This 50th Birthday week for hubby has been amazing. And I feel so blessed to get to spend it with him. While I wished him Happy Birthday, morning, noon and night all week, this was the real day to celebrate. The day he picked out just what he wanted to do.
He wanted to ride a mule thru the valley and that’s exactly what we did.
What a beautiful day.
Just hangin’ out waiting to get assigned to our ride.
Our first mule ride.
I was assigned to Shirley.
And hubby was assigned to Girtie.
While I had Shirley on auto pilot, I took my eyes off the road.
Since I didn’t have a rear view mirror, I had to turn around every now and then to check in with hubby and Girtie.
The view, what more can I say?
She’ll be comin’ ’round the mountain…
It’s a good thing Shirley knew what she was doing as I wasn’t paying close attention to the path up ahead.
And the views had to be documented one way or another, just for the record.
Hubby somehow got in front of me such that he could turn around now and then to check in.
There were quite a few of us enjoying the ride.
But after the ride, the Birthday Boy and I made our way back to our room for a much-needed nap. This was the view with my head on the pillow. We even slept with the curtains open at night as this was an amazing sight in the middle of the night as the moon and stars provided just enough light to show off the falls.
We then went down and found our own little table and chairs for afternoon tea.
It was quite refreshing.
Dinner reservations were made in the Dining Room and we enjoyed the lovely dinner music.
Looking out from the dining room.
Hubby had the amazing Rotisserie Chicken with Garlic Mashed Potatoes.
I had the Grilled Beef Tenderloin with Root Vegetable Pave, Veal Sweetbreads and Porcini Jus. Yum!
And we shared this amazing Chocolate Pecan Pie A La Mode.
This was so yummy!
The dining room – pic taken after dark.
The Birthday Boy on his Birthday.
Just the two of us outside the hotel.
And one last Birthday pic before we called it a night.
It comes as no surprise that hubby had a Very Happy Birthday.
Blessings – Debbie