After 15 years married and 21 together, Glenn still knows how to make me feel special. One way is to plan a trip for two without the girls. He put a lot of thought into it and it turned out to be a wonderful grown-up version of our honeymoon (aka nice jacuzzi tub as opposed to heart shaped jacuzzi tub). We spent three nights at the Inn on the Twenty in peaceful Jordan, Ontario where we got to sleep in EVERy morning (no 5:30 bathroom wake up calls!). We also drank copious amounts of locally produced Cave Springs wine…mmmm. Most importantly we smiled, relaxed in the little courtyard garden and talked.
On our actual anniversary we went for a small hike, as I had broken my toe the previous week, at the Balls Falls Conservation Area. It was beautiful. I only wish that my toe had been healed so that we could have gone on a longer hike. We did manage to fill the extra time with a tour of the Cave Springs winery and a wine tasting. Did I mention…mmmm. It was wonderful.
They had a really nice display of needlework.
We met this little guy along the way. Thought he was a rabbit at first.
The day before Glenn took me gluten free shopping in the States which might not sound that romantic but really it is. Over the course of our marriage he has seen me grown into my food issues and knows first hand how much food means to me. So, he took me to buy GF Bisquick, cereal and cake mix. While there I discovered that Pillsbury is now making tubs of GF pizza dough, pastry and cookie dough but I couldn’t buy those as we were not heading directly home. We did stop in Niagara on the Lake for dinner and I got a really pretty new hat.
The hatty couple (but only mine is new)
We did the Falls themselves on our last day as that is when we actually arrived 15 years ago. It was kinda neat to be there stolling around as we had done years before. That said, by the end of the day we were really missing our girls (who had spent the time with my parents – thank you mom and dad) so off we headed up north to have a family dinner and pick them up.
Believe it or not this little oasis is at the foot of Clifton Hill.