Weekend Shenanigans: Canoe Bay Resort

Ryan and I heard of Canoe Bay Resort a few months back and after looking at their website knew we wanted to take a trip.  We originally planned to go for Ryan's 30th birthday but then after looking at our summer calendar figured June would be best and decided to make it a mini baby-moon.  So we booked ourselves one night at Canoe Bay a few weeks ago and looked forward to a weekend of simplicity, quiet, and time together.  

Saturday morning we got all packed up and took Dupree over to my parents house.  Once we hit the road I asked Ryan if he remembered his nice clothes for dinner- there is a dress code at the restaurant at the Resort.  He got a huge smile on his face and we made a little detour to Men's Warehouse.  We finally made it to our first stop-- Stillwater!  I have wanted to explore Stillwater for a while now so I settled for lunch at the Freight House on the river.  It was a beautiful day out and really fun to people watch and soak in the sun.

We hopped on a small county road and figured we would take the backroads to our resort.  When I say backroads, I mean minimal bathroom stops which meant a fast driving husband and a desperate pregnant lady!  Note to self- don't drink so much water and coffee when doing a road trip while pregnant!

But-- we made it to Canoe Bay in less time than the directions estimated!  Likely due to Ryan's speedy driving!  We checked in and they showed us to our cabin!  It was gorgeous!  

After unpacking, we got on our hiking shoes and decided to explore the trails and grounds on the resort but it started raining.  So we changed plans and popped in a movie for a little relaxation time.  When the movie was done so was the rain.  A slightly cool afternoon, no breeze, overcast = lots of mosquitoes and tics on our hike!  I didn't mind though as I got lots of pictures with the beautiful landscape and a few of us too!

After our hike, we got ready for dinner and got all dressed up!

Dinner was really good.  Funniest moment was at the end of dinner when the waitress came out with a plate decorated in "Happy Birthday" and two chocolate dipped cherries.  We both had a surprised look on our faces- I don't remember if we booked the reservations and commented that is was a birthday or if they mixed us up with someone else but either way we played it off as best we could.  We laughed really hard when we got back to our cabin.  Pretty funny when we were not celebrating a birthday!  We finished the night with "Marley & Me" and yes I was sobbing at the end of the movie.  Ryan asked why I picked that movie to watch of all the movies- but I just love it!  

Sunday morning breakfast was delivered to our cabin and then we hit the road.  We got home and did some yard work, ordered Chinese and got ready for the week.  It was an awesome weekend.  So nice to spend time together, without distractions and enjoying the outdoors and each other.  I feel really blessed to spend time like this together!

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