OK, just for fun, and to prove that not all of my flights of fancy
are *entirely* from my own private store of "fancy," I have to tell a
story. I was driving cross country in the U.S. with my best friend
and former lover, and pulled into Dodge City, Kansas late one night.
Winging it, as was our wont while on Road Trips, we had made no firm
plans, and thus had no reservations at a place at which to pass the
night. Driving along the main strip and seeing "No Vacancy" on every
motel sign, I was starting to lose hope, but then I saw one last
motel. It was one of those "combo" Southwestern Motels, with a small
parking lot for auto traffic, and a somewhat larger parking lot for
truckers. And its sign actually said "Vacancy."
I pulled in, found that there was only one room available, and booked
it. We checked in, and then -- having heard from the desk clerk that
there was no other restaurant in Dodge City open at this late hour,
walked over to the restaurant, where we enjoyed a fairly acceptable
meal. But as we sat there, I noticed that there was a door at the
back of the restaurant, and that many of the truckers, after they had
finished their dinner, left a nice tip for the waitress but then,
rather than retire to the comfort of their rooms or the cabs of their
trucks for the night, walked to this door, said something, and were
allowed inside.
None of them emerged, during the period when my friend and I were
finishing our dinners. I was hooked, curiosity having gotten the
better of me, and so when we *did* finish, I walked over to this door
and asked the bouncer whether we could go in.
He hemmed and hawed and stammered for a few minutes. It was clear
that the vast majority of real, everyday, American tourists who had
dined here had never made such a request of him. I asked again, he
looked at us deeply and seemed to sense something of an affinity
there, and let us in.
It was the gaudiest whorehouse I've ever seen in my entire life.
Velvet Elvis paintings on the walls, only pornographic, with Elvis
doing women of all shapes and colors. Red velvet couches, red velvet
curtains, the whole bit. Truckers sitting around eyeing the
"merchandise," which consisted of fairly attractive local beauties
here to earn enough money to enable them to (dare I say it) Get The
Hell Outa Dodge.
We had a couple of drinks and just watched the show for a while, and
then thanked our hosts and returned to our room. But what a trip, eh?
A normal-looking motel, along a normal-looking highway in fuckin'
Kansas, and yet just Behind The Green Door (literally) in the
restaurant was a serious whorehouse.
I can only hope that the lonely truckers who sought comfort there
found some. I certainly did, and I didn't even partake of the
merchandise. :-)
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Sweet, Rick. Just the kinda place I'd like to pull in to "top up"
while on a Road Trip. In my mind I envision encountering this place
after pulling off the road in some gawdawful Nowhere in the middle of
the Northwestern New Mexico desert, miles from the nearest town, and
finding it to be (to my surprise) a Safe Haven. :-)
Given my somewhat...uh...odd tastes and proclivities, I imagine the
"rest stop" part of this Safe Haven gas station as a kind of cross
between a Tantric Temple in the Himalayas, a truck stop whorehouse
along any major road in America, and a convenience store, in which
one can not only buy highly-caffeinated drinks to fuel one's ongoing
journey, but various medicinal herbs and potions as well. Cash only,
because you're Just Passing Through, and who knows whether there will
be anything left of "you" when the credit card bill comes due. :-)
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Yes, relatively new. A listener in the UK made it for me. Can be
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*Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Sally Kempton: New Interview on Buddha at
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