Nancy wrote --

> Guess someone was a little careless, and the SUV was just a bit
> top-heavy.... I'd guess just a one-car accident....

  There are several car crash video sites on You Tube.
  All to often when an SUV is involved in an accident they tend to tip over
or go belly up.  In general sedans don't.

> My bottom line is avoiding hassles wherever possible...  

  Words to live by.  

>  JM> I used the booking.com app on the phone 

> (the first place you saw...?)

  I used the app on the road but the first two at home on the pc.  That was
the main reason for my rushing about at first, knowing that often if one
doesn't check in by a certain time the room is rented to someone else. The
reservations are made on line but p
  Mostly I just stopped at the first decent motel I came across.
  Sometimes if near a big town or popular tourist site I would check
booking to find what was a available and prices.
  Funny event happened.
  I was in Roswell, NM and booked a room about an hour before check in.
  The clerk was rather suspicious for some reason.
  My debit card has my first name, then Joe, then Mackey.
  The clerk eyed me, then the cards (along with my drivers license which is
needed everywhere) and asked why there were different names on them.
  I told him that was me.
  Why does this (debit card) read "Joe" and the license J?  I said Joe is
my middle name.  
  Again it was look at the cards, check my photo against my standing there
and again asked "Is this you?"
  It was so funny with his questioning me in his East Indian accent.
  Another strange thing happened often.  
  I would have to sign in on one of those screens and sometimes it looked
merely like a squiggly line, but it was always accepted.   
  Joe
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