Roanoke, VA, Here We Come!
June9
Ryan and I have been searching around Roanoke, VA for the past few months trying to find someone willing to rent to us for only 6 weeks while I go to school. No apartment complexes were accommodating, so we had to think creatively. We found a few motels, extended stay hotels, corporate housing, and vacation rentals. Our first trip to VA was very disheartening and disgusting. The weekly rental motels were something out of a horror movie. The “kitchen” area of the room had creepy little critters waiting to greet us. They were just hanging out on their backs with their legs kicking in the air on the linoleum floor.
Gag.
We ran out of there and decided to do some more searching for our next trip up. Last Saturday we had some good prospects lined up, and we struck gold. We found a beautiful, quite, serene, relaxing lake house that is fully furnished. The owner agreed to rent to us for just 6 weeks. There are 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a hot tub, plus dishes and a washer and dryer.
We saw this dream house in the afternoon and still had a few appointments. But even our next stop at a creepy man’s house could not sway us with the grand tour of his basement (that Ryan couldn’t even stand up in) with no walls in the “bathroom,” two nasty cats roaming around, and a sheet hanging up as a divider; his mom (yes he lives with his mom) tried to seal the deal with Ryan by scratching her boobs while she was smoking in our faces and giving us a wary eye. It was a tough call, but the lake house won.
We are so excited not to be staying in a skeevy motel for my time at grad school. This place will definitely help me as I take on my first creative writing class. Hopefully we can send more pictures of the place as we live there for the next month. Now all we need is to get our hands on some kind of boat. Anyone have a canoe? 
Wow… the majority of Roanoke sounds dreamy!
Glad you found a nice place that will be free from creepy crawlies and creepy peoples.
maybe we should come for a visit one weekend!
we will totally try to come visit you in your new digs. i have to googlemap this place.