The Case for the Classic Motel

The Astoria-Megler Bridge looms over the Atomic Motel in northwestern Oregon.

The outside of the Abbycreek Inn is not its best side. Tan walls with brown trim rise from the asphalt that surrounds it like a horseshoe, the color not all that different from the grassy hills of the Methow Valley around us. There’s chipped paint and
wobbly-looking balconies. I booked this roadside motel last-minute on a holiday weekend—for what had to have been the last dog-friendly vacancy in the tourism hub of Winthrop. But it doesn’t take long for me to understand where Abbycreek’s charm lies.

The Abbycreek Inn preserves indie hotel culture in

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