First, the pros:
It’s in a beautiful area and the staff could not have been nicer. The motel grounds are great for a mountain setting and the creek is nice.
Now, the cons:
I felt that the pictures on the booking page were very deceptive, as they make the place look modern and well kept. While it does appear that some of the flooring and paint is new, this is still very much a budget motel kind of place. They use the term “lodge”, but this is very much a “motel” style setting. I have stayed in better Motel 6s or Super 8s.
Kind of clean, I suppose, but for the price I would expect much cleaner. Everything in the room had either an old look or an old feel to it. The linens were mediocre. The bed was very loud. There was no air conditioning or even a fan, making our stay in July pretty uncomfortable. The pool is old and barely maintained, and the hot tub area is cluttered and awkward.
If the price was $80-$100, this would have been a five star review. There is nothing about this place that warrants more than $150 a night, even in today’s economy. What I paid was outrageous for what I got, hence the negative review. I did not feel that I got at all what I paid for. Our next night was at a Hampton in Denver where I paid quite a bit less and got quite a bit more for it.
