After buying a Groupon in March and making reservations in April, our (extremely late) anniversary weekend was here ("here" as in, the last weekend of July...)!
We spent our weekend at Circle S Ranch, near Lawrence, KS (about an hour from KC) in their Celestial Room:
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| Double whirlpool tub! I want one of these in our "someday" house... |
This room is usually $250 a night on Friday and Saturday night, so we were feeling pretty good about our $279 Groupon deal. After checking in, we each enjoyed an hour-long massage (normally $80, but included with our Groupon!) and then spent our evening walking around the grounds, playing card games, and relaxing.
On both Saturday and Sunday morning we woke to a delicious country-style breakfast buffet with bacon or sausage, french toast or pancakes, fresh fruit, eggs, juice and more.
We start our Saturday off with a 2hr "hike" on their pasture trail.
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| There's a donkey in this picture. I can't even see him anymore though. |
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| Yay! Hike! |
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| Jordan trying to coax the donkey closer. |
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| Me. Farmer style. |
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| Longhorn cattle that I was sure Jordan was going to be speared by. "Objects in mirror are closer than they appear." applies to pictures as well. |
After our hike we went back to the ranch to pick up our picnic lunch (normally $25/person, included in our Groupon):
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| That's a bbq brisket sandwich, cheesy pasta with tomatoes, chips, fresh tomatoes, and brownies. |
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| Me eating tomatoes "dad-style" - fresh with only salt and pepper. They were pretty good, if I do say so myself. |
Saturday afternoon we heading into Lawrence where Jordan enjoyed some Kansas Free State Beer samples and I got a mocha java coffee from an eclectic coffeehouse. It even had a cereal bar:
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| Note old-skool b&w TVs playing retro cartoons. |
After exploring some shops, we ventured out to Davenport Winery for a free wine tasting and then headed back to the ranch for their Tomato Festival (cost also included in our Groupon). The food was great and the music was fun:
Sunday morning we packed up, enjoyed our breakfast and then headed back to KC (after making a pitstop at Holy Field Winery for another free wine tasting).
It was a wonderful weekend, and we're hoping to keep making it a priority to take little trips like this together in the future. And after adding it up and realizing that a weekend like this would normally cost just under $800 - we were even MORE thankful for our $279 Groupon (which we used wedding money to pay for...so to those of you who gave us $$ as a wedding gift, thanks for the romantic weekend getaway!!).
What sorts of special things do you do to keep your relationship from falling into the same ol' same ol' routine?
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