Dave and I had actually started planning our 10th anniversary shortly after our 9th anniversary because Dave was able to get a hotel room at the Ahwanee in Yosemite National Park, which is hard to come by. We had lots of tentative plans incorporated with the hiking trip... Napa? Big Sur? Tahoe?, but then the fires started in California and they were relentless, so we decided to go the Tahoe route. We booked the flights pretty last minute because everything was so up in the air with the kids and COVID, but we felt good about it. And then the email came from school, Piper was to be quarantined for two weeks due to a close contact, now what?! Over the next few days, we monitored Piper's symptoms and then the news broke that the wildfires in California shifted and Yosemite closed.
We went to work, googling back up options, and landed on Colorado Springs. A bit closer to home, but it still had hiking options, R&R, restaurants, and time away. We stayed at a resort called the Broadmore, and had a view of the mountains. We had wine with lunch, spa treatments, a golf game, hikes, long dinners, early bedtimes, watched the Office and splurged on plenty of wine and room service.
It took about 2 hours to settle into resort mode. No schedules, no overbooking, just time and space to enjoy the slower pace and be together. 10 years has gone by in an instant, between kids and work and the house renovation and life, its often hard to take the time to appreciate each other, but I'm so glad we were able to, and Im so thankful for our life.
FYI- couple photo overload ;).
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| Seven bridge hike. |
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| Golf outing. |
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| The leaves were changing and the weather was perfect. |
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| Sunsets in bathrobes. |
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| Garden of the Gods. |
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| Anniversary dinner. |
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| Happy hour. |
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| The drive down from Pikes Peak. |
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