Josie M.
Yelp
Sad to say that this lodge is NOT the great get-away place that is was when we stayed a few years ago.
The first tip off was the heavy lysol odor that reeked as we first walked in. Just turned my stomach - I hate that stuff. Hubby said it smelled like they were trying to cover up an outhouse smell. The place had really gone downhill, and it showed.
We had reserved one of the last rooms, at nearly $200 (almost double what we have previously paid). The gal who took our reservation told Hubby that there was a 'jazz and blues' music festival in town, so the rooms were at a premium. Ok, we thought - good enough, and we may even be able to enjoy some music whilst there. HA!
Turns out, it was 'NedFest', and more like a Phish or Dead fest, with the whole little town was full of barefoot, dreadlocked, stinky folks. And most of these hippies smoked and had attitude! No worries, we thought, we can make our own adventure.HA!
Got to bed last night around 11:30pm, and was looking forward to a peaceful, quiet sleep. Round about midnight, you could hear people coming and going throughout the halls, talking loudly and banging doors, and then the music started. And I didn't think much of it as I thought it would settle down soon. I mistakenly thought it was from the festival, but no, it was from the room next door. The music was continuous, with a bass beat very loud on each song. About 2am, we called the front desk, and it immediately went to voice mail. We called the room, and that went to voice mail. Then you could hear a gal out our open window say something like 'now they are calling?' Like she may have been partying outside with the music on inside??? But the music continued .... until 5AM!!!! Maddening! During that time, we called and visited the front desk a few more times to ask for relief, to no avail. We also discovered at that time that the lodge hall doors were not only unlocked, but propped open with a large rock. Extremely unsafe.
When we mentioned this to the desk clerk this morning, she was nonchalant and gave no compensation whatsoever. We did get the owner's card, and we will attempt to take it up with him.
Needless to say, what a waste of what was a lovely place to visit. And a big waste of money, and time. We will NOT be returning there, unless they change their operations, security, and attitude.