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I stayed at the Wills Fargo Motel last night instead of at the tacky Royal Hawaiian Motel down the road

01222-wills-gargo-motel.jpg From the Rattlesnake Mine site, I still have views across the valley to my Piute Gorge campsite, that slot in the distant hillsThumbnailsElevation profile of round-trip mountain-bike ride from Woods Wash, Mojave National Preserve, to Fenner and Essex, CAFrom the Rattlesnake Mine site, I still have views across the valley to my Piute Gorge campsite, that slot in the distant hillsThumbnailsElevation profile of round-trip mountain-bike ride from Woods Wash, Mojave National Preserve, to Fenner and Essex, CAFrom the Rattlesnake Mine site, I still have views across the valley to my Piute Gorge campsite, that slot in the distant hillsThumbnailsElevation profile of round-trip mountain-bike ride from Woods Wash, Mojave National Preserve, to Fenner and Essex, CAFrom the Rattlesnake Mine site, I still have views across the valley to my Piute Gorge campsite, that slot in the distant hillsThumbnailsElevation profile of round-trip mountain-bike ride from Woods Wash, Mojave National Preserve, to Fenner and Essex, CAFrom the Rattlesnake Mine site, I still have views across the valley to my Piute Gorge campsite, that slot in the distant hillsThumbnailsElevation profile of round-trip mountain-bike ride from Woods Wash, Mojave National Preserve, to Fenner and Essex, CA

It turns out that the Wills Fargo is a better deal than the Royal Hawaiian, where I've often stayed on other trips out here.

Wills Fargo costs roughly the same, but is cleaner and not so dilapidated. True, the Wills Fargo is also blander, and lacks the weird 70s' styling of the Royal Hawaiian.