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SANtA CLARA/SANtA CRuZ/MONtEREY COuNtiES | WiNE COuNtRY tHiS WEEKLone Oak Lodge – Clean, Affordable, ConvenientBY LAURA NESSA cozy place to stay in Monterey isthe Lone Oak Lodge, on NorthFremont Street, just off Highway 1, pastthe Monterey Fairgrounds. This is yourbasic old-fashioned style motel thatmakes car camping easy. You pull up toyour room, unload, boom, you’re done.All one-story units, with pleasant bathrooms, clean, comfortable andequipped with wireless everywhere. Fresh flowers in each room are anice touch, and each unit has a fridge and a coffee maker – thankgoodness!Creature comforts are important, and this quiet, easy-to-find andeasy-to-love, family-friendly lodge has decent towels, great waterpressure and plenty of space to stash all your stuff. The fireplaces insome rooms are quite cozy. Everythingis clean and in working order.The best part about Lone Oak islocation, location, location: you’reonly minutes away from all the sightsand sounds of nearby MontereyPeninsula and Pebble Beach, but youdon’t hear any of it from the rooms,thanks to layout and setback off the highway. There are severalrestaurants in proximity, including a serviceable Chinese for takeout,and drug store, bottle shop and breakfast spot within walkingdistance if you’ve had enough time behind the wheel. You seriouslycan’t beat Lone Oak for value, convenience, comfort and quiet. Agood nights’ sleep is what you need most after an exhausting daytouring 17 Mile Drive, playing a round on a championship golfcourse, gazing at the wonders of the deep at the Monterey BayAquarium, playing tourist on Cannery Row and Fisherman’s Wharfand winetasting and people watching on the storied streets of Carmel.Featuring family suites, single rooms and king suites with in-roomspas and fireplaces, an on-site indoor Jacuzzi, dry sauna, exerciseequipment, Scuba Diver rise area, plus an outdoor barbecue areamake the Lone Oak Lodge an ideal home base when you’re in theMonterey area.TO SAN JOSETO MONTEREYPessagnoBoekeoogenRIVER ROADWrathRIVER ROAD68GONZALES RIVER RDMAIN STREETTaste of MontereyDe TierraMarilyn Remark101GonzalesALTA STManzoniBlackstoneRay FranscioniFORT ROMIESalinasSALINASVALLEYW I N E R I E SFOOTHILLParaiso SpringsVineyards(PAVED ROAD)HAHN SLHESTATESMISSIONParaisoVineyardsCOLONYFORT ROMIE ROADPARAISOSPRINGS RDG17VentanaLOS COCHESARROYO SECO RDFRONT STSoledadEAST STMETZ ROAD14670G16SycamoreCellarsARROYO SECOWALNUT101GreenfieldScheidVineyardsHOBSON AVETOSAN LUISOBISPOKing Citywww.WineCountrythisWeek.com