front desk to get the night clerk to come up and turn it off!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339761246576419905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-28128247408009947132009-12-17T18:01:27.793-05:002009-12-17T18:01:27.793-05:00I think those 4am people are vampires. That's ...I think those 4am people are vampires. That's why they have to move while it's still dark. I'd make sure the doors are all locked and the blinds are all closed.Rick (Ratty)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04062449024949497557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-15569135727028538872009-12-17T17:41:47.625-05:002009-12-17T17:41:47.625-05:00This made me laugh! Great observations! I too have...This made me laugh! Great observations! I too have wondered about the 4 am people - where the heck are they going? Maybe we should follow them....Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534904024320623895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-64759369577394986632009-12-17T17:28:53.486-05:002009-12-17T17:28:53.486-05:00You hit the nail on the head.You hit the nail on the head.grannyannhttp://www.anntuckerblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-19618998849593622342009-12-17T16:38:34.013-05:002009-12-17T16:38:34.013-05:00I'm with ya on the towel thing! And what's...I'm with ya on the towel thing! And what's up with the hotel bathrooms with no exhaust fan?? Everything ends up damp and moldy including the one little soggy towel. ewwLesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17726995606953732736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-24910651167849917862009-12-17T15:21:30.731-05:002009-12-17T15:21:30.731-05:00Oh man Joan, you are RIGHT!! What is UP with all ...Oh man Joan, you are RIGHT!! What is UP with all that? <br /><br />Also, I hope you had a gigantic ball and enjoyed your time with your daughter!!<br /><br />And finally I think I need to learn that finger move b/c I only end up shredding half the roll.Kearsiehttp://soundsliketomatoes.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-42084125114473500132009-12-17T14:59:58.541-05:002009-12-17T14:59:58.541-05:00Loree: Men don't get that we do that, do they?...Loree: Men don't get that we do that, do they?<br /><br />Sue: I never flip anyone off for doing it, but I sure would like to have a big sign that I could put up in my window that says: Why are YOU so special that you get to go ahead of everyone else?". ha<br /><br />Jeannette: Why do you get up so early to get on the road? (Just curious). The traffic really isn't that much lighter then is it? Yes, I am thrilled too that Michigan has passed legislation to limit smoking in public places...it is so much better going into restaurants, isn't it? My daughter has asthma and when she was little we had to leave in the middle of a meal because the smoke bothered her breathing so much. I might have offended a smoker with my post, tho..I dropped from 201 to 200 followers today. <br /><br />Alan: Glad you liked it! (smiles)<br /><br />Ashley: we are back now, but I have been struggling with my computer for days now and can't get my memory to let me even save pictures to a CD. I am in big trouble and sinking fast. I am going to have to pay someone to help, I think.<br /><br />Roshni: Yes,you are right. If no one let them in for a few hours, maybe they would "get it" next time they tried to do it again. But those types rarely do "get it" do they? <br /><br />Eva: yes, the three thousand of us polite ones "get it" but unfortunately those people do not.<br /><br />Jientje: You are welcome for the recipe, did you make it yet? did you like it? I felt so bad that I couldn't get my emails to send out until I got back from vacation...but at least I got that part solved on my laptop. Now if I could get my picture dilemma fixed I would be a happy girl.<br /><br />Brian: Just be glad I didn't use the TP FOR a towel. ha I would STILL have those little shreds of paper hanging on me. <br /><br />Betsy: We hated Holiday Inn's in years past, but maybe the Holiday Inn Express's have improved now and we need to give them a shot. We actually had some chances this trip to stay in them, but due to our past bad experiences we passed them by. I will try them next time on your advice and see if they have improved, as it sounds like they have.The Retired Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02466803019073952351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-27246786236348631312009-12-17T14:47:13.138-05:002009-12-17T14:47:13.138-05:00I have lived through everything you did on your tr...I have lived through everything you did on your travels. This summer when I arrived at a pre booked hotel I had a horrible experience....when I opend the door to my room I could hardly breathe for the smoke (and this a non smoking room) when I went to the desk and told them I couldn't stay there she wanted to charge me anyway.....she couldn't and I didn't but it was stressful for awhile.<br />I laughed at the beanie babies as my nice has so many on her back window....it has warmed up here tremendously.....:-) HugsBerniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03024565921761129108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-84395821568199521112009-12-17T14:03:31.081-05:002009-12-17T14:03:31.081-05:00Hi There, Like DJan, I relate mostly to #4 and #6...Hi There, Like DJan, I relate mostly to #4 and #6... I also get sick and tired of pokey people driving in the left lane on the interstate. Good Gosh--that is a "passing lane"... Pass someone and then get back over in the right lane!!!!<br /><br />We do a fair amount of traveling and ALWAYS stay in a Holiday Inn Express. It is always quiet and we never hear people in rooms around us or above us. They just build those motels really well... They have no smoking FLOORS. And most of the time, they are VERY reasonably priced. Try one sometime.<br /><br />Hugs,<br />BetsyBetsy Banks Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16223591156634767330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-13527396101456573462009-12-17T13:36:34.050-05:002009-12-17T13:36:34.050-05:00#4 totally irks me...
lol. sounds like you have h...#4 totally irks me...<br /><br />lol. sounds like you have had a bit of fun int he hotel between the TP and the towels...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-41671481267372520912009-12-17T12:35:26.383-05:002009-12-17T12:35:26.383-05:00But I love your writing too and this was a very fu...But I love your writing too and this was a very fun post! I love your sense of humor! Good luck with the pictures!<br /><br />By the way thanks for the pumpkin pie recipe!!!Jientjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14133675047491618720noreply@blogger.com