Okay, I admit I'm frugal, and I tend to be even more frugal after paying the exorbitant tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, but I've generally had pretty decent experiences with Motel 6 in various places. This one was a disappointment, however.

The front desk employee seemed to have no interest in volunteering information of any kind, so answers to any conveniences or amenities have to be asked in advance.

After just having driven through hard snow and sub-freezing temperatures for about two hours, it was a bit of a shock to walk into the room and find the air conditioner running full blast. The heater did work well, but was one of those that seemed to have little middle ground, so it was a matter of waking up several times in the night to either turn it down because the room was suffocatingly hot, or turn it up again because the room was cold. I've seen lots of hotel heat/cool units that seem to handle this task quite well by themselves, and it shouldn't have to be a luxury place to have a heat unit with a decent thermostat.

One of the items that the front desk neglected to tell me was that there was a charge for Internet, and since it was a freezing cold night and I was about as far away from the office as could be, I didn't feel like trudging back up front to make those arrangements at midnight, so... "Sorry" was the only response, and didn't seem quite good enough.

Oh, and the pillow. Somehow the word pillow seems to suggest softness and comfort. This doesn't seem to be a major issue with most places I stay, but the pillows in this room were so hard that I ended up with a major stiff neck the next day, as well as restless sleep.

The location is right at the end of the commercial area, and because of the median in the highway, it's about a 4 mile trip altogether to go down and turn around to come back to the interstate. Unfortunately, all the places to get breakfast are on the same side of the road as the motel, so because of the median, you can't get to them from the motel except by walking up the busy highway. And once you've made the four mile loop to get back to the interstate, all the restaurants are on the other side of the median, so it means yet another four mile loop to stop to eat. Poor planning by the highway department!