Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: troutbreath on March 15, 2008, 07:22:36 AM
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After getting a laugh at the comments about the "skidmark inn" (I think I've been wearing their flag for some time now) thought it would be good to share some info on bad places to stay.
The one that tops my list was the 4 Seasons motel on the east side of Kamloops. $112 a night for a room that I had to air out all my belongings for a week when I got home because of the cigarette smoke smell impregnated into them. The room was a ramshackle version of a downtown Vancouver crack house. Drug deals are available in their parking lot from 6am on.
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Kinaird B.C. (freezing cold February night) - none; "it" was full so 2 of us had to sleep in a 1970 Gremlin parked behind a roadside billboard.
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It's hard to even find a clean glass in the Cobalt. ;D Generations of cockroaches and bedbugs are the historic legacy of that place.
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In the 80's we would go to the Calgary Stampede every summer and one year dad thought it would be good to roll into town a night early to get a head start on the festivities. Well, every place within 50 miles of Calgary is booked solid durring the Stampede ( :-Xreally?) so after scouring all known lodging in the Cowtown area, we had to settle for what is now remebered as the Mo-hell.
It was early in the morning before we found this dump ( i cant remeber the name or what small villiage it was in), 1 hour outside Calgary, packrats scurrying for cover as we pulled in, the lobby smelled like a bums nuts**k and the guy at counter was real gem as I remember. The floor of the room was slanted in all directions, the toilet seat cracked in several places and lashed together poorly with electricians tape. My mom thought we would all be dead before we hit the pancake breakfast back in town.
The Calgary International was a kings palace after a night at the Mo-hell.
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Similar experience as Trouthbreath. I believe it was the Best Western in Chilliwack. We specifically asked for a no smoking room. The one we got reeked of stale smoke, linens also reeked of cigarette smoke. It will be cold day in Hell before I patronize that hotel again. :(
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Not a hotel/Motel, But the worst place BY a LOOOONG shot was at Loon lake resort. What a frigin DUMP.
Rick
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That was probably High River coryandtrevor :) I still have a scar on my big toe from the persistant case of athletes foot that was surgically removed after staying in a Motel there. Can't remember the name though. Irish coffee in every room was there signature feature. I know what you mean by bad resorts Rp3Flyfisher I stayed at one in Balfour that even that rats deserted. Too many leaks in the roof and using the shower required signing a waiver, also notifying next of kin.
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I won't mention it's name but there is a "local" motel where by fishing buddy and I used to stay where we had to "plead" with them to give us more than 1 roll of toilet paper per day! the bedsheets were never changed and were full of sand and probably other stuff... You could smell that previous guests BO still lingering in the room...
We got in trouble for cleaning fish in the room but I have to say that the room smelled much more refreshed after this!
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I was listening to the radio and the talk show host said he stayed in a place that had a sign in the bathroom saying "do not gut your deer in the tub".
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Fishing the Vedder and need a place to stay? Would advise not getting a room at the Trader's Inn on the other side of the highway!
The rooms are dirt cheap, but I imagine it's similiar to staying in a Turkish prison cell, minus the delight.
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I was listening to the radio and the talk show host said he stayed in a place that had a sign in the bathroom saying "do not gut your deer in the tub".
;D ;D
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every motel and hotel i've stayed in feels/looks dirty to me. no matter how clean the place is there was somebody sleeping there before you and who knows what they did in that place. :-\
Nothing beats camping. What a wonderful feeling is to wake up and crawl out of the tent and plant your bare feet right in the dirt. :D The fresh air and the sounds of birds and cool breeze blowing through your hair is something you won't get at a hotel. And when nature calls there is nothing better than walking deep into the bush to find a nice spot where you do your thing in piece while still enjoying the scenary. :D When eating at a picnic table you have ants crawl up your body all the way to your head to see what you are eating, chipmunks peak out from around trees hoping for that you share some food with them, wasps swarm above your food and try to steal your hot dogs, giant mosquito swarms try to take you away at night if you are not protected. It cannot get any better than that :)
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I'm partial to tent camping because you always choose your site and the view or whatever comes with the place. Fresh cool air to clear out the nasal cavities helps me sleep. The sound of nature right outside the fabric is intoxicating. 8) Bugs are free meals for the financially challenged.
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I'm surprised that the guy who is famous for wearing a Maple Leaf Hat hasn't commented on his favorite accommodation in Yale. ;D
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I'm surprised that the guy who is famous for wearing a Maple Leaf Hat hasn't commented on his favorite accommodation in Yale. ;D
It was very nice thankyou, once I used a can of flea killer. ;D ;D ;D
My best accommodation, sleeping in The Leaf Mobile. ???
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Sitting down in the Cobalt is called crab fishing :)
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I once spent 2 nites in a hotel room in Saint Louis du Haha in Quebec (don't ask) Complete with a bare lightbulb overhead and shared washroom down the hall. There was a live band playing in the bar right under my room til 3 am. The whole thing was like spending a weekend in a Turkish prison.
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The 'No Tel Motel' in Tucson Arizona
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Stayed in one of the old hotels in Squamish in the late 80's for a week, right above the bar they had some stupid older hippie comedian just sat at the piano stark naked and told the dumbest jokes while playing the piano badly and loudly. If you opened your room door in the middle of the night you could look out into the hallway and see mice scurying into the corners and shadows.
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Stayed at a motel in Grangeville Idaho,you could see your breath inside when we checked in. Turned the knob on baseboard heater and went to sleep ,woke up to about 95 degrees (f)
at two in morning. turned heat down, freezing ten minutes later. You could sit on the throne with your head in the sink.I could go on but it was an adventure!
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Stayed in one of the old hotels in Squamish in the late 80's for a week, right above the bar they had some stupid older hippie comedian just sat at the piano stark naked and told the dumbest jokes while playing the piano badly and loudly. If you opened your room door in the middle of the night you could look out into the hallway and see mice scurying into the corners and shadows.
Sounds like the old Chieftan Hotel. ;D ;D Watched the Leafs win their last Stanley Cup there, 1967. ???
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Stayed at a motel in Grangeville Idaho,you could see your breath inside when we checked in. Turned the knob on baseboard heater and went to sleep ,woke up to about 95 degrees (f)
at two in morning. turned heat down, freezing ten minutes later. You could sit on the throne with your head in the sink.I could go on but it was an adventure!
Sounds like the "Chundoo Motor Inn" in Ft. St. James. We checked in there one February to find a 6 inch long icicle on the sink and a toilet bowl that was frozen solid. Was ok once it warmed up though, other than the fact that the room we stayed in was originally a hall of some sort that had been renovated into two rooms. You could talk to the people in the other half at a normal voice, and see the light from their room over the top of the wall were it met the ceiling.
Worst one I didn't stay in was the Daffodil motel, somewhere in Washington state. It was recommended to us by a "friend" when we couldn't get a room ANYWHERE due to a convention of some type. When the front desk person asked if we wanted the room for the whole night or just by the hour, we decided to sleep in the truck instead.....
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Sportsman Motel in Spencesbridge,got woke up one morning in the late 80's by something that blew open the door,made the curtains hang sideways and sat on the bed beside me.I sat up nobody was there..grabed my clothes bolted out the door drove away and parked down the road waited for daylight to go fishin.It's been long since closed I wonder why?
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The absolute worst had to be the village inn in kamloops,we used to stay there every summer when we were up playing the sandpipers,not very clean,smelled bad . to many stoned and drunk hookers and the pub was like everyone was caught up in a time warp,but it was cheap and as far as team management was concerned thats all that mattered,but on the bright side it was walking distance to one of the more happening night clubs in town.
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Sportsman Motel in Spencesbridge,got woke up one morning in the late 80's by something that blew open the door,made the curtains hang sideways and sat on the bed beside me.I sat up nobody was there..grabed my clothes bolted out the door drove away and parked down the road waited for daylight to go fishin.It's been long since closed I wonder why?
I guess they had not told you about the ghost of Spences Bridge before you checked in. :-X
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The Deerview Motel in Princeton takes it for me.
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can't remember the name of it,the motel was on the northside of Kamloops in the mid eighties almost under the bridge. the drill crew booked in there and all ended up with fleas. One of the guys forgot something one day and returned to the motel to find a hooker plying her wares in his room. the manager denied even knowing she was there.The owner had a $hit fit when he found out.
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the worst motel i have ever stayed is an one in Las Vegas....arrived there on busy holidays, all hotel or motel were booked.....the one we went to were very dirty....forgot the name
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the worst motel i have ever stayed is an one in Las Vegas....arrived there on busy holidays, all hotel or motel were booked.....the one we went to were very dirty....forgot the name
El Cortez ?