Since the entire bill for two nights was $120 I obviously wasn't expecting much. I wanted a non-smoking room with two queen beds for myself, my husband and our two boys.

The motel is off of a busy rural highway, and I was dismayed when we checked in and the woman at the desk was behind a window like at a movie theater. That made me VERY nervous.

To my complete surprise, what we got was a huge and spotlessly clean room. I am VERY picky and have called housekeeping in many a 4 star hotel. It had a tv, CD player, some sort of VHS or DVD player, microwave, small fridge and a small table to sit and eat. The bathroom was completely marbled and tiled and the beds were extremely comfortable.

The only quibble was that there were only 3 skimpy bath towels in the room so I grabbed a few more off the maid's cart to rectify that. There was no hair dryer, but I had anticipated that and brought my own.

Final thing - my kids have noticed that at very fancy... more