Motels I've Stayed At

My family stayed here at this Best Western motel in Arcola, Illinois, on Sunday, May 28th, 1978.

Remember when these distinctive and iconic Holiday Inn signs were everywhere? A welcome sight to a weary traveller. I know my family stayed at Holiday Inns a lot whenever we were travelling. I remember their slogan at the time was, "Your Host from Coast to Coast." We even stayed at this one. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Konica Hexanon 50mm f/1.7 Film: Kodak Kodacolor, 100 ASA 35mm Date: June 1978 Location: Muddy, Illinois, U.S.A. Konica 5035 Laurie 16ff

This was the motel I stayed at while on a senior class trip to Washington, D.C. in May 1979. Camera - Minolta XD11 Lens - Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film - Kodak Kodacolor II, 100 ASA 35mm Date: May 1979 Location: Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A. Hotel Sunrise 1979 1df

Located in St. Louis, Missouri. Taken with a Minolta XD11 and Kodak film.

Taken from one of the windows of the Gateway Hotel.

My family stayed here once.

This is the Signature Inn at Evansville, Indiana, which I stayed at in November, 1990. I was there with my first wife, celebrating our honeymoon.

Some of the artwork hanging inside the Signature Inn, located in Evansville, Indiana. I spent my first honeymoon here back in 1990.

This is a night shot of Interstate 44 running through St. Louis, Missouri, taken from my hotel room balcony, when I was staying there in 1991. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: 3M Scotch Color 100 Date: February 20th, 1991 Location: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. XD11 3M 100 St. Louis 1991-3 0df

This was a Holiday Inn my brother and I stayed at while in Cape Girardeau, Missouri attending a Star Trek convention. It's a screen capture from a video I shot while there.

This was the lobby of the Independence Park Hotel, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I stayed here in 1999.

This is the Gramercy Park Hotel, in Manhattan, (New York City), and I stayed at it for a couple nights in 1999.

This is the hotel I stayed at back in 1999 when I visited New York. Technically, my wife at the time also stayed there. Camera: Canon Sure Shot Owl Film: Kodak Gold 100 Lens: Canon Lens 35mm, f/4.5 Date: March 18th, 1999, 10.34 a.m. Location: New York City, New York, U.S.A. Canon Gold 100 New York-3 25ff

This is a Holiday Inn Express, in St. Louis, Missouri, and my nephew and I stayed at it while in town for the weekend seeing Bob Newhart live in 2006. He was great, by the way - very funny guy! 4016d

This is the Deluxe Inn, located in Nebraska City, Nebraska. I stayed there on February 5th, 2008, on the way to pick up my brother's wife in Utah. As my brother-in-law and myself were leaving this motel the next morning, the snow began to fall. We ended up driving down Interstate 80 into the worst blizzard they's had in about 14 years. I'm never going back to Utah again - at least not from this way. I might go up to it from below, but never down I-80 again.

This is the Deluxe Inn, located in Nebraska City, Nebraska. I stayed there on February 5th, 2008, on the way to pick up my brother's wife in Utah. As my brother-in-law and myself were leaving this motel the next morning, the snow began to fall. We ended up driving down Interstate 80 into the worst blizzard they's had in about 14 years. I'm never going back to Utah again - at least not from this way. I might go up to it from below, but never down I-80 again.

This was the Holiday Inn Express I stayed at in Evanston, Wyoming back on February 8th, 2008. I was bringing my brother's wife to stay with me for a year while he was overseas in the Air Force. It was a long ardurous journey to reach this place due to a blizzard that shut down the interstate in Nebraska. But, by taking the "scenic route," we finally made it.

On a road trip back from Utah in 2008, our party got stranded at Evanston, Wyoming because so much snow had fallen and the Interstate was closed. We made the most of it.