At Susquehanna for the U1R16 outage. Some updates and rambling on lodging. Most motels will only rent by the week, this lets them keep the local tax when your rental goes over one month. Get over it. Places discussed in prior postings:
Red Maple, about $245 a wk. Not bad, owners are nice and keep it clean, I stayed there a week and had no complaints except daytime traffic noise. Good internet service and no problems with water/showers/heat. Takes about 20 minutes to the plant. Not for Night workers unless you use ear-plugs (of course YMMV), thats why I moved. Same for Patriot INN,about the same price, it is next to a pretty nice restaurant, not far from stores and a couple of bars. Same noise level. Bloomsberg <nearby town> is heavy on college kids in the bars if you're looking for night life. Lots of VFW and American Legion around, if you're a member, all have bars and some have food.
Last year stayed at a motel on Rt 93, called the Lookout. Was cheap and I got what I paid for
, dirty, bad cleaning service, so-so internet access, very noisy in the daytime because of a major road with heavy gravel/sand trucks. The restaurant next door made a great steak sandwich and served a decent drink :-)
New motel in the area where I am now is a Motel 6 in Mifflinville, $305 a week, coffee/tea and donuts/snacks for workers at 5 AM. Have to ask for the PPL rate. They will really work with you about room cleaning if you do shift work, rooms facing away from I-80 are quiet in the daytime, new furnature, TV and good internet. They have a pool and jacuzzi, but both are closed :-(( Very close to a Micky-D, Arby and Subway, use Rt 339 through Nescopeck to get to the plant, travel is about 20-25 minutes. To get to Bloomsberg downtown is about 15 minutes, the Columbia mall in about 20 also. There is a Days Inn on the otherside of I-80, looks OK, expect it to be noisier because its next to the truckstop.
A coworker is at the Days Inn in Wilkes-Barre, about $305 a week also, his travel is about 25 miles and 35 minutes, not much traffic, he is happy with the location, its near a lot of restaurants and shopping. Not much private rental, very few furnished apartments, but a few do get posted on Bulletin Boards at the plant <usually inside, where you see them after the outage starts>.
The Unicorn restaurant in Nescopeck, across the bridge from Berwick, opens at 5 AM with a very good breakfast and real nice people. High five for their food and prices.
