SUN VALLEY RESORT

Margie was sent to a conference in Sun Valley for school. Andrew was allowed to go with her to enjoy nice resort living. We headed off on our adventure and had a choice to make when we reached Arco, We could go north through the National forest or go south through Craters of the Moon National Monument. We chose to go north.

The pavement ended and we found some really pretty areas. We've been on dirt roads before so we weren't too scared.

After a while the road started to look a bit iffy. We forged ahead but Margie was getting a bit worried.

OH NO!!
15 miles from our destination we came up to these two horrible signs. We had to turn around adding almost two hours and 90 miles to our trip. Needless to say we were more than bummed. To be 20 minutes away and have to backtrack!! Sure wish there was a sign at the bottom off the mountain that told us the road was closed.

So we headed back and found more pretty views. This lake was interesting. Half of the lake was solid ice and the other half was melted.

We passed through Craters of the Moon National Monument. It really did look like the Moons surface. Pretty cool.

At a gas station Andrew realized our car was a bit dirty from our "off road" adventure and cleaned off the license plate with the squeegee. Our poor car goes through so much with us. We sure do love it though!

Ahhhhh!!! We finally arrived and the Resort is even nicer than the website showed it. Sun Valley is like a much nicer, posher, Jackson Hole. This place is amazing. We sure didn't mind the delayed trip when we arrived to find out our room had been upgraded to a Jr. Suite. This is the nicest Hotel we've ever stayed in. I mean our room has a balcony and a fireplace. Yes that is our balcony you see through the trees on the right. So nice.(We ate lunch out there today!!)

There's even a walk in closet.

They even provide complementary postcards, letterhead and envelopes.

Our balcony view over looking the swan pond. Unfortunately they drain the water in the winter and the swans live somewhere in doors.

Maybe we'll have lunch out here today. It will be 65 degrees.

Yeah, I know. This is just a small side staircase.

For dinner we walked over to the lodge and ate at Gretchen's. Oh my goodness!! It was so good. They started us off with the most amazing rolls ever.

Andrew ate some fancy Italian dish that neither of us could pronounce but it was a fried bread filled with ham and cheese and some amazing sauce and topped with an egg.

Margie had a great grilled brie and fuji apple sandwich on a freshly made roll paired with a zesty citrus salad.

Here's a picture of the lobby. Like we said, super posh. Way nice.

This is a welcome "Vacation". Margie has worked so hard lately and this conference will be nice. During the day Andrew will be hanging out in the hotel room watching HGTV and missing Margie while she goes to exciting workshops to learn about dealing with bullies, drugs and other things that will make her an even better teacher (if that's even possible).