Using Public Bathrooms

Although this is post is not about traveling, it is about public bathrooms.  This morning, I am in my local coffee shop. I got here early. There is only one guy here before me. He happened to have come out of the bathroom when I walked in. Fifteen minutes later, I walk into the bathroom. The seat is up. Men, please, put the fucking seat down. I get it you pee standing up. I understand. But the majority of the population doesn't we need to sit down the majority of the time. Help women out. We really don't want to touch the seat either. Y'all don't seem to mind to touch it. 

Okay, I decided to call this blog, "Using Public Bathrooms." Why? When one is traveling, one is often using them. They can be awful and gross, clean, hi-tech and amazing or you have to pay for it. It is a common denominator. Every place you travel to has a public bathroom. One may have to search for one in an urban city. When your are driving on a familiar trip, you might have favorite rest stop.

I travel because it helps me appreciate home. I travel because it makes learn. I travel because to makes me come out of this hard shell I have. For example, I was lucky enough to be taken to South Africa when I was 19. It was an amazing trip for me. First, I am an african american that feels a connection to africa. I feel that is where my ancestors are from despite the diaspora. My mom took me. We went to a place called Soweto. It is a ghetto in Johannesburg. To see how true poor people live. To see people live in shacks along side a major highway with no actual plumbing and watch the waste water flow in the street. I learned so much about myself. I learned that no matter what I had a place to live and food to eat. I learned to appreciate my nationality. I have learned several things from traveling. First, New York City is the greatest city on this planet. I have been to several cities including Boston and Paris. I cannot find anything that remotely matches it. I will keep looking....

I forgot how much I love to drive. I love the freedom of driving. I feel like as long as I have some money for gas and tolls I can go anywhere. I have a new driving and trip goal. I want to rent a recreational vehicle and drive for a summer vacation. I would be able to take my dog everywhere with me. On another blog, I talk about wanting to see all 50 of the United States. I just need to figure out the costs. There is so much of this country that I haven't seen. I think that is sucky. I have friends that have moved to the middle of the country. I cannot figure out why (besides the cost of the living is cheaper.)