Young & Stupid? Yes. Have Fun. Pt. 5: Somewhere Between Nashville & DC

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This is only how far we make it after leaving Nashville that day. The drive is just so long and the road is so dark and through the mountains that it is actually frightening. Sometime after midnight I decide that I have to stop. Sadly, we're on one of those stretches of road where the exits are few and far between and even then they don't guarantee a hotel. We come upon Lexington, Virginia and expect that finding a hotel there will be pretty easy. Lies! We take some exit that boasts an Econo Lodge and a Comfort Inn; these sound cheap enough. Unfortunately, they are not sitting close to the interstate, easily accessible to weary travelers. The exit takes us on some other windy road to nothing. I really start to lose it when a deer walks across the road in front of us. Keyword here is WALK. This jerk of a deer just saunters slowly across the street as if it doesn't notice or care that I'm trying to drive. Plus, Sarah reminds me that we're in the heart of civil war land and therefore there are probably hundreds of civil war ghosts waiting to pop out and scare me.

We come across the Comfort Inn only to find that rooms are about $130 a night. Luckily the woman at the desk (sort of) directs Sarah towards more civilization. After finding out that the Howard Johnson and the Holiday Inn are equally as expensive, we find the Economy Inn! For a mere $59 for the night, we book a room and crash for about 5 hours.

The next morning has since been named "The Mad Morning." I won't go into detail, but it involves a lot of tired people who refuse to wake up and the loss of Sarah's favorite pillow. The last 3 hours to DC is a rough one for the group, needless to say.