The Road to Tribeca

For any loyal readers out there, sorry for the delay in posting. I have not found the time to post in the last few weeks. We actually just arrived home from Columbus, OH. We went there to buy a Car...the Subaru Tribeca!!! We had to travel all the way to Columbus in order to get a decent deal. Turns out, the Tribeca's aren't that easy to find, especially a gently used one.... and that's not surprising since, after much searching, it is the one car I had my heart set on. Larry would have gone up there himself, but since both of our names were on the title of my car (our trade), I had to be present, which meant Olive too (yep, still nursing). So, since we all had to go up together, we (well, Larry) decided it would be fun to make a weekend out of it. So, we found a hotel in Columbus that had an indoor water park.

We arrived last night around 10pm, and were up bright and early today to head out to the Subaru Dealership...... and after 3 hrs. of pure hell, the Tribeca was ours. I do not recommend buying a car with a 4 year old boy and an infant....it really complicates an already consternating experience.

We returned to the hotel after the big purchase ready for some hard core swimming/sliding. At least Spence was..I had already resigned myself to the wading area with Olive. All I can say is that we were all very disappointed. The pool/water park area was so nice, but it was just too cold in there to enjoy yourself. The water wasn't nearly as warm as it should have been and the area itself wasn't warm enough. We stayed for an hour, tops. Spence went down a few slides (the only ones he was tall enough to ride on) and I was able to go down a few with him (which I loved ). Olive was miserable...hated the water.

We went back to our room and realized that we had to get out of there....there was no way we were staying another night. Olive wasn't sleeping good there, and we all needed to get back to our own beds. So, we hit the road again, this time in Style. I am glad to be home. Olive is just too young for over-night trips. Now she is all snugly, fast asleep in her own bed..and I'm not far behind her.