Temporary Setbacks

We were planning to take our time in returning to Chicago, but this is ridiculous. We were heading back this evening (after a stop at Swiss Chalet for some fabulous chicken), but it started to snow. Before we crossed the border, we saw several police cars at the scenes of accidents--cars that slid around on the highway, that went into the ditch, etc. I thought that it might be a lake-effect snow that might dissipate as we went inland. It seemed like that might indeed be happening, but then the snow kept on coming. It wasn't really a whole lot--maybe it'll amount to two inches at most--but there was no snow clearance going on on the Interstate, and our speed was reduced somewhat, so we figured that we'd pull over in Flint, Michigan. Michael Moore (does he still live here?) has chronicled the decline of the city, and I don't know if it's still got a hotel district, but.if it does, we couldn't find it. The best we could do is a two-bit motel (for which we're paying more than two bits)where we can't turn down the heat, so we're running the air conditioner at full blast. Thus, the fairly insubstantial post. We hope to get a fairly early start tomorrow, so with luck, there'll be plenty of time for blogging tomorrow.