Last weekend, 3/6-3/7, Dave and I decided to "get away." We were super excited that Keely and Jeff planned to come along, and quickly decided that Ft. Wayne was far enough to feel "away," yet close enough for a quick weekend trip...this was after all going to be Rei's first road trip.
We headed out of town Saturday afternoon and were planning on returning Sunday afternoon. We had a great time, seeing all sorts of fun stuff. We checked into the Hampton Inn, which was to be our home away from home, and then quickly headed over to Glen Brook Mall for some shopping fun. Although we were at the mall for quite some time, we left with money in our pockets! :)
Next, we headed back to the hotel for some swimming and relaxing. Oh, and dinner, too! We ordered pizza to be delivered, ate and headed down to soak in the hot tub and be chlorinated. Dave, Rei and I spent time in the pool only, as the hot tub was flamin' hot. The pool had plenty of chemicals, so we didn't even last in there to long. There were also so very loud, excited kiddies swimming which made it difficult to bear for much longer than about 25 minutes.
We headed up and to bed about 10:30, only to be waken out of a dead sleep by the hotel fire alarm at 1:30 am. Imagine waking up to the loudest sound you've ever heard and not knowing what to do next. I immediately grabbed Reilly to make our escape, and Dave jumped out of bed, looked around in a sleepy panic and said, "What do we do?" After taking a minute to breath, I put Reilly back in bed and headed for the hallway. There didn't appear to be any smoke, so I closed the door, told Dave to lay back down and proceeded to call the front desk. After 4 attempts, and no one willing to answer, I headed down to the lobby.
I found the front desk clerk, who was clearly out of breath and not in a good mood and asked what was going on. She said that she had "run the floors and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary." I asked if we needed to evacuate, (I did pass some poor souls who were standing outside in their jam-jams!) and she said she didn't think so. At this point, a bit of Mama Bear came out, and I replied, "Well, I need to know what we should do, not what you think we should do, because I have a 4 month old upstairs." She said we were welcome to evacuate if we wanted, but she thought everything was okay. She did tell me that the fire department was on its way, and she would know more than. As I went back upstairs, thinking we could be part of a huge weenie roast in under 5 minutes, I gave Dave the update, and he said to chill out and we watched TV for a bit. We heard the sirens come and then I headed back down about 15 minutes later to find out that a sprinkler had been bent and had triggered the alarm to go off. We're in teh clear.
Sunday morning we got up and enjoyed some breakfast downstairs in the lobby before playing some cards and heading out. We made a stop at Gander Mountain and then headed over to the Botanical Gardens that are in downtown Ft. Wayne. We had a great time walking around and exploring the different areas, plants, shrubs and trees. We made a quick stop at Red Robin before heading back home.
We had a great time in Ft. Wayne, took lots of pictures and made lots of memories. And if you thought I used to be a heavy packer before Rei, you should have seen me then...
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