Road Trip, day two

We were a little worried this morning (Saturday) when we looked out the
window and saw an inch of snow, and snow still coming down, but when we
got to the main roads, they were just wet. Much to our surprise, we
actually saw the sun, although it didn't last long! By the time we
exited Zanesville and headed to Dresden and the Longaberger factory the
car was so slopped up we could bearly see out the windoows. The squegee
at the gas station took care of the windows, but we will have to wash
the car down soon!
When we got to the far side of Dresden, we were kinda confused that
there were no signs for the Longaberger factory, so we turned into the
town to see if we could find some information. The main street of
Dresden has lots of little shops that cater to Longaberger enthusists,
selling accessories like liners, protectors, lids, and retired baskets.
We couldn't help but notice the many women walking around town in their
bathrobes and pajamas! Turned out it was a promotion that the town was
running, giving disounts to anyone wearing pajamas or robes. (Note from
Bruce, some people just don't look good in pajamas and shouldn't wear
them in public...shudder...) After checking out a couple stores we
decided to head to the Longaberger homestead and factory which we found
out were a couple miles away from town. We took a self-guided tour of
the factory (unfortunately no production today) on a mezzanine that also
had exhibits and a gift shop which Debbie says I should have kept her
away from!! We went to the family replica home, where Debbie got the
two baskets she bought signed by Wendy and Larry Longaberger! In one of
the pictures there was a huge office building in the shape of a basket,
but we figured it was't real. We asked the shuttle driver about it and
found out it was indeed real! He told us it was about 15 miles down the
road, but it happened to be the way we were going. What a sight...a
seven story office building shaped like a basket with a handle and all!
Okay, now we are hungry! We saw lots of Texas Roadhouses along our trip
so far, so we decided to look for one. No luck, so we "settled" (lol)
for Red Lobster! After we filled our tummys we started on our 7 hour
trek through Indiana and Illinois to Missouri. Of course, it got dark
by 7 and we regret we really didn't get to see much of the scenery,
although our friend, Mark, assures us we didn't miss anything. We would
have liked to have seen the mighty Mississippi. but hopefully we can
catch it on the way back.
Since we had done okay with Motel 6 last night, we looked in their book
and found one that was located on our route, just north of St. Louis.
We pulled into the parking lot and Bruce became instantly uneasy with
the area and the activity in the motel for 11:30 at night. Our
instincts told us to keep going and look for something in a
nicer neighborhood. Several miles up the road we found another Motel 6
that seemed to fit the bill.
Deb and Bruce
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