I can remember when there were no motels. The roads had not yet been built. "Motel" was an obvious
coinage. I remember going from Bridgewater, MA to Plymouh MA for a tricentennial of the landing of the
Pilgrims, in 1921. It was a one lane dirt road all the way. If you met another car, one had to back up to a place where it could get off road enough to let the other pass.
I think motels started in the thirties. Majority of occupants were there because it was preferable to
"footprints on the dashboard upside down".