First, I typically stay in national chain properties or vacation rentals. I don't usually frequent mom and pop type motels, but I found myself with very few options and I wanted to make this area my home base while doing some hiking and exploration in this area. So, I booked the Homestead based on the fact that it had a vacancy--something other places I had looked into did not and the reviews on this site made it sound pretty decent. It was an acceptable place in that it was clean and it was very reasonable. The motel does not have air conditioning. This was fine during the evening and morning but the temperatures were in the high 80s and low 90s midday during most of my stay and so the room did get uncomfortable.I did not know that it was not air-conditioned until I arrived. When I booked I did not think to ask this question but I did ask about Internet connectivity and was told that the motel had wi-fi. Upon check-in I was told that wifi was not easily had from the rooms furthest from the office. I think there are ten rooms total and I was near the end. I was advised to sit in my car outside the office but when I tried that numerous times I could not log in. I was given a passcode but never could get a signal. I learned that the Java Lava cafe down the street has wifi and so I went there daily to check my email. They close at 2 p.m., however, so this was a bit of an inconvenience for me. There are railroad tracks across the highway from the motel and this is fun during the day when one can watch the long trains carrying their coal, etc. Trains, however, run all night and since there was no AC and I kept the windows open to make the room bearable the noise of the train was very loud. The unit I was in consists of one small room with a bed, chest, and a single chair, a bathroom with tub/shower, and a kitchen. The shower head was about chest high and even though I re-positioned the spray I had to bend down to shampoo my hair. Water pressure was good though the water seemed to spray hot and cold--hard to get it to mix to a warm setting. The kitchen had a stove, refrigerator, microwave, coffee pot, and toaster, as well as pots, pans, dishes, etc. i did not use the kitchen. The motel is a one story long structure very close to busy Hwy. 40 so there is also a lot of traffic noise at night. The room next to me was occupied and I could hear FOX news blaring from their TV, Did I sleep well here? No, I did not. The bed was comfortable, but the place was very noisy. If you book this motel you may want to bring earplugs or perhaps one of those white noise machines. I am not sure either can cover the sound of the trains. There is no free breakfast but I highly recommend the Java Lava down the street for breakfast, There were two bars of soap in the room, extra toilet paper, a razor, Kotex, a squeeze type shampoo packet, and some free samples of anti-snoring products and lotion. This is a pretty basic bare bones place--you get what you pay for. When I arrived a sign on the office door said that the innkeeper would be back at 3 but it ws already 4 p.m. then. I called and left a message saying that I was going into town to look around and for the innkeeper to call me when he/she returned. No one called and i finally decided just to go back and wait since very little was available to do in the downtown area. The office was open when I arrived. That is the sort of thing that does not happen at a chain hotel, and it certainly started my stay off to a less than pleasant start. All in all, I might stay here again if I found myself in the same situation as I was on this trip, but I am hopeful that next time I will book far enough in advance so as not to be. I decided to look on this stay as an adventure. For me, it was definitely that.