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past her.
She pinned the last sheet on the clothesline, added a couple of pillowcases, and decided to check the booking forms for the next set of guests who would be arriving soon.
Jordan had told her where to find the folder, so she walked through the back door of Trent and Gracie’s home and knocked on the office door.
Jordan was sitting at his desk with paperwork spread out in front of him. He looked up and frowned.
Sarah waved her hand toward the filing cabinet. “I’m making a grocery list for next week. I want to check the booking forms for the guests.”
“Did Frank mention the phone call he had yesterday?”
Sarah shook her head. “Not yet.”
“One of the couples want to go fly fishing. I’ve got a note here somewhere…” He started moving papers around on his desk, opening folders, then frowning at the phone. “I called a local outfitter to see if they could take them on one of their fishing trips. They had two spare places so it’s all booked. The only thing we need to do is provide them with food and drink for the day.”
“What about dinner?”
“That’s provided by the outfitter. They won’t be back until about nine o’clock at night.” Jordan rummaged around some more, then scratched his head. “I know I’ve got the details here somewhere.”
Sarah lifted next week’s booking forms out of a folder and flicked through the papers. “Is it this couple?” She held up a red piece of paper that had been clipped to one of the forms. “Peter and Christine McEwan?”
“That’s them.”
She read the note and reattached it to the folder. “I’ll make sure they’ve got what they need. Can I ask you a question?”
“Sure.” Jordan leaned back in his chair, giving her his undivided attention.
“I looked at your website the other day. It’s good, but there are things you could do to make it better.” Sarah paused and waited to see what his reaction would be. Jordan didn’t seem to be annoyed or defensive. He simply sat in his chair, waiting for her to continue.
“Have you thought about linking an online registration process to a database? That way you wouldn’t have to look for pieces of paper. Everything would be in one place and you could access it from anywhere, not just this office.”
“We got a quote from a company in Great Falls and they talked about something like that. It was more expensive than we could afford, so I asked a friend’s daughter to put a website together for me. Our website hasn’t got all of the bells and whistles that some of the big organizations have, but I haven’t got a bells and whistles budget.”
“I could help,” she said.
Jordan studied her for a few minutes.
She could normally tell what was on his mind just by looking at his face. But not today. He’d locked whatever he was thinking away, leaving her to guess what would come next.
He picked up a pen and paper and started making some notes. “So the website needs updating?”
Sarah nodded. “New pictures would add interest. You could also add a blog, an online registration process, links to social media sites, and an email contact form.”
Jordan raised one of his eyebrows. “Anything else?”
Sarah tried to work out if he was genuinely interested or in shock. He didn’t look as if he was in information overload, so she kept going. “If you wanted to add some color and movement, you could embed some movie clips. You know…” She pointed toward the window. “Show people what it’s like out here. The sun setting on the mountains, horses galloping across the prairie, maybe even show them through the barn accommodation.”
“How much will all of this cost?”
Sarah rubbed her hands down the side of her jeans. “I had coffee with Sally the other day. Sally Gray, Nathan’s sister.”
“I know who she is. She didn’t want you to look after more animals from the shelter, did she?”
Sarah smiled. “Not this week. But she has got a class technology project that she