Mike, i second the Motel Six boycott, seems lately the "we will leave the light on for you" tagline is just to keep the roaches at bay..lol We typically stay at the Best Western Plus at the South Hill mall, its nice and only a few minutes from the fair grounds, but bit pricey. There is also a Holiday Inn Express in the same parking lot we have used that was nice. Some other motels around, but many are motel 6 / econolodge types and count vouch for any personally. Looking online most seem pretty full, I would book as soon as possible. Otherwise there is Tacoma not to far away. We were leaning toward driving each day, but that is close to 2 hours each way with traffic. So now we have discovered that the fairgrounds has two RV lots where you can camp for $32, only catch is no tents, so we may fire up the motor home and head down in that, with fuel and camping fee probably not much cheaper than a motel, but will be able to have a BBQ and home made meals.. and our fur baby is happy to hang out in there while we are looking for bargains... so bonus points there
