Thanks, you guys!
Ah, yes, thanks

for the info on the CHP. Would hate to add the cost of a ticket to our trip.
So there is an Econolodge {LOL, of course, that is where you started this thread, right?}. Was it clean? Safe? We are coming down from Sacramento and will either stop there {yes, a
planned stop!} or in Diamond Bar. Big difference, right?
When we've driven through there, we've mostly nervously watched the temperature gauge, suffering without A/C.
The last time {oh, I think it was end of March of this year}we were stuck in traffic from a big accident. The freeway was stopped. We had little walkie talkie radios {well, I guess now that I am an adult, they aren't called walkie talkies?} and cracked up because others did, too, and were talking back and forth from different vehicles. We have done that on road trips when we've used more than one car.
Thanks again, you guys!