To Galena for Our 44th-- Part 2: Staying at the Grant Hills Motel

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23

We got a room for two nights at the Grant Hills Motel, south of Galena.  This motel was built in the 1950s and is a true mom and pop motel, the kind we like.  The rooms are really kept us as are the grounds and they have a swimming pool.  They advertise the lowest rates in Galena, with rooms starting at $79 a night.  That is a good price for Galena in the summer as that is high season for tourism.

We especially like the chairs and tables set up outside the rooms (all on just one level)  This is a great place to have evening cocktails and talk with other travelers at the end of a hard day of driving and sight seeing.

Back when we got married 44 years ago, we spent a few nights at the Palace Motel, north of Galena.  It was also a mom and pop motel.  Back on August 25-26, 1973, we were going to be getting to the motel in the early morning hours and they left a note on the office door to the honeymoon couple that we were in Room 7 and it was open and the keys in it.  You know, that sort of a mom and pop place.

We used to go back and, of course, stay at the Palace.  But sadly, it was sold and torn down.  A new hotel was constructed in the site and today it is the Ramada Inn.

Love Those Mom and Pop Motels.  --RoadDog