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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Reycer, post: 3137925, member: 107710&quot;]K, so I&#039;m only posting this so that newbies (like myself) can search and find this maybe helpful. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just got to the motel:</p><p><br /></p><p>You stay at the <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/american-inn-springfield" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/american-inn-springfield" rel="nofollow">American Inn</a> right down the road from the school. Here are a few things you need to bring with you to the motel. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1) A power strip and/or extension cord. There are LIMITED outlets in the room, and all but one are taken up by something (i.e. fridge, microwave)</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2) There are NO vending machines or ice machines, so don&#039;t come prepared thinking you will get up in the night for a soda or something, you will not. There is a gas station just right up the road. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3) Don&#039;t come thinking your going to the Hilton, believe you me YOU ARE NOT! This is a dive motel if there ever was one. The rooms are VERY small. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4) If you have clothes that you need to hang, bring hangers. There are none in the room. There is a cheap rack that functions as a clothes rack, but it is very cheap and falls A LOT! </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5) The TV in the room is about 10 inches. (but honestly do you really need a huge one?)</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6) If you don&#039;t like to sleep around a lot of noise, bring some earplugs. There are very active train tracks behind the motel and the interstate right in front, there is a LOT of noise. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7) BRING YOUR OWN PILLOWS!! The ones here SUCK! If you want a good nights sleep, you will certainly want to bring your own. Bringing your own blankets isn&#039;t that bad of an idea either.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 8) Want coffee in the morning or evening? Bring your own pot. There are no coffee pots in the rooms. Also there are no plastic cups. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I think that&#039;s pretty much it as far as the motel goes. Like I said I&#039;m only posting this because I tried to search the motel out around the internet about the trucker students and wasn&#039;t finding much, so I&#039;m posting it for anyone that&#039;s getting ready to head out this way. I will say while this motel just barely has the basics as far as a motel room goes, it is clean. I&#039;ve read around where people have had bad experiences from this motel, but I have not seen that as of yet. </p><p><br /></p><p>Cheers,</p><p>Mike aka Reycer</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a pic of one of the room:</p><p><a href="http://flic.kr/p/dZwTwh" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://flic.kr/p/dZwTwh" rel="nofollow">http://flic.kr/p/dZwTwh</a></p><p><img src="http://flic.kr/p/dZwTwh" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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