A Little Lake Getaway

Over the weekend, we decided to head down to Lake Oconee to celebrate our "year and a half" anniversary. That's as good a reason as any for a resort trip, right?

We left Saturday morning and got to the lake a little before lunchtime. We stayed at the Ritz Lodge at Reynolds Plantation, which neither of us had been to before. It was a little cloudy and cool when we arrived, but we spent some time just walking around to check things out.

After lunch (where we sat next to some Statesboro friends!), we hung out in the lobby waiting on our room to be ready. There was a jigsaw puzzle to work on...just like home.

Somehow we ended up with a suite, a.k.a. "this is the room that never ends." (Sorry if you're now singing the Lambchop song in your head.) We walked in to find a little foyer and half bath...then a living room...then the bedroom...then a hallway...then another bathroom nearly the size of our kitchen at home. We weren't sure how we ended up with such accommodations, but we figured we shouldn't question it. :)

We had a relaxing afternoon that involved a nap for one of us and ESPN for the other before heading over to dinner at the Linger Longer Steakhouse at the resort.

Yum! It was so good. I think I talked about my filet with chive beurre blanc (again - yum) for the rest of the night, and Andrew had a dinosaur-sized bone-in ribeye. A surprise showed up with the check!

Random, but how can you turn down cotton candy? It was pina colada flavor.

Since we had senior citizen early bird reservations, we had plenty of time after dinner to walk around. The clouds had cleared up by then, and it was so nice out. We went down to the lake "beach." (Decidedly not like the beach beach, but still really nice!)

Then we headed back up to the lobby bar for berry cobbler and tasty coffee drinks.

Godiva hot chocolate with Bailey's, Godiva white chocolate liqueur, and peppermint schnapps - yes, please.

Sunday morning we slept in a little and had a lazy morning before going out to enjoy the beautiful day! It was sunny but not too hot, so we had lunch by the lake before heading out.

(Can you see where the infinity pool ends and the lake begins?)

Even though it was a short trip, we had a lot of fun just relaxing and enjoying the scenery away from the big city. Happy anniversary and a half to us!