When you don’t have anywhere to be, it’s the perfect time to just stop and be. And we decided to be in Kenab, UT for a few days. During that time we called Quail Park Lodge our home. It’s a classic motor lodge, along Highway 89, that has recently seen some tender loving care. Colorful outdoor rocking chairs, vintage-looking light fixtures, and decor as cute and trendy as an Ikea showroom has replaced fake wood paneling and stodgy furnishings.
The lodge’s neon sign beckoned us off the highway, but its $50 a night rate and open-door policy toward dogs made it a keeper.
Just outside our room was a small patio where Scott cooked us a campground-style lunch and got in some twilight reading.
And as if we didn’t love the place enough, the on-site managers, Jim and Sherri, brought us a bottle of sparkling wine, a pair of plastic flute glasses and battery-powered candles in honor of our honeymoon.
—Jill
hey! this place looks like a lot of fun! how is it finding accommodations for your pups? it seems smaller and family-run places never seem to mind so much as corporate accommodations… love reading about your travelling adventures, all 12 legs of them!
Katie
Finding dog friendly places to stay is challenging at times. We’ve found that locally owned motels and hotels in the West are more often dog friendly. We struggle traveling through rural parts of the South. We’ve gotten some odd looks when we say we’re traveling with two large dogs. Motel 6 is great. They’re always dog friendly and charge no additional fees. I find it annoying when the chain motels claim to be dog-friendly, but enforce weight restrictions and ridiculous fees per pet, per night. Thankfully we can almost always find campgrounds.
Thanks for reading.
Love what you’re doing with the blog. Great Pictures! My wife and I travel with our kids and dogs, and Quail Park Lodge looks like our kind of place.
If you find yourself in Kenab, definitely check out the lodge. It’s just 5 miles from the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. The motel offers a discount to folks who volunteer at the sanctuary. It could be a great way for a family to spend a weekend.
Man that totally rocks!!! People can be so awesome ( :
you have officially made me want to go to Kenab, UT for this fantastic piece of lodge heaven!
Clarification on Scott’s “twilight” reading please…
Was it that:
A. Scott reading AT the time of day known as twilight
or
B. Scott, like many middle school girls, was reading Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight book series.
Thank you for sharing this place, what a treasure. I can not wait to visit. Love the pictures. They are so dynamic and colorful!