A Florida motel that James Lileks missed

James Lileks posts some motel postcards from a distant (and somewhat ink-smeared) past every Tuesday. It's an addition to his highly recommended lileks.com website. A few weeks back, he had some Florida motels, but he missed the one I stayed in: The Buccaneer

A couple of views towards the water, looking over the pool. This was late afternoon, just as I checked in.

This is what the pool looked like when I got in later that night . . . the kids had obviously been conducting flotation experiments with the pool furniture:

The view over the beach was quite nice too (just after check-in):

Unfortunately, I forgot to get a picture of the front of the motel, so this is the image they use on their own website:

The interior of the motel was also largely unchanged from the 1960's:

The bed had clearly seen some heavy use over its life:

The washroom was a particularly strong reminder of colours and styles of the past:

The careful way they'd trimmed the bathroom fan housing to fit the tiles was a real example of true craftsmanship:

And the pattern on the top of the washroom counter would cause acid flashbacks or, at the least, induced hangovers in the most sober:

A huge flock of seagulls and other assorted sky-rats gathered on the flat roof and raucously greeted the dawn. Which was just as well, because there wasn't an alarm clock in the room.

Lest I be taken to be over-critical, the room was clean (although housekeeping didn't show up during my stay), and smoke-free (unlike Jon's room, which had apparently hosted a cigar-smoker's conference in the previous couple of days).