Well, I should not complain, because we have had a phenomenal trip for over 3 weeks, but last night was the first bad experience in a hotel on this trip. The Best Western in Athens Alabama is a true roach motel, with 1/3 of the shower covered in black mold and little critters crawling about. It was gross. Unfortunately, after such a long day of driving, there was absolutely no way I was going to get Brando to move out and find another hotel. Even though we have done a lot of camping in our lives, I was struggling to equate the lack of cleanliness to the great outdoors, because I would have preferred the fresh air and clean dirt over this place. Needless to say I woke up at 5:00am ready to go. Brando thought
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