Wayne Harrison wrote:
through an act of kindness on the part of that great humanitarian, dan'l
finn, i have been provided the opportunity to have access to two rooms at
the number one hostelry in the west yellowstone area, the infamous "slide
inn". however, the press of professional responsibilities limits my stay to
less than the leasehold presently held by the noble mr. finn.

in short, while the room is currently let for the period july 8-16, i can
only stay from the 8th through the 13th. that leaves a vacancy from the
9th, a wednesday, through the following sunday.

That makes absolutely no sense at all. Do you have two rooms, one
room or half a room ? If your current reservation runs from the
8th to the 16th and you are going to be there from the 8th to the
13th how can there be a vacancy from the 9th, (a Saturday btw), to
the following Sunday the 17th ? God help me, but I think know what
you were trying to communicate, (credit many years of Budweiser
and Laphroaig ;-). To fill your vacancy one would check in on
Wednesday July 13th and check out on Sunday July 17th having stayed
four nights at $80 per night.

I *still* don't know if $80 per night is supposed to buy two rooms,
one room or a date with Dan'l, my translation skills aren't *that*
good. ;-)

--
Ken Fortenberry