So, it’s 11:40pm on Thursday night and Meg and I just checked in to our second hotel for the day. What!?! After we returned from supper tonight, we were chilling out in our first hotel room and I saw… something… crawl. It came from behind a picture on the wall, and it clung to the wall. Wisely, I asked Meg to slowly back up before telling her that there was a huge (about 4-5″) roach crawling down the wall. This was one big boy.

Somehow, I chased (yes, I chased) him into the bathroom where I (1) cornered and trapped him and (2) proceeded to take multiple photos of him. Did I mention you should always travel with your camera?

After I sealed the bathroom door and trapped the roach, I went downstairs armed with my ire and a camera full of photos to demand a full refund. I explained that my 7 month pregnant wife was in a freakout, and I wasn’t too happy. “A roach?,” the receptionist said, and then I showed the photos. Refund happened pretty quickly after that.

So… about an hour and a half later, we found another hotel with one room left (It’s Memorial Day weekend in Charleston, SC) and we’re just settling down.

I’ll share the photos later, when I get the USB cable from the car. OOOOOh, I’ll be writing my first hotel complaint letter soon. But for now, vacation on!