Right now, we've about decided on the East Peoria Holiday Inn Express. We stayed there when it was a Baymont Inn in 2000 when one of our girls married and the reception was held next door (that hotel is gone now). The rooms were very nice at that time.

Costs appear to be about $ 86.00 USD per night with any allowance for AAA or AARP discounts and without any discussion with the hotel as of yet. Thinking this would be a good place because of the moderate cost and the fact it's very near the park where we wanted to have the picnic (maybe a mile) and less than that from Corky's where we're planning on for Saturday Night's Dinner. Corky's is faxing us a menu and we'll pass it on to you when we get it later today or tomorrow. Up to about 11 people and they said we could simply order off the menu ... 11 or more and they suggest we tallk to them and work out a menu that could be prepared and served as a unit (so no one is waiting while the others eat )

Attached are pictures of the hotel (outside and lobby area) and Corky's from the outside (very nice inside).

I'm going to try and stop at the hotel tomorrow and talk to them about any possible group discounts and to see if maybe five or six rooms could be grouped for us so that when we make reservations our rooms will be close together. After I do that, I'll publish their phone number and address and a map on how to get there.

I'll also post some pictures of the park where we'll have our picnic (weather permitting). We'll figure out a backup location if it (heaven forbid) rains.

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