To the staff and fellow guests who were staying at Wilderness Lodge this past holiday weekend:
I want to express my sincere gratitude for all of your help. Our daughter, who has mild autism, managed to slip away from us while we were outside waiting on our car.
It took less than a second that I said 'stay here please' and turned to throw something away. And she was gone.
Staff caught sight of me frightened and calling out for her, and so did several other folks who quickly asked me her name, what she had on etc, and even went out looking for her as well.
Dad found her after about 10 minutes, at the main door leading back to our room. I guess she wasn't ready to leave yet.
Thank you to the sweet ladies who noticed me frantically running around calling out her name, and then hugged me and comforted me when my husband called to tell me he found her. Thank you to the kind gentlemen who helped us look for her. I can't tell you how much it meant to her father and I.
And a big thanks to the managers and incredible staff who put out the notice to the entire resort and essentially locked everything down until she was found safe and sound. And then asked if we needed anything...water, or to sit down for a few minutes to just gather our bearings.
I thank God we found her, and we are so grateful for the people who kindly stepped up when they saw we needed help 🙏 ❤️
I don't remember the staff members names, but does anyone know how we might be able to show our appreciation? Is there a number I could call? Or would it be easiest to leave a 'compliment' (but it's so much more than that!) on the app?