Back from the cold
We were in Pennsylvania for about a week, and I guess it was a good reminder of how cold it can be when you leave Florida. It may have been cold here in Okeechobee, but 5 - 10 degrees with much lower wind chills had me wondering what the heck are people doing, still living there? Bulky clothing, gloves, ice ... It's good to be back!
Now I can complete my story about our experience with a trip across the lake to Clewiston. It was a really windy day with big waves. Not the best conditions for a pontoon boat! We slowed to about 10-12 mph and the waves splashed over the boat continually, but Kim and I are adventurers so we just kept going. I used a small handheld GPS to point us toward the lock at Clewiston. After a half hour or so you couldn't see land anywhere, and we made it to Clewiston in about 2 1/2 hours.
That was the GOOD part. Our plan was to have an adventure, a nice dinner and a romantic evening with an over night stay. We had called for rooms at ROLAND & MARY ANN MARTINS, so that we could stay overnight. We called twice and offered to give a credit card for a reservation but were told there were plenty of rooms and we didn't need it. Of course when we got there we got "What, you don't have a reservation?" After a lengthy chat that belittled us for OUR lack of reservations, a room was assigned. Guess what? The place really had few people staying that night so I have no idea why we got a hard time checking in.
The "Restaurant" was also a big disappointment. It's actually like a snack bar, with no table service. You order and pick up at a window and take it to a table. If you use a credit card you have to take the bill two rooms away to the service desk to pay. Kind of takes the romance out of the whole"romantic by the water" dining idea :-)
To really cap off our totally negative opinion of this establishment, we were charged an additional $8.00 for parking the pontoon boat in their empty marina, on top of the $95 for the room ($68 shown on the internet has lots of conditions attached). We asked about mooring before we traveled and were told it was included. The arrogant people at the desk told us we were wrong and what's the big deal it's ONLY $8 !
The bottom line. There were some really big yachts and lots of people drinking at the "Tiki Bar" so they probably don't need to worry about minor little things like customer service. There were even more negatives like getting gas, that I won't go into, but needless to say I would go back to Clewiston but will NEVER stay at ROLAND & MARY Martins.
Now I can complete my story about our experience with a trip across the lake to Clewiston. It was a really windy day with big waves. Not the best conditions for a pontoon boat! We slowed to about 10-12 mph and the waves splashed over the boat continually, but Kim and I are adventurers so we just kept going. I used a small handheld GPS to point us toward the lock at Clewiston. After a half hour or so you couldn't see land anywhere, and we made it to Clewiston in about 2 1/2 hours.
That was the GOOD part. Our plan was to have an adventure, a nice dinner and a romantic evening with an over night stay. We had called for rooms at ROLAND & MARY ANN MARTINS, so that we could stay overnight. We called twice and offered to give a credit card for a reservation but were told there were plenty of rooms and we didn't need it. Of course when we got there we got "What, you don't have a reservation?" After a lengthy chat that belittled us for OUR lack of reservations, a room was assigned. Guess what? The place really had few people staying that night so I have no idea why we got a hard time checking in.
The "Restaurant" was also a big disappointment. It's actually like a snack bar, with no table service. You order and pick up at a window and take it to a table. If you use a credit card you have to take the bill two rooms away to the service desk to pay. Kind of takes the romance out of the whole"romantic by the water" dining idea :-)
To really cap off our totally negative opinion of this establishment, we were charged an additional $8.00 for parking the pontoon boat in their empty marina, on top of the $95 for the room ($68 shown on the internet has lots of conditions attached). We asked about mooring before we traveled and were told it was included. The arrogant people at the desk told us we were wrong and what's the big deal it's ONLY $8 !
The bottom line. There were some really big yachts and lots of people drinking at the "Tiki Bar" so they probably don't need to worry about minor little things like customer service. There were even more negatives like getting gas, that I won't go into, but needless to say I would go back to Clewiston but will NEVER stay at ROLAND & MARY Martins.
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