On the Road to Nowhere - Texas Trip Day 1

This morning at 10am we departed from Kelly's mothers house on a one way trip down to our new home in Texas. We stopped in East Hanover briefly to visit Lori & Madison, then set off down route 287. We travelled today through New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia, and about 100 miles north of Roanoke we pressed the little blue button on our OnStar unit to get signed up. We spoke to Stacy, who took all of our information and registered us for our one free year that came with the Buick. We were signed up for a free service that emails us monthly diagnostics on our car, which is amazing. In addition, she advised us that we could extend our handsfree phone service by 100 minutes for only $14.99. That sounded absolutely wonderful, so we signed up. Due to a clerical error, she gave us 130 minutes instead, which was just fine by us. She also booked us a hotel in Salem, giving us a price of $89.99, which included breakfast. She downloaded the route straight to our car and we decided OnStar was just about the best thing since peanut butter.
We made it to Salem in about an hour, about 8:30pm, and the car lead us directly to the Days Inn that Stacy had booked for us. Prior to going in, we ran across the street to grab some dinner to eat in our room. Christian got Subway and Kelly, of course, grabbed sushi next door. When we entered the hotel lobby, dazed and exhausted, Front Desk Tim advised us there was no reservation for us. We were bitterly dismayed, but he made it much better by booking us one of the last rooms for $71.00 (noticibly less than the $89.99 OnStar had advised). Because of the mixup, OnStar also agreed to extend our annual subscription till February 2009, so a further 3 months. We were very happy about that too.
We actually love the hotel, where we get a full breakfast and everything, not to mention the free WiFi which I am utilizing right now to post this entry. And on top of ALL of this, Law & Order was just starting.
Productive Day.