This was my second stay at this location. About a year ago we enjoyed our stay, hence booking a second time. This time we were disappointed. The lighting situation was inconvenient and puzzling. The lights around the vanity mirror and overhead in bathroom were not all working. Therefore it was dim/dark in the bathroom. The two bedside light lamp shades were completely missing, offering bare light bulb lighting in the room. I informed the front desk and they said they would address it, but nothing was done. The free breakfast was bad. Watery coffee. Lots of breads, sausage gravy (mostly gravy), liquid egg omelettes with barely any fillings, poor quality sausage patties, and a variety of individually boxed items. Boring, bland, blah! Obviously Holiday Inn Express is spending the bare minimum to offer what they call a free breakfast. We checked out wanting real food. The salad I ended up getting at the truck stop on the road was much better. And so were the coffee options!