Pelican Lakes Motel

Unfortunately, I thought this was a Mom and Pop place. Nope. I opened the door to the room, turned around, shut the door, locked it and went back to the check-in, which is a block away from the motel. To be fair, there should be a cigarette hanging out of the pelican’s mouth because it is a smoking place. I didn’t even know they had smoking rooms in Minnesota. I would not have stayed in that room, even if it had air conditioning and was non-smoking. I told the lady at the check in, I have asthma and I could not stay in that room. Unfortunately there was a huge race at the Brainerd International Raceway that weekend, and there are no rooms available. I drove the 2 1/2 hours home rather than stay in that room.