Huron, Ohio - West of
Huron, Ohio on busy Route 6 is a flashback to the 1960s.
The Maples Motel is a
fourth-generation operation run by Joan Faber and her
family.
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"I haven't taken a
paycheck in 35 years," said Joan as we stood in the square back room of
her house that does double duty as the motel office
The brown paneled walls
are covered with old black-and-white photos and framed magazine articles written about the homey
facility.
"The cabins are $49
to $61 a night," Joan said. "I run it in memory of the woman who
started the place - and I don't raise the rates."
Joan holds a photo of
the motel from its earlier years when the Maple trees were small, there was no
pool and there were mats in front of the screen doors for people to wipe their
feet.
"There's a 1957
Ford parked in the lot in this photo," said Joan. "Back then we were open
year round, we had TV but not in color."
"Met my husband Ken
at the University of Detroit. We had four kids when his mom died and he asked
me if I'd like to go to Ohio and we'd run the motel.
"With four little
ones," said Joan, her voice rising in pitch. "I was a natural,"
she said confidentially "And I loved it."
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