Blue Gum Motel

Oh. My. God.
So me and my good friend made last minute plans to do a duck hunting trip in the valley and as a result, did not book a hotel. We called all around and nobody had any rooms. Except Blue Gum. Sweet!
We map it on the GPS and began driving do the location. We turn down a few dark streets and suddenly, I got chills as we slowly drove in the rain looking for the address in the middle of nowhere. We pulled up to the motel and I see this sign straight out of the 60’s and what looked like a trailer park lit up by Christmas lights.
I tell my buddy to wait in the truck while I got us our keys to the room. The old Indian woman working at the front was very kind and helpful. While waiting, a man walked into the office in his pajamas and begins complaining about how his heater still isn’t working. I felt for him as it was about 29 degrees out, windy, freezing rain.
We get the keys and are told we need to park the truck on the main road instead of the parking lot because we had a full sized pickup truck, which means we got the luxury of having to load every bit of hunting gear into our room so we didn’t get broken into at night. Usually (in most hotels) we just park by our room so we can be woken up by the alarm.
The numbers on the door were almost completely worn off. I know these numbers are pretty darn cheap at the home improvement store, so this place must be in a bad financial state.
The walls inside were cracking. The screens were covered in patches. Not a single surface was level in this entire place. The microwave was propped up on a sliver of wood.
Oh, and THE HEATER WAS BROKEN!!! Arg! Luckily there was a kitchenette and we were able to turn on the electric stove and warm up the place. After many complaints, the manager drove to Wal-​mart and bought us a space heater. Unfortunately, this was at about 2:00AM at this point and we had to be awake at 4:00AM to go hunt. Not happy about being woken up after finally getting to sleep.
Stay away. Far far away. I have stayed in some cheap slummy motels in my younger days as I traveled the country, but this one takes the cake as the worst.

Stay here for the gorgeous full-​sized pool surrounded by a big lawn and shade trees — perfect for a summer get away! The rooms are so-​so but it’s great to have a refrig and microwave and you can’t beat the price. The people running the place are nice too. It’s easy to find and only 5 minutes east of Hwy 5. I’d go back.

This is a little hidden gem which is perfect for couples or families. It’s like a ‘blast from the past’, like a 60’s motel.
Pool is fun and clean.
It’s very reasonable and worth pulling of of highway 99 for. Rates won’t cost more than about 65.00 a night for 2 beds.
Clean and cute!

It is with great pride that I review the blue gum inn. Let me start off by saying I don’t know why anyone would vacation in this town. For this reason I give this motel 4 stars. One could take off stars because it is dirty, no conti breakfast and has carpet reminicent of your grandmother’s house. But you aren’t in this town for a nice room. I find the location very quiet and pleasing, the parking lot large for your race car or your RV for you older folks. The prices are really the cherry on this cake. $ 43 for a Friday night. Can we say party?! –1 star because even truck drivers need clean showers and sheets and it is a little dark and creepy for those of you meeting your internet dates here.