Three days of misery

The STS has gotten off to a rocky start, to say the least.  We canceled one NY reservation because I didn’t like the reviews – with the loss of a $50 deposit – and had to cancel the second NY reservation when the truck failed on us and delayed the trip – at a loss of $167 (all 3 nights because it was a “holiday weekend”).  Then we had to hire a hauler to get the RV down to Berkley, MA, for repairs ($260) and spend 3 nights in a hotel ($265).  And, to complete our misery, we both came down with nasty head colds.

There is nothing good to say about spending 3 days in a hotel, with dogs, sniffling and sneezing, except, perhaps, that the dogs seemed very comfortable on the bed.

We had originally planned on spending a day visiting the mansions in Newport, but the colds killed that. We did rally enough to take a day trip into Providence, the highlight being the search for the Johnson & Wales bookstore (Jett’s son had attended J&W), which was surprisingly difficult to find. Our GPS deposited us a mile from the actual location. I had to use my smartphone GPS to ferret it out. But we did get to see more of the city than we had expected. And, as cities go, it was very pleasant with some interesting buildings. We also found a downtown urban park that we liked.

We got the truck back on Thursday (almost $1,200). So, before the STS started in earnest, we had spent almost $2,000.