Cleveland, OH - June 12, 2013
On the way into Cleveland Leighann quizzes her smartphone
for hotel deals. Her system is this:
1) Check Priceline for a list of affordable options.
2) Check TripAdvisor for reviews to vet them.
She’s good at the hunt, and you’ve got to actually read what
people write. Some reviews will only give one-star citing, “staff wasn’t
friendly enough,” and go on to describe the most comfortable room they’ve ever rented.
We’ll stay at those. If the words “bug,” “insect” or “spider” appear anywhere,
however, that hotel does not exist for us.
On at least one occasion a review has stated, “the whole
property smelled like fried chicken.” We could not tell if it was positive or
negative.
In the adventurous spirit of exploration, we’ve considered alternative lodging such as AirBNB and
CouchSurfing, but have yet to find deals significantly better than the
available hotel rooms. Well, some
deals have been better but we weren’t feeling adventurous enough…
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After combing through several options in Cleveland proper,
Leighann finds a severely discounted room at a resort 15 miles east of town.
It’s a $49 rate for a normally $130 room, and all the reviews are positive. She
books us with a tap of her thumb and we hit the highway.
The resort turns out to be the nicest hotel we’ve stayed at
in a while, and we are sad it’s just for one night.
I’m excited, though, that
tomorrow we’re going to Chagrin Falls, the childhood home that inspired Bill
Watterson when he wrote and drew Calvin
and Hobbes. I know it will be like many other small towns, and I suspect
the famously private artist would find it a little absurd for people to travel
there on his account (he doesn’t live there anymore), but I am going in search
of a particular photograph, if I can get it, and because it is a mere 30
minutes out of our way.
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