We started our day nice and early, Rico got a nice work out in, we had some breakfast and then we all piled in our car and headed north. We just wanted to go for a drive so Rico could experience as much of this beautiful countryside as possible. We drove for about an hour and a half hoping to find a nice lake or river to sit and have a picnic, but not only did we never find anything like that, nothing really looked familiar to me. I've been here many times in the past, but not for many years, but I thought something should look familiar. Anyway, Joshua started getting ants in his pants, he was tired of being in his car seat for so long, so for about half an hour we tried to find a place, any place to stop or even turn around, finally we found a turn off and headed back towards home. We found a little town called Golden, a very small place, we drove a couple blocks and actually found a cute little park, we were very excited. We let Josh out and he ran around for a bit and then found the swing...he loves the swings. His papa pushed him for several minutes, then we ate our lunch in the warm car and headed back home. We were about an hour from our hotel at that point.
We made it back about 3:30, just enough time to go to our room, unpack our stuff, repack a few new things and then we headed downstairs to the front of the lake for a sleigh ride! A sleigh ride, can you believe it (thank you Judith and Ken!) We went on an hour long sleigh ride, with two horses named Mo and Joe and a driver named Matt, all the way to the back of the lake, it was so incredible! The scenery was so gorgeous, it was snowing very lightly, and the horses had jingle bells all over them, it was so peaceful and so fantastic! We rode ride out onto the lake to turn around and then we headed back. It went by rather quickly, but it was sure fun. Josh wasn't too sure what to make of it and Katie slept most of the way, but Rico and I really loved it.
After our sleigh ride, we came up stairs, ordered room service, had a wonderful meal and some wine, and now here we are. We already have to check out tomorrow, and I don't think either one of us is ready to. I think we both like it here at the Chateau the best. I'm ready to come back in the summer time so we can experience this all over again without any ice slowing us down. I hope it won't be another 12 years. Tomorrow we head back to Mike and Wendy's for the weekend. Bye for now...
We made it back about 3:30, just enough time to go to our room, unpack our stuff, repack a few new things and then we headed downstairs to the front of the lake for a sleigh ride! A sleigh ride, can you believe it (thank you Judith and Ken!) We went on an hour long sleigh ride, with two horses named Mo and Joe and a driver named Matt, all the way to the back of the lake, it was so incredible! The scenery was so gorgeous, it was snowing very lightly, and the horses had jingle bells all over them, it was so peaceful and so fantastic! We rode ride out onto the lake to turn around and then we headed back. It went by rather quickly, but it was sure fun. Josh wasn't too sure what to make of it and Katie slept most of the way, but Rico and I really loved it.
After our sleigh ride, we came up stairs, ordered room service, had a wonderful meal and some wine, and now here we are. We already have to check out tomorrow, and I don't think either one of us is ready to. I think we both like it here at the Chateau the best. I'm ready to come back in the summer time so we can experience this all over again without any ice slowing us down. I hope it won't be another 12 years. Tomorrow we head back to Mike and Wendy's for the weekend. Bye for now...
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Summertime?...My sentiments, exactly!.... There is so much beauty in dead of winter...the summers must be AWESOME!
Hey...Are you sure they HAVE summers? ha!
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