Sun, Apr 4, 2021:  St. Louis, MO:  We had an interesting drive back.  We left on March 22 and our first stop was a Holiday Inn in Ocala, FL.  The bed wasn’t very comfortable, which is unusual for Holiday Inns.  So I had a fitful night’s sleep.  I loved the shower though.  It was an L-shaped room with no door and no shower curtain.  Wish we could have one like that at home.  Our next planned stop was Dothan, AL.  We don’t usually make reservations, so imagine our surprise when the Holiday Inn Express was booked solid.  They said there was a Holiday Inn in Enterprise, AL, which was right on Rt. 231.  So, we headed out.  It was NOT on 231.  By the time we realized the directions were bad, we were almost at Troy, AL.  So we ended up at a Motel 6 in Troy.  It was a dump!  I slept with my clothes on.  Left the next morning in my same clothes.  Just washed my face and brushed my teeth.  The bed was comfortable though.  Our next planned stop was Guin, AL, which is just west of Birmingham.  We had a reservation there.  They had a nice restaurant there, so we had cocktails on the patio while we were waiting for our dinner order, and then took our dinner to the room.  Severe weather was forecast for Alabama and Mississippi—directly in our path.  So I wrangled Mike out of bed at 6:00 a.m. the next morning.  We had breakfast and were on the road by 7:00 a.m.  We headed out in a gentle rain, but ran into huge downpours.  I HATE driving in that kind of weather.  Mike took over driving before Memphis.  We had planned on staying in Blytheville, AR, that night, but by the time we were in that area it was only noon.  So, Mike suggested if we kept on going we could be home by 3:00.  So, that’s what we did.  The weather improved until just outside St. Louis, so another hour or so in driving rain.  We made it home by 4:00.  We drove in two-hour shifts, so it wasn’t too bad.  It’s good to be home.