What a weekend I had!

First of all, I'm glad I had the A/C done in my car, because it was HOT all weekend.  I would NOT have enjoyed the drive to the Isle if I had been hot.  The temperature readout in my car consistently showed temps in the mid-nineties, and on the way home, it said it was 102 degrees.  I'll admit that my car is sometimes really a Drama Queen about the temperature, especially since the sensor is located about four inches from the engine, but it was really hot.

So I found the place we were staying without any problems, and Nate commented that they must have PhotoShopped the hell out of the photos on the website.  This should be alarming to you, since as you can see, the place doesn't look that nice, even on the site.  The best indicator that we were NOT staying in a four-star result was the hand lettered sign on the check-in counter that said, "You have 15 mins from the time you pay until you request a refund.  If you ask for a refund after 15 mins, you will be DENIED."

Try not to process the scenarios that would lead them to have to post that sign for a bit, and come to my room with me, okay?  Room 254 was last remodeled (and perhaps cleaned) in the late eighties by someone who loved to watch Golden Girls, and thought that Blanche Deveroux had very very good taste.  So much salmon and teal!  Cheap bamboo/rattan furniture!

Are you feeling tropical yet?  My mother calls motels like this "beachy."  I'm thinking that "sordid" isn't in my mother's vocabulary, then, because that's what this was.

But I wasn't there for the motel, I was there to relax and mingle among men.  It was a lot of fun, and I mingled all weekend.  I got meet some great guys, as well as spend more time with people I know, but don't get to see as often.  Great weekend all the way around, and just what the doctor ordered.  (At least, I think he was a doctor.)

I took some photos, and I'll share some of those later.

Usually, when I attend these events, I am tired when they are over, but I wish this one could have lasted longer.  That's always the hallmark of a good party, isn't it?  I didn't get a chance to spend as much time with some people as I would have liked.  That's the nature of these events, I guess.