We initially were charmed by the Route 66 theme. We planned to take pictures in the morning to add to our collection of places we've been.
It was clean, not dark, had all of the basic amenities. Nothing fancy, but a very good example of a local motel. "Next time we come here we should stay here every time," my partner said. That would have been our overriding view of the place and I had planned to write a glowing review.
Unfortunately, when we checked in we asked if we could have a 12 PM check out. The woman at the desk said they could do 11:40. We joked about this and prepared to be ready to go at 11:40. But at a little after 11 a woman knocked on the door and said check out is 11. My partner was in the shower, and I was working on my computer. I explained that the woman at the desk had said we could have an 11:40 check out. The woman at the door said, no, check out 11 or pay extra. I said we were not ready to leave just then because we had been told we could check out at 11:40 and we'd planned accordingly. The woman just kept repeating that check out was 11 or we had to pay more. We quickly vacated the room and packed up in the parking lot.
By then we were so stressed and annoyed that we decided against taking happy pictures of the surroundings and stay here "every time" changed to "never again." It's a shame because we had been enjoying our stay and it put a damper on the entire day.