For our anniversary, Paul surprised me with a gift card to a Bed and Breakfast of our choice, and my parents agreed to keep the kids overnight so we could have a whole twenty-four hours to ourselves. We decided on a B&B in Hudson, so we got to town in time for dinner, then made our way to the huge old Victorian mansion. It was a three-story masterpiece! We wandered around admiring the place for a little while, noting the pool table room and the den full of board games, but how did we end up spending our evening? We went to sleep at 9:30! The two night owls who never hit the hay before ten couldn't even keep our eyes open to play a game of cribbage.
Now you know me, I judge every experience based on how good the food is, and this was no exception. Thankfully, breakfast was delicious: stuffed french toast, fresh fruit, currant scones, sausage, orange juice, coffee, served in our room overlooking a huge oak tree with fiery orange leaves. A great start to a beautiful fall day.
After checkout, we decided to work off some of the massive breakfast with a hike in the state park. What an awesome day it was, hiking to and from a beautiful waterfall, making our way up zillions of stairs for an incredible view. A friend of mine referred to this trip as "an investment in our marriage", and I really like that way of looking at it. We spent the entire three mile hike talking- not about bills, home repairs and schedules, but about the Really Important Stuff that often gets lost in the shuffle of raising kids and being an adult.
We had lunch at the "Fifth best German restaurant in America", and I must say that it was pretty tasty! ...Although their Apfel Strudel wasn't quite in the same league as the stuff we had in Austria with Tony and Catherine. We wandered downtown Hudson for a little while and hit some garage sales on our way back to the Cities to pick up the kids.
It was a great way to celebrate our first five years, and I am so looking forward to the many more to come!
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