Last weekend, as part of our Christmas, David and I had planned a getaway to Ohio. First, we were supposed to drop Noel off with David's sister. Then we would head to Columbus, Ohio to stay at the Hyatt downtown, have some fun exploring the city, taking our nephew out, and finally watch our Michigan State Spartans play Ohio State.
As most of you know, however, Columbus had the biggest snow in years, over 20 inches. When we left Saturday from Findlay, we thought the weather shows were exaggerating. Not the case at all. After a couple of hours of driving very slowly and cautiously, we ended up stranded in Marion, Ohio, about 45 miles from Columbus. When we got off, we couldn't see anything. David found a Fairfield Inn and went in to talk to someone about the conditions. By then, the police had blocked off the exits and closed the highway completely. Our romantic getaway had just been moved to lovely Marion, Ohio!! Long story short, the evening consisted of hanging out in the hotel room and a trip to Walmart (the only store open in the whole town) for microwave popcorn and poptarts for dinner. But we were safe and thankful for that.
Fortunately, we did make it to the game on Sunday. The Spartans gave away the game at the end, but we had a good time and got to take Aaron out for lunch afterwards. So our plans didn't go quite as expected, but it was an adventure we will not soon forget!
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