Unfortuantely I am not aware of any quilt shops along your path of travel, but I can relate to your DH getting "short with you" while you are enjoying yourself in the LQS's. We have been married 43 years on June 30th - and he has never been a shopper. He figures out what he wants, goes, buys it, then out of the store. I try to leave him home whenever possible - or if we are traveling, then send him somewhere down the street. When we were in Berlin and I was in a fabric store that his friend took us to, my DH and his friend went down the street, found a phone booth and took silly pictures. So we all had a great time.