Our 15-yr anniversary was this year in August. Since Chad was scheduled to be in a wedding 2 days later in Southern Oregon, we decided to make that into a trip. We left a day early and headed to Grants Pass. Note: Grants Pass is a washed-up town! Most of the town is full of empty buildings. They did have an awesome wine-bar that we went to for our anniversary dinner (and the food was amazing too!). The next day we went to the kitchen store which was also great, besides that, I can't recommend anything else. Our hotel/lodge was highly rated on yelp but it was only so-so. Plenty clean and friendly but just a bit cheesy.
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| The hotel/hunting lodge? |
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| Looking for lunch, we happen upon a brewery - Chad thinks it's fate. |
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| Great view and outside seating! |
The wedding was at Buckhorn Springs Resort (a small private resort facility). We had our own mini-cabin. It was a single room with a kitchen. The shared bathroom was down the pathway. The first night we stayed there we went to a rehearsal dinner and then a welcome party nearby (both in the town of Ashland, Or - known for it's Shakespeare festival). The next day I went out with a few of the girls back to town to see the shops while the guys were setting up (we also got lunch, to be useful!). In the afternoon was the wedding:
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| Chad was one of the groomsmen. |
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| We had the first small cabin, the bathhouse is at the end. |
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| The reception on the lawn. |
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| In my party dress, waiting for the dancing! |
Buckhorn Springs has a history of being a medicinal resort (you can read more here
http://buckhornsprings.org/buck-history/history/the-tolman-years-1890/). The reason stems from it's Carbon Dioxide springs which you can see bubbling up in the stream in this picture.
2 comments:
Looks like a relaxing time. I didn't realize Chad had been a groomsmen this summer. How fun!
Yeah, fun times. On the other hand, just figured out that that I had a beer in my hand for every photo in this post.
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