B&B Experience 2

The second B&B stay was unplanned . We were in an accident in one of our trips down south in middle of night, middle of nowhere and it was raining like crazy. Lets leave the details of the accident for another day.The cop came in, called in the tow guy and tried to see if there was a motel close by for us to spend the night.There was just a B&B a few miles away and NO hotel around that state highway.

We checked into our second B&B Faircroft at almost midnight and our host was gracious and considerate towards us after he knew what happened. That night, we tried to get some sleep, but both of us were freaked out.

Next morning, it was still raining and all we saw was scattered homes, each on a really big lot and the house just across the B&B we were staying had a barn and a few horses. Well, this place was the rural America. Not the one that we see in movies, really small town, struggling businesses, people trying hard to make ends meet and yet had huge homes and had horses for pets .Yeah, I know, I dont get it too.

Our host Bill was a retired teacher, and he told interesting things about changing education system in the US and the politics associated with it. Described how people were leaving the town to move to big cities.He drove us around the town, showed us other two homes he owned and was renting. And spoke about how he fixed those homes himself.He dropped us in the middle of the town to get some lunch. We got some lunch and after that went around window shopping, looking at our phones ever so often,to hear about the replacement vehicle. The rain still hadnt stopped. Dont have many pictures , but just one shot of the gazebo in the town

After lunch, Bill came by and picked us up.For rest of the afternoon his wife gave me company and had a lot of stories of her own to narrate and I enjoyed listening to them as well.

Finally the call came, and we were on our way back home.Ha, it was one heck of a trip, but the warmth of our hosts at B&B made us feel comfortable.True, they had never ending stories and the least we could do was lend a patient ear.We paid only for the room, but received kind words and warm regards for which we could only pay with gratitude.

If you were to ask me, if I recommend staying in a B&B, I would say yes, just for the experience of it and you would be meeting interesting strangers and also be supporting small businesses esp retired people.

And this quote for our hosts, who made our most uncomfortable day comfortable -God Bless them both

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. ~ Mark Twain