Road trip anecdote #1
We were driving over the mountains, after leaving Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, heading to our motel in Idaho Falls, Idaho. It was near the end of our road trip, and we had already driven 4800 miles or so in 14 days. I had tried to plan all of our driving time each day to arrive at the motel at a decent hour. Unfortunately, I hadn’t considered the fact that on that night, we’d be driving very slowly in the dark over the passes and through the mountain roads. Needless to say, we got into Idaho Falls very late. In addition, we couldn’t see the motel when we got off the freeway exit that was given to me back when I reserved the room. We saw a cluster of other motels off to the left, so we turned left to see if our motel was tucked away in there somewhere. It wasn’t. Luckily, in a fury of planning foresight, I had printed copies of everything, including the motel’s phone number.
Using her cell phone, Kathy called the motel and talked to the woman at the front desk to find out just where the heck the place was. Kathy was given brief directions, and she hung up and directed me back across to the other side of the freeway and down a small gulley, where the motel was completely hidden from view of the freeway.
I went in to the office to check in, and I swear I am not lying when I repeat the woman’s comment: “So you were the ones that called for directions? I’m usually no good at giving directions over the phone, so I was a little worried that I would get you more lost. You did find the place, though?”
Uh, yeah, I’m pretty sure we found the place.
Add comment September 30th, 2005