Falling Off a Four-Poster Bed

Great Falls, Montana, has the distinction of being about half-way between Calgary, Alberta and Pocatello, Idaho -- it's about 5.5 hours away from Calgary. Since traveling with a 2-year-old can be a bit slow and tiring, we decided to stay the night in Great Falls on our way down to Pocatello to see my family.



We stayed in the Collins Mansion Bed & Breakfast, a grand old Victorian place built in 1891 by one of the early business leaders in Great Falls.



We picked a room with two beds (mainly because it was inexpensive and available) so Scotty got his own little four-poster instead of a portable playpen.



Before putting him sleep, we pushed one side up against the wall and piled up the numerous pillows on the floor on the other side -- in the off chance that he should fall off the tall bed.



-- Which he did. In the morning we found him asleep in the pile of pillows and felt like terrible parents, since we didn't even stir. However, truly terrible parents would not have put the pillows there... and they would have pushed him off themselves.



The breakfast was just as elaborate as the beds, and much less hazardous. We enjoyed a good meal and they even brought something out for Scotty, even though he technically wasn't a paying customer.



We loved the Collins Mansion, and we would love to go back again.