Getaway...

This past weekend we drove to Carson, WA (across the river from Hood River) and took some R&R for our anniversary.  Andrea and Grant recommended a little Bed & Breakfast in the area and we decided to give it a try (plus, they had a special running the month of January that was hard to beat).  It was an amazing weekend of cozying up next to a fire, taking a very wet hike in the woods and strolling around Hood River (where we scored some good deals at a shoe store getting rid of their winter surplus!).  We didn't really take a lot of photos...but we intentionally wanted to go on a hike by some falls and hopefully get some good shots.  Well, it was rainy.  And misty.  And really cold.  Plus we got a little lost and ended up on a hike we didn't set out for - but all in all it worked out.  

It was definitely west side weather!  The hike was gorgeous with moss, fog and beautiful scenery abounding.  I love moss.  On trees, rocks, whatever.  It just looks cool.  And the fog rolling down off the mountain created for a mystical effect.  The downside - all that mist, rain and fog means that our camera didn't get many photo opportunities.  Though our camera body is weatherproof and would be fine, our lenses are not.  Here's some shots from the hike...if you look closely in the first picture you can see raindrops on the lens (or mist drops - whatever they were from they weren't good for the lens!).

We didn't take any pictures at the Bed & Breakfast itself, but let me tell you -- it was amazing!  The first night we got there, we arrived so late that the office manager had went to her cabin and just left us a key in an envelope.  We found our cabin (hard to read numbers in the dark) and were so impressed!  It was one big room with a opening to a bath/jacuzzi tub area.  Fireplace, king size poster bed, the whole nine yards!  Lovely.  However, the faucet on our jacuzzi had fallen off and was lying on the side of the tub and someone had put popcorn kernels in the sink!  We tried to get the popcorn out of the sink but instead ended up jamming it.  Hard to explain - but it was stuck and couldn't really drain anymore.  The bonus?  The next morning at breakfast we told the manager about the tub and the sink and she upgraded us for free!!  They had just built three new cabins this past summer and, since they weren't at full occupancy, offered us one of the newer, more spacious cabins.  Wowza.  It was amazing!  After getting back from that cold, wet hike above and dining in Hood River we walked into a HUGE cabin with a two person jacuzzi and flat screen TV.  Welcome home!  It was ridiculous.  In love.  And it still smelled of new wood and all cozy and cabin like.  It was amazing.  We felt so blessed.  Last year on our anniversary at the Couer d'alene Resort we got upgraded too.  It is a blessing because we wouldn't be payin' for that otherwise!  

If you ever need to get away, it's a great place to go!  I'd be more than happy to recommend you (and get the referral reward, err, I mean joy of referring you).  Now, it's back to reality.  Steven started class again today.  It's his last semester in the MBA program at WSU!  Praise the Lord he is almost done!  Right now he is sleeping as I post this.  Poor guy.  Since he has to leave work early for class he gets there early to make up for it.  This morning as he was leaving I caught a glimpse of 4:45am on the alarm clock!  Whoa!  What a man.  I then proceeded to roll over and sleep for another hour and fifteen minutes.