Whidbey Island is a pretty expensive place to stay so I picked this cheaper motel for a 3-night visit. I knew it would be basic so am not complaining about that. It had what I needed - bed, shower frig, microwave, wifi - despite being very old and grungy. The problem was that twice there were very large spiders in my room. The first I saw when I woke up and there was no one to contact until 8:00 a.m. When finally reached a guy, he made fun of my concern. Yes, I do have a phobia about spiders, but that is not uncommon and it is a reasonable request to ask motel management to deal with such a problem. He was condescending (which felt very sexist), even making a joke about it, but I didn't call him out for it out of fear he would do nothing. He finally showed up and killed it. The second time was during business hours and I asked the woman at the bar, where all business at the motel is handled. A man having a drink (apparently an employee) kindly offered to deal with it, this time capturing the spider alive and taking it outside. The fact you can't do any business with the motel other than when the related bar and diner are open is a problem itself.
