ridg3runner, here are two in the Pollock Pines area (which is the closest town to the Loon Lake trail head). I don't think they are anything fancy, but I'm sure it's a decent place to rest your head that night before
Westhaven Inn Pollock Pines
$90
per night
2-star hotel
Free breakfast · Free WiFi · Free parking
Best Western Stagecoach Inn
Western style - 10 min to lake.
$129
per night
3-star hotel
Outdoor pool · Free breakfast · Free WiFi
Are either of these the ones I keep seeing in the pics from the WAL rocking Rubicon run?