thursday night
We left for the pass right after work and were well on our way by six, in fact we almost made it to the house before the sun went down. Once we got to Brasada we made some 'bangers and mash' in honor of St. Patricks day, and Pat had a Guinness for desert. We also stumbled across some really old family albums to look through, they were hilarious (more on that later). We were not up for long though, after a long work week we passed out pretty early, but neither of us were complaining.
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| [[ kettle. bangers & mash. st patty. woodgrain. ]] |
friday
We took our time getting up in the morning, got ready cooked breakfast, and lounged around. By the late afternoon it had started snowing! It actually stuck for a while too, so of course I was outside taking pictures. I love the look of the desert terrain littered with snow. You would not think tumbleweeds and ice go so well together. The rest of the afternoon ended with us baking some chocolate chip cookies, which seemed like the perfect thing to do with the weather. We went up to the lodge for some drinks before making spaghetti for dinner. Many games of Rummy later, it was late and time for bed.
saturday
Snow continued to fall throughout the day in little flurries, but none of it stuck around for long enough to play with. I spent a lot of time sitting by the fire looking through old Vogue magazines. It was nice leaving my computer behind for the sake of not using the internet, but it might have been nice to have gotten a bit of design work done. Am I crazy? I try to 'unplug' as much as I can when we go on little vacations. We went out for dinner at a 'steakhouse' in Redmond, opened up a bottle of Maya Serra, delicious, came back home, ate cookies, and watched movies. Again, a very mellow night.
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| [[ making cookies. playing rummy. ]] |
We were sort of ready to get back home, but sort of dreading it at the same time. It is hard to leave a gorgeous home in one of our favorite places only to return to roomates and their messes, but we had gotten just about all the relaxing in that we could. We grabbed lunch up at the lodge and then headed back home. The drive home was much more snow covered than the way up, and took significantly longer, but it was beautiful all the same. I love long car rides with Pat, we have great conversations. Once we finally got home it was dinner, a movie, and a little bit of work. It is always nice to get home in the end. It will be even nicer when we find our own place in town!
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| [[ beautiful sunset. ]] |
