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With fifteen well-appointed and newly-renovated guest rooms, our upscale yet down-to-earth motel is a roadside gem — 100% smoke-free, dog-friendly, and designed with thoughtful amenities throughout.

On-site, guests can browse local goods and provisions at Rodeo Mercantile and enjoy specialty coffee and creative craft bakes at The Lunar Lounge.

Once a 1940s roadside stop known as El Rancho Motor Lodge, our revived property is now a modern boutique motel where small-town soul meets slow hospitality.

“Part Cowboy-core, part mystical, Mellow Moon Lodge is a female-owned boutique motel that's entirely alluring.”

- Vogue Magazine

In place of a traditional lobby, we have a thoughtfully curated lifestyle shop, Rodeo Mercantile, featuring local goods, craft spirits, gifts, provisions, and more.

SHOP

Open to guests and to the public, we have a Specialty Coffee Shop and Bake House on property called The Lunar Lounge that serves craft espresso, creative scratch baked goods, and a variety of grab-no-go provisions.

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"With a coffee shop and a retail store, the 15-room Mellow Moon Lodge is poised to attract travelers interested in slow travel, adventure and small-town hospitality."

The New York Times
"Colorado’s sleepy southern expanse is the state’s latest corner of cool."

Conde Nast Traveler
"With their splashy neon signs and retro vibes, motels have always embodied a distinctly Americana romance, symbolizing the adventure, freedom, and independence of the open road."

Vogue Magazine featuring Mellow Moon Lodge
"It’s a landscape of extremes in all ways, shapes and forms [that] attracts a particular type of person. For some creative people, when they step into the valley they are instantly inspired."

Jocelyn Catterson (Local Artist) for Colorado Sun
"The vast San Luis Valley is Colorado’s newest cultural destination as a new crop of hospitality businesses remakes the alpine desert as a modern creative draw."

The Denver Post
"Ski towns and Denver are super expensive and populated. What you still have in the San Luis Valley is fresh air, dark skies, a lot of space."

Liz Henley, Business Professor at Adams State University
"In this day and age, a well-designed hotel isn’t an oddity, but when paired with extreme personal touch, like here, it becomes something more rare."

My Colorado Parks | Outside Magazine

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A person wearing white high-heeled shoes standing on a colorful, geometric patterned tile floor.

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With fifteen well-appointed and newly-renovated guest rooms, our upscale yet down-to-earth motel is a roadside gem — 100% smoke-free, dog-friendly, and designed with thoughtful amenities throughout.

On-site, guests can browse local goods and provisions at Rodeo Mercantile and enjoy specialty coffee and creative craft bakes at The Lunar Lounge.

“Part Cowboy-core, part mystical, Mellow Moon Lodge is a female-owned boutique motel that's entirely alluring.”

"With a coffee shop and a retail store, the 15-room Mellow Moon Lodge is poised to attract travelers interested in slow travel, adventure and small-town hospitality."

"Colorado’s sleepy southern expanse is the state’s latest corner of cool."

"With their splashy neon signs and retro vibes, motels have always embodied a distinctly Americana romance, symbolizing the adventure, freedom, and independence of the open road."

"It’s a landscape of extremes in all ways, shapes and forms [that] attracts a particular type of person. For some creative people, when they step into the valley they are instantly inspired."

"The vast San Luis Valley is Colorado’s newest cultural destination as a new crop of hospitality businesses remakes the alpine desert as a modern creative draw."

"Ski towns and Denver are super expensive and populated. What you still have in the San Luis Valley is fresh air, dark skies, a lot of space."

"In this day and age, a well-designed hotel isn’t an oddity, but when paired with extreme personal touch, like here, it becomes something more rare."

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