On the Open Road

And we’re off! 

 Above: These are the people I road down with! Chase, Ethan, and Kelsey. This picture was taken right before we left for North Myrtle Beach. None of us really knew each other too well before we started our trip, bit I am SO glad that the Lord placed them in my life and I can't wait to spend the rest of the summer with them! :)

The first night stop:

The Sunset Motel...looks inviting right? Wrong. You'd think that we would have taken the neon sign and the fact that almost every room was vacant as a sign to not stay there...

Ever wonder what the definition of a sketch motel is? Well, let me tell you! It was around 2am in Kentucky and we were desperately looking for somewhere to stop and rest..we tried several hotels, but we unsuccessful due to the fact that no one in our car is 21. We then came across the Sunset Motel..it only cost $30/night..a deal right? Wrong. By far the sketchiest motel I’ve ever stayed in, but hey, it builds character! We walk into the room and the smell of old smoke wafts into our noses and the carpeting was moist.  The room is complete with a broken tv stand, a bed (probably filled with bed bugs), a cigarette burned sheet, and a “bathroom”. From the view of the bathroom window there were a bunch of lambs and a horse just grazing away, while we were freaking out about our room.

I know you wanted to see what the animals looked like so here you go...

I felt as if it would have been possible to get a STD from just sitting on the bed. Nonetheless we had to man up and get some rest. While we were just laying in our bed about to go to sleep someone walked past the window and all we could see was a shadow...criminal minds, anyone? We closed our eyes as hard as it was and actually got a legit 7 hours of sleep regardless. The next morning we had to get up early so we could start traveling once again. While getting ready Chase looked up in the bathroom and through the vent there was a syringe that someone had stashed away. (pictured below)

What really goes on in motels like this? Don’t answer that, I don’t want to know!