We finally found one...

Yes, in a perverse twist the family has concluded that the bathrooms are uncommonly clean wherever we travel here in Turkey and so we've been on the lookout for at least one smelly bathroom. We've spent at least 30 hours in the car in the last month which has meant lots of gas station and off piste bio-breaks in the middle of nowhere and the cleanliness of these bathrooms has been nothing short of remarkable. No photos for this blog entry but why can't we do this in the US? I've asked the women in the family to give me a reality check and their collective view is that every service station bathroom in Turkey has been better than any service station bathroom in the US.  How is this possible? It reminds me of 30 years ago or so when McDonalds figured out that clean bathrooms were a key attraction for bringing folks into their stores. Somehow Turkey got the memo that most of the US and Europe missed regarding how much travelers REALLY appreciate clean restrooms. Comments welcome on what I'm missing here.