Sophie in the Woods

Seven AM wakeup after probably one of the worst sleeps of my life. It seemed like every little sound woke me up. We caught the sunrise over the same mountain and packed up./ Thank you campsite T5 for all of your beauty. Started drizzling at 8, right on schedule. Thankfully we had planned for that and were already backed up. Tylenol x2 at 8:30. This is the day with the longest drive. Possible 7 hours. So goodbye Stonewall and hello road and next stop Harrodsburg Kentucky!

Okay so it was only like 5 hours of driving before we got to the hotel. Which was… a 2 star Quality Inn and let med tell you about it. Firstly, when wee walked in it smelled like cigarettes and cleaning solution and the receptionist had missing teeth and the word PSYCHO tattooed down her face. She said she’d only been working there 4 months and he boss was on vacation. Our room hadn’t been cleaned yet at the time of check in so they switched us to room 301. Oh room 301. Let me tell you about room 301. Room 301 was a very odd long L shaped room. The TV was. i would say, over 10 feet from the bed. Not optimal watching distance, obviously. Here’s where it gets interesting though. I made Kevin get out the blacklight- as is customary for me- and boy did the place light up. Every corner, every wall. The carpet. The leather chair. And the most horrifying find of all… actual writing on the wall in mystery bodily fluid. Possibly spelling out KNKK? (Which upon research later may be connected to sex trafficking?) At this point i was pretty desperate for a shower and how was I supposed to get clean when even the shower was splattered with – well you get the idea.

Safe to say i had a panic attack, and immediately began dialing other hotels.

TO BE CONTINUED….