Head straight for the pool and hot tub after you check in at the non-smoking La Quinta Inn & Suites Monahans, just off the interstate and offering free Wi-Fi and breakfast. There are 78 non-smoking rooms at the three-story La Quinta Inn & Suites Monahans, and theyre all decorated in funky modern style and have free Wi-Fi access and flat-panel TVs. The outdoor pool and hot tub, open seasonally, is a great spot to relax, or sip a cocktail in the hotels lobby bar. Business and fitness facilities and a well-stocked sundry shop are other perks. Parking is free, and pets are welcome, also at no charge. The hotel is on I-20 in Texas shale country, about a half-hour either way from Odessa and Pecos. Monahans Sandhills State Park, full of desert-like sand dunes and one of the largest oak forests in the country, is about six miles east down the interstate. Drive 30 miles to Meteorite Crater and Exhibition Museum on the outskirts of Odessa. Midland International Air and Space Port is 48 miles away, just past Odessa.