Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
Thanks for the report. Always enjoy reading stuff like that on this site. Even Marty's Mexico reports were enjoyable to read.
A few questions:
1) Why are you using Airbnb? Because of the dog? Personally I don't enjoy staying with strangers. Renting a whole house is better, I guess, but still feels a little bit weird.
2) Did you research any of these destinations prior to the trip, or did you just get in the car and drive?
3) Any idea where you will go in January/February? The problem with those months is that everywhere in the country is cold, except for the southern states (and even some of those are cold, if inland). I know you also live in a cold area, but I never enjoyed traveling when it's cold outside, except to ski.
Cleaning up dog diarrhea is the worst. When my dog was 14 years old, she was senile and started to forget to hold it when she needed to piss or shit. The worst was when she had diarrhea, as she was unable to hold it, and was no longer aware enough to come in and wake me up to take her out. For this reason, when she had diarrhea, I would gate her in the kitchen while I slept, so she didn't ruin the carpet. One morning I woke up to find that not only did she shit on the kitchen floor, but she smeared it all over every inch of the floor. It was the most disgusting sight I had ever seen. I got out a mop and a bucket, and I just put out of my mind what I was doing and what I was cleaning, until it was done. Then I had to clean her up, as it was all over her fur, and again I had to just completely tune out what I was doing, and breathe through my mouth the entire time.