The James Motel

Trying to be positive when faced with overwhelming challenges is truly a test of one’s character. That is the conundrum The James Motel poses to its guests. The proprietor is obviously trying to clean it up. New bed skirts, flat screen TV… good cable package. It is really a struggle to come up with anything else positive. The rooms are pretty dingy. A fresh looking coat of paint does not hide all. Several insects– both living and dead were the first clue. It is as if the physical structue of the hotel is fighing a battle with the ever-​encroaching natural world. It is a battle the hotel is losing. There were plenty of desiccated insect bodies in the window sills and along the baseboard heating unit. So many that anyone with a half decent vacuum and at ⁵⁰⁄₂₀ vision would have been able to clean up. The floor creaks, the ceiling tiles are ancient, stained and sagging. As a guest you are the meat, cheese and veggies of neglected and falling apart, crappy motel sandwich. Yum!!!
There are the random spots on the clean sheets. The mattress is not of a high quality. The bathroom is okay, until the over head light stopped working. Good water pressure and plenty of hot water are several of the too few bright spots of our stay. If you can muscle up with all negative aspects of this motel, if you are a compassionate human who understands there is a family trying to scratch out a living behind The James Motel, you will survive the night. But keep it to one night.