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| - The layout is a little unusual: four buildings, all one floor, laid out more like a college campus than a hotel. (Or maybe a whole bunch of small motels which got amalgamated into one, except that the architecture is consistent throughout.) The price was considerably lower than other hotels in the area, which made me wonder if it might be a dive, but I stayed at another America's Best Value Inn in Seattle once, and while it wasn't exactly luxurious, it was clean and my bed wasn't lumpy.
This place was even cleaner. There wasn't the faintest whiff of tobacco smoke in the linens. My floor was hardwood, although another room had carpet, so I assume that they're in the middle of transitioning to the hardwood, which makes sense from a cleaning point of view, and was very pleasant on my feet in such hot weather.
No dining facilities at this class of establishment, but there are a couple of fast food places right nearby, so that's not an issue. Not much road noise from the I-90, either. (At least, not from my room, which, admittedly, was near the back of the complex.)
The soap had a light, pleasant, lemony smell. Not overpoweringly perfumey, nor chemical and nasty. Good choice.
My bed was made up somewhat oddly. The top of the flat sheet was tucked in so tightly I was afraid that there would be no fitted sheet under it (there was one), but the bottom wasn't tucked in at all. Maybe I was supposed to sleep with my head down at the foot of the bed, I don't know.
In the morning, the door handle came off in my hand. I got the door open, but it just added to the weirdity of my stay.
Not a place I'd want to take my sweetie on our honeymoon, but cheap and sufficient for my needs at the time.
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