June 9th, 2005 at 9:38 pm
The first of several weeks in Grand Junction, CO, was spent at the DoubleTree Hotel.
I was able to get a king size bed, but it wasn’t very comfortable; the mattress was worn out and did not support very well. There is a lot of open floor space, where someone could request a treadmill if they so desire. There was no refrigerator or microwave.
The bathroom has a black-and-white TV with five channels provided by cable. The shower maintained pressure and temperature with no unexpected variations.
The wireless internet service, while free, played havoc with my laptop. If I left the hotel’s wireless configuration on the computer, it would try to log in to Halliburton and hang, never realized that it couldn’t be done. In the morning just before leaving, I had to delete the configuration so that the computer would boot properly as if it were not on Halliburton’s office network. Once I figured out this issue, the networking worked fine.
The hotel is a single tower (formerly an Adam’s Mark) with tennis courts, a beer garden, a small outdoor pool, and a large fitness room with lightly used equipment: four treadmills, three bikes, and two stairmasters. Two large TVs complete the room. The bar is quite large, with about 12 tables and several TVs tuned into sports. The next time I am here, I’ll ask for a nicer bed for the longer duration.
The breakfast buffet was free to Hilton HHonors members, but it was weak. There were scrambled eggs (one day soaked in water, yuck), link sausage, biscuits and gravy, yogurt, and a mixed chopped fruit salad of mostly pineapple, cantaloupe, and melon. They did have good orange juice.
Access to the hotel was simple, as it was on a frontage road with its own traffic light. I could park reasonably close. This was a big hangout for senior citizen buses, so that may explain the available parking.
The staff was friendly, and they did provide a free warmed chocolate chip cookie upon check-in. I never had much trouble with the room, so I didn’t test their maintenance services.
Faced with this choice or the Holiday Inn for the same price, the wireless Internet and my higher status with the HHonors program tipped the scales for me. The Holiday Inn sits at a lower elevation, so the DoubleTree probably beats it in the sunrise category as well.
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