Welcome Traveler!

Greetings and welcome to MOTEL HELL! A ghastly-garish gallery of some of the most beautifully retched and dismal vintage motel (and roadside eatery) postcards from the 1950's, 60's and 70's.

I'm really not sure if anyone else out there will get into this blog, but I know I sure will. And the way I figure it, if you can at least make one person happy in life, it's all worth it! Even if that one person happens to myself.

Notes
With four other blogs and one website (so far) that I'm already publishing and maintaining (see my links section), this new one is merely a "side project", just for fun, that I'll work on in a deliberately part-time fashion. I'll add new stuff to it a little at a time, whenever I can -- or whenever I feel like it. It will not be a "daily" blog. I don't plan to post here everyday, as a rule. I'll try to post as often as I can, of course, but there will be no specific schedule at all to it.

I think my minimum goal will be just to at least add new content once or twice a week. Could be more at times, could be less. I'll have to see. I'm making this clear up front so you'll at least know what to expect out of it (and what not to).

Focus
Now a bit about the trip of this gallery. While I'm mainly planning to focus on old motel postcards here, you'll also see a few other road-related things, when appropriate, thrown into the retro stew: hotels, inns, and motor lodges, as well as gaudy roadside eateries, lounges and such, too. And the dingier, tackier, and uglier the shot, the betterer!

My commentary on the postcards will be kept intentionally light and to a bare minimum usually, as I think the photos pretty much speak for themselves. Besides, that's what this collective is really meant to be anyway; a gallery. A visual (you can pronounce that viZual, if you want to, like me) experience!

Why?
Finally, why am I doing this? Because first, I just really dig these cool postcards, and I happen to be addicted to all things nostalgic.

Second, because no other blog seems to be covering it. So I thought, hey, what the heck, it might be a fun theme to explore for a while. Actually, besides Blogs, I found no other Website doing it either. At least none doing exactly what I wanted to see, with the specific focus put mainly (and purposely) on the absolute trashiest, gaudiest-looking stuff that I love! Maybe that should be telling me something, huh? :) Eh, let's see where it goes.

So welcome weary traveler! I hope you enjoy your stay. And please remember, the guest's courteous comments here (and e-mails), are always warmly welcomed by the management of MOTEL HELL!

Your Host,
Keith Milford