I was in Casper Wyoming last Saturday. The weather sucked, cold and windy it was, and there was a rodeo going on somewhere so all of the hotels were booked except the Bates Motel, and I got the last room. Note to self, no matter how bad you want to check out a place, do not accept a smoking room. Move on to another town.
I asked the clerk if it had been aired out and he said it was a smoking room since the place was built, and no. I pulled off the bedding, set up my computer, ignored the fact that towels had not been washed and went walking around town.
Casper’s not a bad place I suppose. The downtown is old and eclectic, it has a good bar (whose name escapes me) and it has the tallest Wells Fargo sign I’ve ever seen.
I had planned to continue East but I needed to be de-liced and scrubbed smoke free, so I headed back home. The photoset is available by clicking the photo below:
OMG, the exact same thing happened to Grant and me, in Casper, Wyo. the night before their big Rodeo Days event. We got the last two rooms in town and I would bet the Bates Motel was nicer than what we got! This was back in 1998. We were driving to Minnesota. Bare springs on the beds and the smell of disinfectant, Clorox and Lysol. I think it was in mid-June, too. Synchronicity?
Synchronicity :-) Magic twanger plunked. (originating post)