A Hazy Shade of Winter

[Dracos]

"You know, I'm gonna miss those game systems.... hmm, let's see what's around here."

Dracos keeps an eye out for places to stay, preferrably low key.

Dracos

[Brian]

"Dew Drop Inn," a few larger chains, a Motel 6 ... there's a fair assortment of places you could stop along the way.  The highway is picking up more assortments of towns and budding 'burbs after you clear the border.

[Dracos]

Dracos smacked himself in the head, "What the heck am I doing.  I know how to travel better than this.  Rez, pull over at that gas station."

Dracos gets off at the gas station and heads in and looks for one of those tiny free tourist books that tend to be printed every day and give the best fares for hotels, usually beating out AAA in his experience.

Dracos

[Brian]

The gas station has several, as well as the latest Rand McNally guides.  Though, you already picked a few of those up in Hicksburg, or whatever that sleepy mountain town just before you ditched a tent with active cell-phone was.  Come to think of it, anyone who went after that phone, into the teeth of the blizzard you evaded....

[Dracos]

"yadeda," Dracos checks it out for the best local fares.

Dracos

[Brian]

Best you'll get without 3+ days advance reservation is 48.99 a night single, or 55.00 for up to four people.

[Dracos]

"55?  Decent.  Let's crash, rest, eat, get our heads screwed on straight and plan a route of attack."

Dracos directs rez to the good place.

Dracos

[Brian]

It's decent.  Decor left over from the sixties, but then, the prices are left over from the eighties, so it's a mixed bag.

Wouldn't suggest the pool because it's still really cold, and it looks a little ... green.

Other than that, it's okay.  Two beds and a cot.

[Rezantis]

Rez promptly called one of the beds and collapsed on it.

Dracos did similar on his side of the room.

Ginrai, on the other hand, was left with the cot.  

"You snooze, you lose!"

[Dracos]

"Now, the question is can we get aol for free dial up while we are traveling without installing STUPIDITY upon our computers?"

Dracos

[Rezantis]

"No."

Rez hums.

"Net cafes are fine for now anyway . . . the thing you have to remember about the is that if they intercept an email from an account they know is ours (and they KNOW our email accounts), they'll just read our originating IP off the header of any email accounts -we- have access to.  Any server that we use otherwise could be compromised without our knowledge.  SO, if we start using a dialup connection, they'll probably quickly dig up our connection and possibly track us down whenever we dial in."

[Dracos]

"Fair enough.  So, plan of action from here.  I'm thinking we plot a course to san fransisco stopping at any large/old libraries on the way.  You know, the ones that might have nifty information."

Dracos

[Rezantis]

"Mm, maybe.  I don't think we really have time to be spending a day in every decent library we pass, though, and you KNOW how long it took us to find something in the Harvard library.  I don't think we're going to find, like, a floor plan for where we're heading."

[Dracos]

"Hum, pity I don't have any military connections.  Hum, You know, I'm just going to sleep.  We'll get driving again late and head straight to SF.  I don't think we really should bother with anything else."

Dracos

[Rezantis]

"I concur, excellency!."

Rez promptly falls face down.