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10:55 pm - Vacation -
Day 3: Thanksgiving
As befitting an official holiday, we slept in and spent a
lazy day by the pool still recovering from yesterday's  hike.
I should say pools – there are four of them as well as four hot tubs and an
"in-cliff" water slide. I think we will have hit all of them before
we complete our trip. The temperature is in the mid-70's and we enjoyed lunch
delivered poolside from the hotel's Cascades Café. I couldn't resist
having a tropical drink and ordered a silly looking strawberry pina coloda,
but it was just the thing. The
heated pools are incredible: just warm enough to take the chill off, but not
so warm that you feel as though you're taking a bath. The Jacuzzi's were
quite hot and refreshing. Beth sat in one of them quietly reading a novel
although, at one point, she was disturbed by some rather rowdy children.
However, a few words in her mock stern voice sent them scampering.
 Beth
had called quite some time in advance of our trip in order for us to enjoy
dinner tonight at the Different Point of View restaurant.
"View" is the operative word here. We arrived quite early and from
the wonderful restaurant patio you can see for miles and miles in all
directions. As we were having straight up martinis, I furiously snapped a
number of pictures as the sun was setting, one of which you see at the
left. To see other pictures taken
during this part of our vacation, you may click on the martini glass in the
picture. That will take you the picture
at my photo storage center on Bravenet.
Then click on 'Album Home' to see other photographs that were taken
during this part of our trip.
We both enjoyed the dinner (indoors as it got quite cold after sundown) and
ordered, of all things on Thanksgiving, the same stuffed turkey entrée.
Delicious. We drank a 1996 Ferrari Carano merlot with the meal (no, you don't
always have to have white wine with fowl) and finished off with
espresso and cappuccino, respectively. Forgot to mention my wonderful Lobster
Tamale soup starter; Beth had a superb Squash soup.
I warned you that this would all boil down to food and booze.
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