Claremore Motor Inn

My husband and I are driving Route 66 from MO to CA and wanted to stay at kitschy, quirky motels. We had booked in Tulsa, but were ready to stop earlier. I called the Claremore Motor Inn - they had one room. Most others in the area were completely booked. The lady I spoke to was very kind and helpful. We arrived a short time later. There were several people sitting outside the rooms almost like they lived there or something- most seemed to know each other. We were booked into a room and carried our things upstairs and into a room that was humid, seemed clean, but the vibe of the whole place made me very uncomfortable. We tried to lock the door and the deadbolt wouldn’t work without my husband having to pulled up on the door hard and then lock it. We ended up checking right back out and they said I would get a refund because I told them that I felt uncomfortable with all the people just hanging around. The sigh from the owner told me it’s probably not the first time he’s heard that. It has the potential to be super cute, but definitely was not the cute, kitschy place we were looking for.