A Fairy Story Comes True
Ever since our son was small, I have been telling him two bedtime stories each night. These stories are made up as I told them, spur of the moment
thinking. I wish I would have kept track of each story I had made up. Sadly, most have been forgotten. However, one story, will always be remembered.
The story was told during a home exchange while we were visiting in Vancouver Washington, just across the Columbia River from Portland Oregon.
It was completely made up. What made it so memorable was what happened two weeks later.
The story was about a family that decided to visit the Oregon Coast while on a home exchange. They left Vancouver Washington late in the afternoon with the intention of staying in a hotel or bed and breakfast overnight while at the coast. As they were driving through Portland they ran into heavy traffic and made a wrong turn in Beaverton Oregon. They continued driving for hours, mostly on secondary highways. As night started to fall they entered a town and obviously they were lost. The dad decided to drive into a residential area in hope of finding someone still outside to ask
directions. As they entered the side streets they noticed a lady walking her dog. They stopped and asked directions and she explained that it would
be best to ask her husband. They followed her to the house. By now it was dark. The family was surprised to learn that they had missed the Oregon Coast and now were in Crescent City Northern California. After a long chat, the family was invited to stay the night and next day the husband led the family out to the Coast highway so that they could continue to the Oregon Coast .
That was the story, totally made up. However two weeks later, after we returned home from our home exchange vacation, something happened that made me wonder about my story telling.
I was at home watching TV, our son was sleeping and my wife Joanna was out walking the dog. It was around 10 pm and just starting to get dark. The front door opened and in came my wife, our dog and two visitors. Seems they were lost and decided to leave the main highway and drive into a residential area to see if the could get directions. That is when they spotted Joanna walking our dog. My wife suggested they follow her home so that I could help with directions. After a short chat, we found the couple was from Beaverton Oregon, they were lost and looking for a bed and breakfast. She was a teacher who worked in Vancouver Washington. Of course we invited them to stay the night.
Contributed by Members 26761 – Dennis and Joanna
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