One year!

Wow, this week just flew by and I didn’t even have a chance to write. As you may know, our anniversary is tomorrow, November 22, so we spent the latter part of last week trying to plan a trip for this weekend. We knew we would have fun no matter what we did but we never have a whole weekend off together so there was some pressure to make it a good one. We changed our plans a million times and made a decision last minute so we literally rented a car and booked a room at a bed and breakfast Saturday morning and were on the road by ten. Talk about spontaneity!

River Run B&B, built in the late 1800’s, is located in the Catskill Mountains about 3 hrs from NYC. It was clean, cozy, and we couldn’t get over how quiet it was, especially compared NYC. It made us want to whisper all the time. We went to bed around 9:30 and had the best sleep we’ve had in a long time. This morning we were served a great breakfast where we met and chatted with some Physical Therapists that were in town for another PT’s wedding. The place is dog friendly so Jen managed to step in dog poo in the bathroom! The smell literally made her gag. The owners were extremely embarrassed but no harm done. The house also had a large back yard with a hammock (too cold to enjoy) and a beautiful stream that ran right through it. If the water was warm we could have put our feet in it.

Gnomes!

While in the mountains we went to an old country auction where they sold things like an old saddle, antique yard sticks, a 1970s Sesame Street lunchbox full of crayons, a variety of hideous knick-knacks, and lots of shotgun shells. We were the truly rare find in that place and didn’t even bother registering.

We also went hiking on a very aggressive trail. If we were skiing it would be a black diamond and Jen got a high five for not hurting herself. She did, however, have a hard time adjusting to the altitude and hyperventilated a little when she couldn’t catch her breath. The trail was about 3.5 miles round trip.
The most civilized experience of our getaway was a couple’s massage (which we booked only hours ahead of time) at the Emerson Resort and Spa. We could look out our relaxation room to the babbling brook outside and the mountains behind it. Our full-body treatments were customized using aromatherapy (mine was for detox and Jen’s for relaxation) and they were amazing. It took everything in us to get back in the car to drive home.

Overall the trip was not bad for something that we might have spent an hour in total planning. We would recommend it all!