Royal Holiday Motel By Belvilla Gallup I-40

“¡¡You Will Feel Like Royalty Here‼️”

During the second week of June2024, my most favorite #1 son and I were moving much of his household from Mountain ViewCA-USA to HoustonTX-USA, which required overnighting in several communities along the way. One such location was the ROYAL HOLIDAY MOTEL, GallupNM-USA. It was one of my favorites be… more

During the second week of June2024, my most favorite #1 son and I were moving much of his household from Mountain ViewCA-USA to HoustonTX-USA, which required overnighting in several communities along the way. One such location was the ROYAL HOLIDAY MOTEL, GallupNM-USA. It was one of my favorites because our room was located on the ground floor, on the South row facing North, which meant no climbing of stairs for me! Checking in was easy; all major cards are accepted, and today’s modern internet speeds up the whole process! The mattresses are nice and firm, reception is friendly and, since we had had a delicious meal (Oasis Mediterranean Restaurant), I was ready to get a necessary good night’s rest! This wonderful hotel appears dated—as do most of the heritage hotels-motels along the “mother road”/historic Route 66/business I-40/route 318–and give all travellers that needed place to lay their heads for the night. The next morning, whilst making my way to the lobby for brekkie, the owner/operator immediately empathized with me, for she herself had a similar limp. I felt great relief/confirmation as she repeatedly told me “NO SURGERY” and shared with me how she’d made powder from Tumeric root to ingest daily. I haven’t quite gotten to that level of creativity (yet), but understood exactly what she meant because of my own bulk consumption of the processed powder. Besides this nice nook being available to all guests, I could look across the noteworthy highway and see several tracks, with trains rolling East & West through the pass. If I listened, I was able to clearly distinguish the different vehicles operating: (motor)cars/(motor)trucks/or train cars being sorted into long trains, none of which I heard in the room, though the occasional siren or plane passing overhead might creep in. I was quite pleased with the low cost of this hotel, and know you too will be captivated by the serenity which pervades it, especially on the ground floor. It certainly has my coveted “iWheel of Approval!”

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