5. Write about a stay-cation you would love to take…
Every Spring Break my sister and I take our kids to a cabin (or just a house rental) here in Washington. We try to choose a location less than 2 hours away so that the kids can feel like we’re “getting away” without feeling like we’re stuck in the car all day.
The first year we went, my sister had actually planned the get away for her own family and I managed to slither my way into her trip. We went to Lake Cushman and enjoyed a rustic A frame cabin near the Olympic mountains. We went hiking and made s’mores and it was delightful.
The second year, I didn’t even give my sister a chance to plan a Spring Break getaway. I immediately took the reigns and booked a stay in Coupeville. We enjoyed a waterfront oasis on Whidbey Island and scoped out Fort Casey State Park.
Last year, we stayed on mountain top in Port Angeles. The power went out during our taco night and there was not a flashlight in sight, BUT it made for an exciting experience and we got to visit Olympic Game Farm where buffalo stick their long tongues through your window.
This year, I found the perfect destination. It looked like a treehouse tucked into the woods and came equipped with a hot tub, zip lines, trampolines and all things that excite children. We booked it right away and then my brother in law was like, “it looks like the host might be staying with us…”
After reading the reviews it became clear that not only was the host living there, but he had surveillance cameras set up throughout the property, prepared meals for his guests, provided a 2 hour tour of the property, and was altogether quite lovely to be around. Which is terrific if we were looking for lovely people to vacation with. As it is, we prefer just sort of being alone.
My sister said she would call the host and get some clarification. Would he actually be in the house during our stay? Does he actually have surveillance cameras set up? And the answers were yes. Yes he would be there and yes there are cameras, but only for security reasons and he does not watch them. Which is wonderful…but there was one last detail that sealed the deal for us. The host shared that he’s a clown. He’s a performer, I’m sure he’s wonderful at it…but I can’t stay with a clown. It’s actually against my personal life rules. It is not a part of my manifest destiny. I cannot sleep under the same roof as a clown. What if he put his clown gear on? What if he watches the surveillance cameras while in his clown gear? No. Not happening.
I don’t know where we’re going to stay now. Will be be ocean bound? Head for the mountain side? Will we fall back on a tried and true spot? Stay tuned and enjoy this dramatic re-enactment of our clown story told by my favorite LPS characters:
(video here)
John Holton says
Can you actually talk like that, or did you speed up the recording? Either way, I LOL’ed ou loud.
Yeah, after John Gacy, I’m a little wary of clowns…
Gigi says
Nope, nope, nope – I couldn’t do it either!
May says
Clowns creep me out! Long before It, I found clowns objectionable beyond belief!
May says
When I tried to link my post I got an error message. I assumed the link had failed and ended up linking what turns out to be a duplicate link. Sorry!
Abby says
Part of me is saying, “WHOA! Good thing they dug for more info on that one!”.
But another part is saying, “Dang, that would’ve made an amusing blog post / LPS episode of their ‘surprise’ staycation!”
Spring Break with Tree House Clown…