The Haps

Staying The Night - The Hotel part 2

Chapter Five.
We drove into the town of Union, Oregon at approximately 8pm. We were an hour ahead of schedule (that darn time zone change). We got out of the car and saw this...
...at night! Not just a little spooky, but creepy. They even had 6 R.V. hookups behind the mansion! Now that's crazy!

We decided to walk up and just get it over with. It turned into a scene out of Haunted Mansion. Large Entry way with original 1920 tile work, a parlor, and the scent of cookies! I somehow convinced Doug this would be alright. However, we ended up sleeping in these beds with picket fences as headboards, flies falling on Doug in the shower, and two ghosts that shared some wine and their sense of adventure with us. These "ghosts" will be explained shortly.

They wanted to go exploring. I was up for it and Doug reluctantly gave in. They took us to the third floor of the mansion, which was never finished during the remodel. We saw two doors that were steel construction and had a single circular window. These doors also had a contraption that looked very medieval. We concluded these doors where a psych ward or punishment chamber of sorts. Ok, ghost people, a Hannibal lector chamber and bad wine...needless to say, neither of us slept well that night. But the crazy part of the story just begins.

We bolted out of town and realized I had left my wallet in the room. Thankfully we hadn't gotten very far, we turned back into the town of Union. As we approached the first street, Doug noticed it was named "Ash." The second, "Birch" and the third, sure enough, "Chestnut." As we got to the Union Hotel, we learned it resided on the corner of Main Street and "Elm" Street. We are convinced to this day we slept the night in a ghost town near central Oregon that just so happens to have the same street names as my grandparents cemetery. Coincidence or paranormal?

posted by Spence-a-lick @ 2:01 PM