We knew we weren't getting the best of the best when we rolled in un-announced at 11:45 p.m. on a Wed night because we just couldn't drive any further, but...the room wreaked of cigarette smell, like trying to cover it up with Febreeze smell. The kids were exhausted so we dealt with it. What's worse than that, how about turning on the a/c at two in the morning to have it actually pump more cigarette smell into the room. It was as if someone were standing in the doorway smoking and blowing it in, awful. We buried our faces under the sheets and just put up with it for a few more hours before hitting the road again. The sound from the freeway was atrocious also, not something that can be remedied by the motel I know, but something to think about. There were actually what appeared to be boogers or some other disgusting body waste on the wall of the bathroom across from the toilet. To top it all off, a trip to the free continental breakfast in the morning only to find minimal, at best, choices and a dead fly in the milk container. Turlock is more or less the armpit of CA and was put in our rearview mirror quickly. Never again!
