Motel Adventures
This past weekend we went to the zoo in St Louis. Since for us, it is about a 3 hour drive, we decided to get up to the zoo early, spend the whole day, then drive about 50 miles back toward home to a motel and get a good night's sleep before we drove the rest of the way home. This was a great adventure because in the past 30+ years Gary has not been able to get away from home overnight because of having to milk cows. So, with the cows gone, we thought we were going to see history in the making. I managed to get this quick picture of him as we were sitting in the motel room debating our next move. Why should we have been debating our next move? Great question. We were exhausted from tramping all over the 90 some acres of the zoo and we wanted a bit of a rest before we went to the adjacent McDonald's for what would pass as supper. When we checked in and made our way down the hallway to the room our noses were assailed by a not-welcome stench. Ga...