I Did That For Far Too Long.
I made the first excursion into my new area last week.. with my dad, since he has a truck and insisted that I let him help. It was horrible... Not only did I have to listen to non-stop negative comments about the living conditions up "in the mountains" ...and "so far away from my daughters" but when we finally stopped the first hotel had a funny smell and was roach infested.... we didn't stay there... the second one wasn't much better but we weathered it for one night... let's just say that when you pay for a low-end hotel to save money... you get what you pay for. Luckily I had an idea and called around the better hotels asking for a government rate... and since I had my government ID with me... I got it... so it worked out in the end... we stayed on the second floor across from the elevators and just down from the ice machine... but the first time I went out in the hall for some ice, I made the mistake of doing it while dad was in the bathroom.. he e...