We went to the Seattle area to visit our relatives and got a pretty cheap motel in a place called “Lakewood”. It is the only time in my life I ever declined a hotel room after driving around to where the room was. It was a scene out of a movie. People hanging around outside their rooms yelling at each other, etc. It was like the whole place was a big crack house. And it was a name brand. Well, Econolodge (we’d stayed at others that were actually decent).
Anyway, it was in Lakewood. We went to our son’s house in Tacoma and stayed that first night on their floor. My son’s response to where we tried to stay was, “Have you guys not heard of lakewood? Have you never watched Cops?”
And yeah. The whole area around the motel was a place you’d want to carry. A couple of 66 year olds in a new Camry kinda stood out.
Sounds like you guys would’ve been targeted.