My dream some day is to take a motorcycle trip through the US and stop at every Trek related place I can find. Places like this little hotel … I used to love staying at places like this because they were so unusual and often close to plenty of old restaurants and malls reminiscent of the 80s and 90s. All the new booking stuff you find are all mostly new, in new suburban areas with the same box stores, the same box restaurants, the same box theatres and the same box malls.
One stop I would love to see on a long bike trip is Vasquez Rocks … and stand where Kirk and his crew stood in the original series … and maybe dodge a boulder thrown by an agitated Gorn.
There is (or was - I hope it’s still around) a Trek themed soul food restaurant-slash-microbrewery in Albuquerque that is a must-see if you’re doing a cross country ride.
That is kitchy and adorable as all hell. Wonder if they have Shatner on vinyl so I can play “Mr. Tambourine Man” amidst all that glory.
Leonard Nemoy singing about Bilbo Baggens 24x7
Oh, that’s weird. I stayed there last year. It’s cute I suppose, but it was not terribly fun, given that the room has some issues, the views are terrible and honestly the town is not great either. I’m a trekker, and didn’t intend to book a Star Trek themed room, and while it was fun, everything else was not. If you are interested in a super kitschy Star Trek themed room in a place you’d rather forget, I think you’re in luck.
North Bend is odd, it’s not north, it’s actually close to the southernmost part of Oregon. It’s the ass end of Coos Bay.
I should like Bend, but last time I was there it was too on fire to appreciate.
It’s in North Bend, which is distinct from Bend. North Bend is near Coos Bay on the coast
