September 25: Night Notes and Good Morning Greetings from West Virginia!

We are lounging in this morning at this fabulous Holiday Inn in WV. However lovely it is, I did put in a rough night. There are 2 double beds in the room and WE slept in ONE of them. I had consumed too much Diet Coke (caffeine) all afternoon/evening and also have a bad cough from last week's sore throat so I wasn't sleeping well. Then I got hot during the night so got up and turned down the AC so it would come on. It was blowing away and I was enjoying the cool while Richard was next to me bundling up in the covers like the abominable snowman. He finally got up and turned the AC up so it would go off; and in a bit, I was hot again. We had all of our suitcases piled up on the other bed and I didn't feel like dealing with all of that in the middle of the night so stuck it out. Richard got up real early as is his custom, and THEN I got a good 3 hours of sleep with the bed all to myself. HA!!! We have enjoyed a leisurely breakfast in our room and soon will get packed up and head out of here by 11:00. We have a 250-mile drive to get to southern NJ where we will spend tonight and then find a motel near the subway so we can get around in NYC on Friday and Saturday IF it isn't pouring down rain from the Nor'easter which is presently forecasted!!!