We had no problems with the hotel. It was clean, fairly new and we heard no noise from traffic on nearby Interstate 5. Free continental breakfast wasn't great, but good. We were able to get a discount by showing the clerk discount ads from other nearby hotels in a local advertisiing newspaper we picked up at a rest stop on the way south on I-5. Clerk was helpful in informing us of local restaurants, including the fact that I could get a senior discount from age 50 at the buffet at the nearby Indian tribe casino. The next morning, when I asked the clerk on duty where I could find an Internet cafe to quickly check e-mail, she said I could use the computer at the front desk for free. Can't say there's a lot to do in the area, but it worked out conveniently for us.

We drove an extra 15 miles in a torrential rainstorm because we called and they said they had an indoor heated pool. When we checked in the place smelled but after long hours in the car the kids needed a swim so we checked in. The clerk told us about the pool and gave us a suite with a jacuzzi pool. The pool, it turns out, had been turned down, the public hot tub was completely broken and the tub in our room wouldn't keep its stopper in. The bedside lamp stopped working, the wallpaper was peeling, the carpet was dirty and there were burn marks all over the supposedly non-smoking room. The bed was at such a slant we had to sleep with our heads at the foot of the bed. Finally, the walls were so thin I swear I could hear every truck and auto that passed by on I-5. This motel ----- ... one of the 3 worst hotels we've ever stayed in.