The Schuylers

Our weekend - Part I
It was a very fast and yet long weekend, but a rewarding one. We left Thursday on the ferry. Well the "fast" ferry was 2 hours behind schedule (arrived 11:30, left at 1:30:). Once we got on, it was great. It was very nice with either airline type seats or sets of four chairs with a big table in between them. They had two movies - Shaggy Dog & Stuart Little while we were en route. They were a lifesaver to keep Sierra sitting down, even though we took frequent trips around the ship:). It was nice that you could go on the outside of the boat during the trip. It was really windy and loud on the top of the boat which freaked out Sierra, so she quickly went back inside. If we could have stayed out on the back, it would have been perfect--nice and cool and beautiful. The ship is pretty new, so it felt like we were being pampered. They also had a cafe on the ship with Alterra coffee ( I thought Alicia would like that :). We ended up getting to our destination 2 hours late (5:30/6 p.m.). Steve's aunt came and picked us up and we began our second leg of the journey. It should have taken at most 1 1/2 - 2 hours, but the roads we were going to take were closed due to road construction - yikes! Thankfully, we had a portable DVD player for the car ride - another lifesaver. 3 hours later we arrived at Grandma & Grandpa's. I cannot believe how well Sierra did. She was a trooper!