I look for a lots of things in a motel. Some are the following: Do they have a good cable channel selection, including all the 24-hour news channels? Do they have wi-fi? Do they have places to eat nearby? Are the rooms clean? This establishment had all of those. Plus, it's right on the edge of town where you can take HWY 21 to get to Great Basin National Park. (That's a beautiful drive.)

They have a 24-hour "Penny's Diner" attached to the establishment, and that's where you check-in. Check in was a tad slow, and that potentially could have lowered my review of them. However, the young lady checking me in was also busy with other things, and when she did get to me she was very friendly and courteous and actually checked me in quickly. (It might have just been my perception that it was slow. You know...waiting at a counter, you're first in line but no acknowledgement for a while?) Included in the check-in was a piece of paper with wireless internet information as well as a coupon for $7.50 off breakfast in the morning at the diner. So, essentially, it's a free breakfast depending on what you order. I thought it was a great idea because you could get the breakfast you wanted and it was nearly free or free.

Getting to my room was easy, via an inner hallway in an adjacent building, and I felt a little badly because I tracked some Zion National Park dirt into the hallway. Not a lot, but enough to leave footprints. Anyway, the room had Direct TV, a decent bathroom, and a recliner! The recliner was actually a nice touch. As to the condition of the room, it was spacious and clean. The wireless internet was a little squirrely, though. It would connect for perhaps 10-15 minutes and disconnect for 3-4 (meaning you could NOT reconnect for 3-4 minutes no matter what you did). I'm not sure if this was their way of preventing people from downloading big stuff or if it was really a bug in the system. It was a definite drawback, and it could have potentially lowered the rating.

The diner. This is perhaps why the whacked internet did not detract from the rating. An on-site, 24-hour diner. If I wanted a burger at 2AM, I could get it. To me, in a town with not that many choices to eat in the first place, the inclusion of the diner (and it being 24 hours) was a definite plus. This aspect alone would make me want to stay again at this establishment. Anyway, I did actually get a burger for dinner, and it was easy to go order and tell them I'd be back in 15 minutes, go to my room, and return in 15 minutes. As I recall the burger was pretty darn good. (I didn't ever go there at 2AM, because I was tired, but I considered getting up just to go make use of the 24-hour diner!) In the morning, I got a great breakfast that was slightly over the $7.50 voucher price--by a couple bucks, I think.

Overall, I was very satisfied by the Oak Tree Inn. In a small town with not that many choices to stay in or eat at, this fulfilled both very well. It's approximately halfway between the 200-mile drive that connects Zion National Park and Great Basin National Park, too, for those of you planning trips.