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    Galaxy Motel
    Galaxy Motel
    Galaxy Motel
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    Galaxy Motel

    By Victoria Henry

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    In the 1950s, as automobile travelers hit the road in search of adventure, they discovered enormous fedora-wearing gophers, the world’s largest donut and other roadside attractions along the way. For some folks, the most extraordinary stop of them all was the Galaxy Motel. Through the years, the Galaxy Motel has witnessed the growing pains and culture shifts of a restless America pass through its doors. In their own distinct voice, with humor and compassion, three managers recount the story of their most memorable guest: a teenage girl in the 50s, a runaway musician in the 60s, and a drug addict with a penchant for redecorating in the 2000s. Through their stories, we may be reminded of our own moments, when we discovered something within ourselves while out on the road, in the company of strangers.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVictoria Henry
    Release dateMar 31, 2014
    ISBN9781310821417
    Galaxy Motel
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    Victoria Henry

    Victoria Henry is a technical writer who lives near Detroit. Influenced by Mark Twain, TR Pearson, Mel Brooks and Mad magazine. Her work, Galaxy Motel, was intended to provide a short, humorous read for someone on an air plane trip, or who finds reading a novel to be too much commitment. Presently under construction is the full-length novel Clancy’s Rebellion, a satirical mystery based at a historical battle site.

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      Galaxy Motel - Victoria Henry

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locals, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of either the author or publisher.

      Galaxy Motel

      by Victoria Henry

      Copyright 2014 by Victoria Henry

      Smashwords Edition

      Cover design and graphics © 2014 Matt Watson

      ISBN: 9781310821417

      All rights reserved, which includes the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever except as provided by U.S. Copyright Law.

      Dedicated to my family, friends and all those that supported me through the writing of this book. Thank you Nancy Squires for the copy editing, Larry Gibson for the guidance, and the rest of the Mad Hatter Writing Group for believing a work of humor is worth taking seriously.

      CONTENTS

      Giant Mallards and a Chain-Smoking Jesus, 1956

      A Perfectly Good Cuckoo Clock, 1957

      Huckleberry Hound, 1968

      The Secret of Bobby Rowe, 2009

      Giant Mallards and a Chain-Smoking Jesus, 1956

      The Great Mysteries in life I believe are best left as mysteries. Love, the heavens, aerodynamically designed toasters. Why take the magic out of it? Science and history hold their lessons and I’ve been a student often enough. But in the end, something tells me the key to any stirring curiosity is a measure of physics and a dash of inspiration —a substance for which apparently I have a weakness.

      Others have shared this affliction down through the ages. All fine and respectable folks I like to think. The fellow I hold a kindship to I guess could be recognized by his knowing to be practical when necessary and light of heart at the right occasion, taking life only and exactly as seriously as it needs to be and not one bit more.

      He’s the same fellow who, supposing he lived in ancient Eqypt, most likely applauded advances in engineering and the new understanding of the hypotenuse, yet was bored at the prospect of seeing the Great Pyramids. On news, however, that they built a sixty-five foot tall lion monument decked out with the head of the Pharaoh, he immediately closed the fig shop, took the first donkey cart out, then rode shotgun on a camel hump to see it with his own eyes.

      I believe I could share a good cup of coffee with this man.

      Because like him, I did not know how much I needed to see a giant Mallard. Never had a history of interest in the fowl, couldn’t tell one from a Canada goose in a lineup. But when I heard a farmer put a two-story specimen of one next to his produce stand, I was frankly captivated. Like that Eqyptian, I fashioned my excuses immediately, a need for carrots even though I’m allergic, and drove the 100 miles to see it. Apparently a lot of other folks felt the need as well.

      Now there are gigantic cows, a two-story Paul Bunyan and other roadside attractions scattered along the highway from Boston Harbor to San Fransisco Bay. What a welcome surprise after all those years of bank busts and dust storms, ration stamps and war. If we’ve learned anything from it at all, it’s that we will probably never suffer from a shortage of curiosity.

      Since everyone has a new automobile now and too much time on their hands, it’s clear those attractions provide an important public service—distraction, from questionable casserole recipes and making more babies than can be accounted for at one time.

      George Little is my name, and I do like a good distraction. So does my wife Maureen. So much so, we spent our honeymoon seeing the sights. The giant wheel of cheese. The saguaro cactus snowman. Eating Cracker Jack at the foot of a massive fedora-wearing gopher will always be one of our fondest memories.

      Ever get the feeling you’ve left something behind on one of those floral motel bedspreads just as you shut the door? On that particular

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