Targhee and I go on an Anniversary Getaway every year and since our real anniversary is in the middle of crazy December, we usually take some time out in January instead. I think it's a good tradition:)
This year was Targhee's turn to plan, which meant, I looked online and found something I liked and said, "Let's go here. Do you want me to book it?" and he said yes:)
We found a little nook in Sardine Canyon just before you hit the valley into Logan, called Sherwood Hills Resort. It's closing in a couple days so if you want a good deal on a room, you better hurry!
I've heard about snowshoeing but never gone and since this place has about 800 acres of back country I thought it would be fun to try.
I'm afraid I didn't quite catch the magic.
How far we had gone.
How much farther I was willing to go...
Targhee's first step onto the snow with the snowshoes on he fell in about 3 feet.
We just looked at each other and busted up laughing!
Not exactly what we were expecting.
I was imagining something like walking on water, BUT IT'S NOT!
You fall into the snow about a foot deep and then have to pry your foot plus this enormous "shoe," that is now buried, out of the snow.
Why someone would find trudging through the snow a fun outing is beyond me.
"To trudge: the slow, weary, depressing yet determined walk of a man who has nothing left in his life except the impulse to simply soldier on."
(name that movie)
I didn't understand what I was trudging for. Perhaps if there was something REALLY exciting at the end to make all the work worth it... no probably not even then. I would much rather take a snowmobile or a gondola.
Ok enough about the trudging.
So we trudged.
At this point I was wishing I had the little ski pole things to help alleviate some of the burning from my thighs and calves so Targhee thought he would fashion me one.
He found a twig.
He twisted.
"It's not working."
He pulled.
Defeated by the twig.
He wasn't about to let a twig deflate his manhood so he decided to attack an entire tree instead.
Victory!
How I was going to use the tree for my ski pole I wasn't sure, but at least his pride was back in order.
Targhee could see my excitement over our romantic stroll in the backwoods had diminished so he started pointing out all the "neat" things around us, you know, like twigs and fallen over trees and stuff, and so named our trudge the "neature walk."
If you would like to be more educated on this matter, (I needed to be), then you can look at it here.
We found a clearing, which was actually the fairway to the golf course and decided it would be fun to build a snowman right in the middle of it.
Targhee wanted a snowwoman so we gave her some voluptuous snow curves and named her Ann Marie.
Then we had to hike back up the slope we had just trudged down
and I did this about every ten feet.
These are the faces of conquerors! We had just conquered the wilderness. In our snowshoes!
Despite all my silliness, it was beautiful scenery and very fun and romantic to be just the two of us. I found myself wondering what time it was and then realized that it didn't matter because I didn't have any schedules to follow but my own. It was very freeing.
That night we ate a scrumptious dinner at the Belle Monte Restaurant. It was part of the hotel and very beautiful. Our package included an appetizer, two entrees, and two desserts. By dessert time I was so full I asked the waiter to box them up for us.
I never do that!
But everything was so delicious I wanted to eat it all.
We watched "The Prestige" in our hotel room which I found a little disturbing and it gave me nightmares all night so maybe next year I'll choose something a little less heavy, like Serendipity or something:)
On the way home Keith Urban's "Better Half" song came on and I dedicated it to Targhee. It is also one of the songs on our wedding video so I felt it very fitting.
It's kinda crazy to think that there has been four years and two kids since the day we got married. But I am grateful every day for the choice we made to work through this life together. I couldn't ask for a better parenting partner. He keeps me calm when I get a little high strung (which is almost always). He is a dedicated father and husband who knows how to put his family first in the long list of priorities and I am so happy we have each other to lean on.
Also, a big thank you to my sweet sister for watching the kids for us!!
Happy 4th Anniversary!
