Previously on Swifty Travels we traveled up the million dollar highway and spent the
afternoon in Ouray, Colorado. We visited box canyon falls and cascade falls,
and then we continued up the 550 to Montrose Colorado to spend the night
before we visited Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
So we are staying at a place called the Red Arrow Inn in Montrose Colorado. So let me tell you the
story about this place. So I had originally booked the Hilton Inn and Suites with our-
I'm sorry- the Hampton Inn & Suites with points and so I was expecting a free night and then just
a couple of days before we arrived I decided to go through my email, check my reservations,
get all my confirmation numbers, and I realized that the night I'd scheduled in Montrose
was the wrong night!- and my husband tells me I suffer from
'mommy brain'-
so anyways, here we are on labor day weekend, trying to find a room and pretty much every hotel in the area was booked for the night. We really needed to stay here
so there were two rooms available. There was a $400 a night room at the Day's Inn- they
totally jacked up their prices because they knew everywhere else in town was sold out-
and then there was the Red Arrow Inn and Suites and they only had one room with one king bed
and there's three of us, but I wasn't going to pay $400 a night so I went ahead and booked it
and took my chances- so this is what we get for my screw up. Now the other thing that was funny,
is about an hour ago I got a call on my cell phone from the hotel and apparently they asked
if I had called and changed my reservation- that there was- she noticed I booked a king bed but
for some reason I was set up for two queens and she was wondering if that was a mistake or if I
had called and changed the reservation and I said no I didn't but you know what two queens would be
much better than one team because there's three of us so I was excited about having an extra bed
but I'm not really excited about the room, but anyway, it'll be fine, it's clean,
we've got a place to sleep comfortably for the night. Brings me back in my days before-
when I had a little less money when I was a teenager we'd sleep just about anywhere we
could to get out and go on vacation so I'll show you the front here in a little while,
this place is back from the 70s. Now the area by the front desk looked really nice, I have a
feeling that like this wing of the hotel is like the dog wing and it's really old- hey goober,
hey goober! I'll take you out in a minute- this furniture is from straight up from the 70s.
Check this out, I think that my grandma had something like this at her place.
Old old carpet in fact Geneva I wouldn't sit on the floor if I were you. I will say that looks like
they've got some new tile in the bathroom, ancient ancient lights, you know it's reasonably clean it
did smell kind of musty. You know, showers clean, bath tub looks clean, so that's good
but just really kind of funny- now this actually has a back door
there's like an rv now for I think this whole wing is for dogs because there's this whole
grassy area. Ancient, noisy air conditioner and I'm going to take Random out to do her business,
yes I am. This big grassy area with uh doggie doodle bags back here and then oh and she's taking
advantage of it oops, but look at this ancient hotel. So each of these rooms have a front door
from the inside hallway and then they have a back door, so I'm guessing that everyone that has a dog
is staying in one of these rooms um it's just really old. Really really old. Are you happy?
But Random is super happy. Yes she is! yes she is!
see what i'm talking about? Old and ancient.
There's a guy with his door open cleaning his rifle so
let's hope he's going to try to protect us and not harm us
and that this out building is the one that's
not so great, but you know the front desk was super nice I don't want to hate on this place I mean
it's clean, they've got good breakfast options, so here we get to choose what we want for breakfast
let's see
it's a cute little place
so I was totally wrong so the room's right here behind me and this is probably way too close
actually the oldest part of the hotel the other sections were built on later they said this
was built in 1957 and was originally the Red Arrow Motor Lodge so, you know, it is what it is .
Good customer service, I'll give them that much and clean, I'll give them that much too but
just kind of, it just has like a musty like an old smell that's all. We'll live,
we're gonna try this little place here Ted's Steakhouse. It had decent reviews
and it was just right next door to the hotel just we walked about a block.
Usually when there's a good amount of cars in the parking lot that's usually a good sign
salad.. look at this, look at this.. now that dish was called fruit gazpacho. I've never heard of
that before, it looks delicious I kind of wish I would have tried it, it's a good
place I recommend this restaurant Ted Nelson Steakhouse if you're ever in Montrose Colorado
that looks good, that looks good
So far, everything's been delicious, that salad was phenomenal.
Thank you!
highly highly recommend. Now I'm going to eat my dessert. Let's try it.
kind of like something that I call a magic square
like a graham cracker bottom, maybe dates, maybe chocolate, maybe some coconut
now I'm really going to call it a night. I think I said I was going to go later earlier tonight
but now I'm really going to go. Nice dinner, long day, we're headed back to the room and
tomorrow we're going to go to the national park so good night. Until next time