Rural Route Motels

I'm back from my travels.

I slept in my own bed last night.

Although I only had one truly awful bed on the road and that was in a motel of questionable character.  I knew it was going to be iffy going into it, so it's my own fault.  (I didn't photograph where I stayed.)

I saw some really great motel signs on the way home.  These three (Hi-Way, Candlelight and Ozark) were all within a few miles of each other.  I almost didn't stop at the first one, but turned around and went back.  When I saw the other two, I was glad I had stopped.   It was totally worth it.  I think all three of these places were open - some day I'll have to look into staying in one or at least touring a room or two.

The sun was right overhead and since there was very little time lapse between the hotels I had the same lighting issue with all three.  Too bright.

Look at the sky - there wasn't a cloud anywhere to be seen.  It was hot and bright.  What a difference from Michigan, even though I had really great weather in Michigan, too.

I saw so many old Coca-Cola signs on my last jaunt and I thought about stopping to take a picture of every one of them.  Then I noticed that I had only minimal battery left.  

Ooops!

What kind of photographer doesn't have a fully charged battery?!!

So this was the only coke sign I captured.  I really liked that the post is the same color as the coke sign and neither one of them is red.  They are very orangy.

What a great trip to Michigan and back.  I know I whined about my computer dying and then allergies which turned out to be a cold - but I had a blast.  My dear friend Bob came to my birthday party and stayed the weekend.  I went out to dinner with a different friend or family several nights each week.  I even had a slew of lunches with friends.  I saw people I hadn't seen in years, traveled out of Lansing for a weekend, took a few hundred photos, went to a cider mill, got my computer repaired and hung out with my family.   They say you can never home again, but I think you can.  I loved it.

Thank you everyone who visited with me, put me up and put up with me :)

Enjoy!
Kristin