Cori scored a great groupon for a couple of nights at Kohl's Ranch Lodge outside of Payson, AZ. He arranged for Tiffany and Brett to stay with the kiddos so we could have the weekend to ourselves. It was pretty darn great.
Usually, Saturday includes a long run. Cori has been nursing a calf injury and running was off the list. So our main outing involved biking a few miles up (and I'm not talking colloquially here, that road had some elevation) to the trail head of an 8 mile hike. The hike was super lovely. We even saw some snow. And ice! That afternoon, we felt we hadn't cheated ourselves out of any exercise for the day. We were spent. Nothing a round of bocce ball, a soak in the hot tub and a good rib eye couldn't make better. We took advantage of the opportunity to relax, read scriptures and catch up on books and magazines, and watch some Cougar bball.
We ended up on the wrong side of the river at one point and came across an ingeniously built campground. Cori said the chaise-lounge was quite comfortable, for a pile of rocks. The hike ends at a couple of natural springs that are just shooting out the side of the mountain. We had never seen anything like it!
5 comments:
How beautiful - and it sounds like a great week-end get away!
Love you both!
Mom O
Awesome! Looks like fun!
That looks like a lot of fun and makes me sort of want spring... but I wish we would have had more winter first.
What a fun getaway! It made me chuckle, though. My dad spent a summer working at that very Kohl's Ranch, and oh the stories we've heard! "Back when I spent the summer at Kohl's Ranch...." Ha ha!
How fun! You look so great Jess!
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