1 Shady Cedars Auto Campground
A quiet, secluded campground tucked away in a pocket of mature cedar forest. Has 12 campsites, each with a picnic table, fire circle, wooden tent platform, and parking spaces for 2 cars. The sites are far enough apart to be private, connected by narrow dirt drives to the main road. Has communal bathrooms, a small convenience store, sand volleyball court, and a caretaker's cabin. No electricity. Bears.2 The Old Bunker Inn at -132 Cactus Circle (off County Road 27)
A decommissioned missile silo that's been converted into a novelty hotel. Only visible from the road because of its Googie neon sign and domed blast doors. The area open to guests has 7 suites with their own bathrooms and kitchenettes, a common rec room, cafe, and bar. The comms equipment and munitions the military left are all deactivated and inert. Absolutely harmless, nothing to worry about. Check-in, housekeeping, and all amenities are completely self-serve.
3 Blue Skies Motor Court
A two-level aging motel a mile outside of town in a cornfield off the highway. Has 18 mostly-clean rooms, 5 with long-term residents. The office is open 24/7 and there's a combinations gas station truck stop across the parking lot. Pool's closed for maintenance, dry with mysterious stains. All the cars in the lot are parked nose-out.
4 Pinecone Place
A row of 8 modest log cabins facing onto a wooded yard. They're cute but extremely dated, built decades ago and still decorated in the style of the day. Cabins 1 and 2 have hot tubs, the rest have screened-in back porches. A wide gravel walk leads from the parking lot past each cabin to the owner's house on the back of the property. There are 5 cars in the lot, all have out of state plates and 3 look like they haven't moved in years.
5 Farfield House Bed and Breakfast
A 200 year old farmhouse renovated and updated to have modern conveniences like indoor plumbing, electricity, and air conditioning. The proprietors are a charming retired couple from the city. They live on the third floor and manage the property as a working farm as well as a B&B, raising heritage breed livestock and vegetables. Guests are welcome to help with the everyday chores for a taste of farm life. Has 4 guest rooms, a barn, gazebo by the duck pond, and an unusual number of pigs for a farm its size. They range freely at night, the proprietors strongly recommend guests be inside before sunset.
6 Starfield Ranch
Called "The Domes" by locals. A collection of 6 concrete geodesic domes in a hexagon around a central dirt parking lot, built miles out in the open prairie away from the cities' light pollution. The domes are open floor plan with art deco interiors and powerful AC. Each has a stargazing guide and schedule of upcoming meteor showers in the bedside table instead of a bible. The grounds are minimally kept with wildflower gardens. The office and a small diner are a short way down the private drive in a building shaped like a vintage rocket. It's open 24/7 but doesn't have windows to preserve the dark. Folks in town warn everyone traveling through about the strange lights in the sky and disappearances.
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