Friday, June 23, 2006

The Princess and the Pea


One of my friends told me about visiting New York, staying in a Howard Johnson's, and getting eaten by bedbugs as a result. Since then I've heard news stories about the terrible bedbug infestation in New York hotels, even upscale ones. Brigham City, Utah isn't New York, but I'm still a little squeamish about hotel beds now. Especially in Howard Johnson's.

I've never seen a bedbug, so I don't exactly know what I was looking for when I pulled the mattress up from the box springs. I wasn't expecting to see this though. In Utah even.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

In Utah?? I hope you replaced it with the Gideon bible!

My belief is that ANY bugs in the bed are bedbugs. Hope you only encounter Seagrams 7 for the rest of the trip.

Anonymous said...

Righteously ironic!

Sounds like you're making good time. Looking forward to your next post. What a great series of photos that could make..."Under the Hotel Bed" hmmm?

Anonymous said...

That cracks me up. That must be the only place you can hide your booze in Utah!
I have never thought to look under a hotel box spring. I think I may start doing that from now on...