Comments on: Dirtiest Hotel for 2010 http://www.beachbumparadise.com/dirtiest-hotel-for-2010/ The Life and Travels of a Professional Beach Bum Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Johnhttp://www.beachbumparadise.com/dirtiest-hotel-for-2010/#comment-8768 John Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:00:45 +0000 http://www.beachbumparadise.com/?p=602#comment-8768 Excellent post, that you for writing such an interesting article. Excellent post, that you for writing such an interesting article.

]]> By: Cassandra Maynardhttp://www.beachbumparadise.com/dirtiest-hotel-for-2010/#comment-8726 Cassandra Maynard Fri, 28 May 2010 18:01:29 +0000 http://www.beachbumparadise.com/?p=602#comment-8726 A friend and I stayed in the Fall River Inn in Fall River Mills, CA for only one night - thank God. Before long we began calling it "The Bate's Motel" and this is why: There was only one vehicle in the parking lot on a Saturday; that should have been the first warning. The room was a "cottage" with a kitchen. When we opened the door, there was the smell was of burned food, stinky feet and who knows what? The carpet was so covered with stains and hardened patches we couldn't tell what color it was. There was only one electrical outlet with two extension cords plugged in with four outlets each. Plugged into those were the TV, fridge, microwave, heater (yes, a portable heater!) and two lamps. Two of the outlets were burned black and not useable. The mattresses were extremely lumpy, we could see through the sheets and the bedspread was torn and stained. The kitchen was filthy, with visible dirt and grit on the floor, burned food on the stove, and dust and spider webs everywhere. Also, the kitchen was "shared" with the unit on the other side of it, and the door from our room into the kitchen did not lock! We piled the chairs and lamps up against the door to give us some warning should someone try to enter our room from the kitchen. The bathroom had a shower stall that had been painted, and the paint was pealing off in large patches. The small window in the bathroom was fairly new, and the framework had not been finished, leaving raw concrete and chicken wire exposed. The sink and toilet were not cleaned, and both had hairs of various descriptions on them. Now for the best part; in the bathroom, one of the "walls" had been slid open to expose the water heater closet, which was festooned with thick dust covered spider webs and dead spiders. The floor of the closet was covered inches deep in garbage, and struck matches. One wall was covered with 1950 vintage paneling with wild life scenes stenciled on it. We took several pictures of this horrible room, and I wish I could send them to you! Sad to say, but since there were no other rooms available in the two other motels for us to stay in this remote town, we were stuck. Luckily we came out of it unscathed. A friend and I stayed in the Fall River Inn in Fall River Mills, CA for only one night – thank God. Before long we began calling it “The Bate’s Motel” and this is why: There was only one vehicle in the parking lot on a Saturday; that should have been the first warning. The room was a “cottage” with a kitchen. When we opened the door, there was the smell was of burned food, stinky feet and who knows what? The carpet was so covered with stains and hardened patches we couldn’t tell what color it was. There was only one electrical outlet with two extension cords plugged in with four outlets each. Plugged into those were the TV, fridge, microwave, heater (yes, a portable heater!) and two lamps. Two of the outlets were burned black and not useable. The mattresses were extremely lumpy, we could see through the sheets and the bedspread was torn and stained. The kitchen was filthy, with visible dirt and grit on the floor, burned food on the stove, and dust and spider webs everywhere. Also, the kitchen was “shared” with the unit on the other side of it, and the door from our room into the kitchen did not lock! We piled the chairs and lamps up against the door to give us some warning should someone try to enter our room from the kitchen. The bathroom had a shower stall that had been painted, and the paint was pealing off in large patches. The small window in the bathroom was fairly new, and the framework had not been finished, leaving raw concrete and chicken wire exposed. The sink and toilet were not cleaned, and both had hairs of various descriptions on them. Now for the best part; in the bathroom, one of the “walls” had been slid open to expose the water heater closet, which was festooned with thick dust covered spider webs and dead spiders. The floor of the closet was covered inches deep in garbage, and struck matches. One wall was covered with 1950 vintage paneling with wild life scenes stenciled on it.

We took several pictures of this horrible room, and I wish I could send them to you!

Sad to say, but since there were no other rooms available in the two other motels for us to stay in this remote town, we were stuck. Luckily we came out of it unscathed.

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