Our birthdays are a week apart, so we took ourselves to the Umstead Hotel and Spa in Cary for a two night stay with our daughter and her young son.
It's a pretty fabulous place, very Zen. The bath products all smell like an herb farm in France and we opted for the handicap room. NOT the ADA room, which we found to be a critical point. Although there were grab bars around the head, there were none in the shower and there was also a small, three inch step into the shower which may not seem like much, but to someone who can't lift their feet to put shoes on, it is as high as Everest.
We managed both things tho, by pulling Pat's permobile closer to the shower and using it as a walker/grab bar and by putting towels on the floor (amazingly, they weren't non-skid but rather a lovely, serene, incredibly slick organic tan tile). We also had to request a bath chair as there wasn't one in place.
There is a lovely paved, walk around a small lake (I think it is really more of a large pond-but that's just semantics.) It is impossible to access with a wheelchair, so we hiked up to the SAS campus and found the small paved path that led down to it there. No problem, and I needed the extra walk.
We opted against taking Pat's walker due to having extra baby equipment with us and we found that by putting his Permobile on the lowest speed and with me sitting in it, Pat could use the handles and walk behind while I sat and steered. That way we both got our walks, but I still have a hard time steering a straight line, that joystick is so tender.
These however were minor glitches in the overall scheme of things. Glorious weather, Clare spotted Taylor Swift in the spa, some kind soul picked up our bar/dinner tab and Pat dangled his feet in the pool.
The room service was the best Pat had ever experienced and back in the day when he had the use of his appendages, he was a world traveler so he knows. It is pricey, but we opt for these short stays at great places and eat out less at home
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