Travels, Part I

The first week of May we took a trip to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Ray had a Dam Safety Conference to attend for work. The girls and I went along for fun (since a nine hour drive with two toddlers is LOADS of fun). On the way home we took a slight detour to visit my grandparents. Since I took lots of pictures, I'm going to split it up into several posts over the next several days.

To start with, here are our accomodations:












The Coeur d'Alene Golf and Spa Resort, situated right on Lake Coeur d'Alene. The room was by far the best room I have ever stayed in. As you can see, there was a sitting area with a fireplace which was slightly lower than the sleeping area. The bathroom was huge and had a phone by the toilet, how random is that? Every room in the resort had a doorbell. Every light had a dimmer switch, including the bathroom (am I the only one who finds that odd?). There was also a balcony:














Here is the view from the big picture window:
Beautiful, yes?

Here is a photo of the resort:
If you look closely (or click on the picture to make it bigger) you can see a red dot about half-way up. That was our room.

I was a little worried about having two toddlers in such a nice place. It seemed inevitable that they would destroy something expensive. They didn't. The resort was actually quite family friendly. While I would never stay there on my own dime (since it was a work trip for Ray, the company paid for the room), it was an amazing place to stay. Every evening someone would stop by to ask if we would like "turn-down service." I'm not really sure what turn-down service is (can you tell I don't normally stay in places this nice?) and I assumed it might cost extra so I always said no.

Having such a large room was awesome. It gave the girls a bit more space to play in than a normal hotel room. Which, as it turned out, was great since we spent a lot of our time inside while it rained. (That was a bummer.)