This is a small town that I live near. Several years ago a man was passing thru the area while riding a horse and leading a spare horse. A reporter of the local newspaper met him at a restaurant on the edge of town and wrote a fine article about this man who at 40 or so gave up the rat race and hit the road checking out the USA. Nice romantic article.
Later I spoke with the waitress at the restaurant about the incident. She said when he came in the restaurant, he stunk so bad from not bathing and horse sweat that the place emptied of other customers as soon as they could pay and leave. Many left a lot of food on their plates. She said she had to fight the gag reflex for the entire time he was there.
Oh well, I suppose there are two sides to everything.