My wife, three-year-old son and I have stayed at the Tropic Isle motel three times in the past four years, most recently this past week, and have always appreciated its 1950s-style architecture, its lovely tropical garden, its clean and well-stocked efficiencies and its location one short block from the beach. There is a new set of owners there now and they seem to be working hard to make the place even better -- for example, they have taken out the tired carpets and have replaced the flooring with linoleum. Also, they now have daily maid service if you like. They also cheerfully provide beach towels, chairs and other amenities. And unlike most "heated pool," the water in the Tropic Isle's secluded pool was about 82 degrees. They even had "welcome" signs for us on the door to our room (we arrived very late). While it is among the cheapest motels on the beach at Deerfield, we could have stayed at chain motels further west for less, but chose Tropic Isle for the above reasons. One slight flaw: while the motel rooms are smoke-free, the motel does cater to a large degree to Europeans. During our most-recent stay this meant everytime we walked to our room we had to constantly pass a cigarette butt-filled ashtray outside a nearby room, even when the occupants of that room were not around. I don't say they should make the grounds non-smoking, but somebody needs to be cleaning out those ashtrays and not let them linger all day.