Airbnb

We’ve stopped two nights on our way to West Virginia to visit my cousins. Our first two Airbnb’s were a showcase of contrasts one can expect with this type of nightly shelter. Our first night ( top photo) was in a basement apartment in a two family house, the upstairs was rented to a full time tenant. We entered through a somewhat dingy basement hallway to a fairly pleasant but spartan 2 bedroom apartment. Although I found the place initially acceptable, Karen commented that it could use a ” deep cleaning “. We took advantage of the washer/dryer knowing it could be a few days before we had another opportunity to do any wash. The dining room table was elegantly set with attractive dish ware etc but there wasn’t a cooking pot or spoon/fork in the place, odd. The dealbreaker was the lingering smell of raw sewage . It was too late to bailout so week just went to bed early. We awoke to a full blown blizzard the next morning. We packed up and left as fast as we could.

Out next stop ( the bottom 3 photos) was a lovely apartment over a garage in our new hosts back yard. It was fully stocked with food and treats. Wow, what a difference from the previous night. We loved staying here.