Where on Earth is Paw Paw, Michigan?
If you’re a computer geek, you stay up late running raids in an online game, hanging out in chat rooms or seeking out the latest reviews on the hot gadgets. What about carseat geeks? Well, okay, we hang out in carseat chat rooms and read all the reviews on kids gear, too. We also drive hours to meet up at nice restaurants where we discuss the merits of the latest products.
Yesterday, we had just such a mini-conference. A half dozen moderators and long time members at the Car-Seat.Org forums got together in Paw Paw, Michigan. While I’m sure the area golfing was great, as the Golf Michigan commercials claim, we chose Paw Paw for another reason. It’s more or less midway between the western suburbs of Detroit and Chicago. Oh, and there was a Play Place!
Despite temperatures in the high 90s in the asphalt parking lot plus sweltering humidity, we managed to oogle some recently released products and try a few in vehicles, too. My wife will be most pleased that I returned with a few less carseats than I brought! I bet the next get together is near Vegas.
Reader Comments
Oh, I wish I could have gone! But sadly, I had to work.
Actually, we’re planning an L.A. get-together right now. Vegas is a bit far.
:p
Sounds like fun!
I wish I’d gone.. too shy
Oh, yes, it was so much fun! I just love getting together with my car seat geek friends – I always feel like I’m with “my people.” LOL
However, my hubby wasn’t thrilled when I came home with THREE more seats! (One from Darren, one from Ilana, one from Jean.) Ooops …
Fun indeed. Bookmama, I should have sent some of that delicious root beer home with you for him to soften the blow, eh?
DH thought it was funny that I ended the day with one less carseat instead of an additional carseat, and he breathed an audible sigh of relief. Have you tried showing your DH the carseatblog.com video of Murphydog’s DH reacting to her multiple carseat delivery? 
P.S. My van’s exterior temperature indicator read 100 degrees when we were leaving McD’s parking lot yesterday. I never knew the temp. indicator was even capable of a triple digit reading before.
No need for the root beer, hubby was happy enough when I explained that two of the seats would probably work for our needed three-across, so we won’t have to buy as many new seats before baby arrives.