Quick morning post

Yes, it was a chilly night but I made it through!  ☺I was in my sleeping bag by 830 and was planning on reading for a little while,  however it was a little too cold to keep my hands outside of the sleeping bag. So I put on my headphones and listened to a book instead.  Pat, my nurse manager, had suggested a book by John Steinbeck, called "Travels with Charley", a true story of a big road trip he did across the United States with his dog Charley. It is a great book,  narrated by Gary Sinise.  The first day of travel, though,  I had to switch to music at one point as I was in need of a coffee and Gary's voice was putting me to sleep.  Anyway,  was great to be snuggled up in my down sleeping bag and have a bed time story read to me by Gary. 
Thankfully I packed fleece sheets to bring with me also, so I wrapped the fitted one around me in the sleeping bag and then put the other one over top of me. There is little room in the sleeping bag as it is, because of the mermaid shape of it, so with the fleece sheet in there too I was rendered somewhat immobile.  But except for my nose,  which I kept ducking inside the bag, I was pretty comfy. Now getting out of the bag this morning was a slightly uncomfortable experience because it was very cold.  The bathroom was a three minute walk and I definitely did the pep step. There was a shower there but the bathrooms weren't heated so the thought of stripping down in around temperatures of 2-3 c made my decision for me. I also wimped out of cooking breakfast and am typing this at the local McDonald's with hot coffee and free WiFi. 
I will be leaving Elliott lake this morning and continue to head west. Am seriously considering a hotel for the night, if only to have a nice hot shower. John Steinbeck did that while he was traveling in his truck,  only he went in and had a bath and then slept in his truck.  I don't think I will follow his lead and set up the tent in the hotel parking lot if I decide to go the cushy route tonight.
Ps. McDonald's in Elliott lake is obviously the meeting place for seniors in the morning.  This place is packed and I am the only one under the age of 60 and definitely the only one poking away on a keyboard!