Donna saw the motel

I’m not sure if it was the missing motel but in Season 1 when Donna tells her backstory to Tabitha she mentions wanting to stop at the motel because they saw the tree in the road and it was late. They didn’t want the deer to go bad so they went through the town twice before her sister got killed. What would’ve happened if they went to the motel? Is that the missing motel that Henry was asking about? I don’t think anyone else mentioned any motel after they saw the tree but I was curious what it could’ve meant for her to see it after the tree.