Can you remember why it was called Motel 6?

I don't even remember, anymore, what the cheapest room I stayed in. I think I slept in Weed coming from San Diego (discharged or my brother's funeral, don't remember) in 73/74 for about 15-20 bucks. Since then there's been a few more that were almost as cheap

When doing the E911 installs, we stayed in a Mom and Pop in Ritzville that was really reasonable........except they had a central boiler and SHUT OFF THE HEAT. This was in cold weather, and I could have used some.