Bidet-Free Wanderlust: Searching for Cleanliness on the Road

The struggles of travel without my hygiene hero

AI image created using prompts by the author. This is what the Midjourney image-generating bot thinks a bidet looks like.

My husband and I just returned from a 10-day road trip across the majestic Land of the Free, our beautiful America. There are few things in life that evoke the sense of home more than that of turning into your own driveway, unlocking the front door, and seeing that everything is in…