Weekend Follow-up

We liked it. 

Utah was awesome. We flew into Vegas, got a car and drove up to St. George, Utah. Maybe an hour and a half driving - traffic out of Vegas at rush hour but the drive was easy once we got going. Weather was sunny and around 60 degrees the whole weekend, which was a little unusual for that area in January - but whatever, we loved it.

The resort was perfectly fine. Not a 5 star deal, but really comfortable and very nice for a wellness place, and not too hippy dippy at all. We got in just in time to drop our bags and head to the dining hall for dinner. The menu is smallish (just the right size) and all the options show you the calorie count, etc. if you are trying to be healthy. The food though is still really nice. Healthy nice! If you want, you can get beer and wine so you aren't forced to be on a diet here if you don't want to - and there is a dessert menu too - overall I would say AWESOME food. Really nice soup and salad bar, and the breakfast options were super good. Again, all healthy choices, and lots of choices. Fruit, yogurt, but also eggs and that kind of thing, oatmeal, toast, pretty much anything you want - so from the really important WHAT WILL WE EAT portion of the show, we liked it.

Saturday after breakfast we drove to the golf course. Had a great time there, beautiful course, pretty scenery. Loved it. Got back to the resort in time for spa appointments. We both had massages - very nice. Then we got dinner and hunkered down for a movie in our room. Great and relaxing!

Sunday we did a quick little hike in the State park next to the resort property. Gorgeous. Got back to the resort in time for more spa stuff. Followed that with the CRAZIEST FOOTBALL GAME ever. Watched the Seahawks pull out a big win over the Packers in the last 3 minutes of the game. So good, and soooooo stressful, but our Seahawks are now off to the SUPERBOWL!

Monday we checked out around 10am so that we could drive up into Zion National Park. It's about an hour outside of St. George, so we headed in, did a scenic loop drive, and a little hike that had a beautiful view, did another scenic drive the other direction in the park, and then worked our way back to Vegas. We got back just at dinner, so we pulled into the Bellagio, and ate at Yellowtail (Sushi) and had just enough time to win $10 bucks at a slot machine before heading to the airport. That, my friends, in not nearly enough gambling time for me, so just know that there will be another trip to Vegas in my future to make up for the lack of "gaming".

Got home late Monday night.

Here are a few pics of our little trip. Sorry, none of me, I'm still trying to come to terms with my new hair, so to survive the super short and hideous doo, I'm avoiding photos for the next couple of weeks. It's a complete fucking disaster, but since I can't do anything about it, I'm just avoiding looking at it. All I can say about it is.....Sigh!!!

Weekend re-TREAT!!!!

We are going somewhere GOOD this weekend.

Red Mountain Resort in St. George, Utah! We've never been there, but have heard a lot of nice things about it and are super excited to check it out. Apparently, you can sign up for guided hikes, horse riding, other stuff while there. Or you can go ala carte and just wing it. That's our plan. They have daily "events" like yoga, stretching, pilates, etc... so you can swing in to anything at any time or decide not to - your choice.Our plans so far:

Friday - Fly into Vegas in the afternoon and drive up - have fab dinner and check out the whole cozy joint. 

Saturday - Golf at The Ledges, then spa here, then maybe a little hike around the area, which looks super pretty.

Sunday - More spa and salon then football then another hike or something outdoors after the game.

Monday - check out and work our way back to Vegas to get home. And don't for a second think we won't stop at a casino on our way out of SIN CITY!!!

All photos are directly from the Red Mountain Resort website.

Here's hoping the resort is what we expect and that my shoulder holds up for golf, and that the weather is beautiful and that we have a great time. Can't wait.

Croatian Crustacean Vacation

Did I mention that we are going to Croatia this summer. Perhaps I didn't mention it because I would then also have to mention that this is my BIG BIRTHDAY trip to celebrate turning .....................wait for it..................50! WTF? Why, whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy???? - 

Whatever, grateful to be alive (blah blah) - all of us turning 50 this year have been referring to this as our "jubilee year", so big plans in store - including this awesome trip with friends to Croatia for some fun and sun. 

Here's how it's going down: September 2nd we arrive in Dubrovnik - we'll spend 4 nights there exploring around, eating mass seafood and drinking pink wine. Side trips, beaches, getting culture.... the usual. Then on Friday the 6th - we'll drive up to Split and spend the night. Saturday the 7th, we'll meet our captain and board our lovely catamaran and for 7 days we'll sail around in the sunshine. Super excited about the whole thing and I'm just starting to plan all the details - like where we are stopping to eat and who's in charge of cocktails on the boat. If you've been to Croatia, let me know if you have recommendations for great stops along the way. I'm collecting restaurant details on the islands, so any additions will be great.

Here are a few photos of beautiful Croatia, all from the Croatian Tourism Website and views of our catamaran from Yacht Charters Croatia. Isn't it fantastic, can't wait, will need new glamorous wardrobe to make trip complete!