sort of set the tone for the whole trip

The Knights Inn hotel in Kamloops was a very special kind of disaster. The staff were perpetually off the premises, the phone didn't work, the alarm clock was broken, and half of the light-bulbs were burnt out.

As a bonus, the main hall was one of the spookiest rooms I've ever been in, which is saying something, as I used to spend nights over in an abandoned hospital. It smelt of burnt talc and rotting dust.

Neat, hey?