Friday, June 25, 2010

So, I Slept in a Covered Wagon...

This one, to be exact:






How does one end up sleeping in a covered wagon, you ask? Well, here's how it goes...

It's Friday afternoon of Roadtrip Extravaganza 2010. AJ and I had hiked in the Grand Canyon for the last time that morning, and then had set off toward Lake Tahoe. We had already passed over the Hoover Dam, and were trying to find something to eat in Las Vegas. After our long, hunger-filled search landed us in a Chili's for dinner, we decided that we should probably start trying to figure out where we were going to spend the night. AJ got her handy-dandy Iphone out of the car and started looking for a place. One of the places that came up was the Virginia Creek Settlement. On looking at the website, AJ immediately started laughing on seeing that there were covered wagons that you could sleep in. Seriously?? And at first it started as sort of a joke: we could go there and sleep in a covered wagon. But, the more we looked, the more it seemed that this place was actually pretty conveniently located on our route. That combined with the fact that it was cheap made it a pretty good option. So, AJ called to see if anything was available. Her side of the conversation was hilarious to listen to. On asking about availability, the guy told her that, yes, he did have some tentcabins available. To which she responded, "Umm...do you have any covered wagons available??" Hilarious. And, it turns out that he did, in fact, have one covered wagon available. "We'll take that." Even more hilarious. We were going to be arriving late, so the man said that he would leave the lights on and leave a map on the front door so that we would know where to go. Then he said that the wagon would not be locked...because there is no door...just a flap...

Hilarious.


2 comments:

A.J. said...

"My name is Ashley Jordan. Do you have any of the covered wagons?"....

"Where you here last night?".....

"No, that was a different Ashley Jordan."

Julie Tiemann said...

OK, that is hilarious. Definitely a good story!