Weekend getaway

Nick and I decided last week that we should take advantage of this weekend. We had Sat-Mon that we didn't HAVE to do anything. We have a gift card from Bedandbreakfast.com that we thought would be a great get-away. I started looking into it. I was house-sitting this week, so I didn't have much internet access. Funny thing, when you want to do a weekend getaway, it seems that you need to book it more than one day before your desired Saturday. We discussed our options: not do a getaway at this time and do it in August or use Marriott points and stay at a hotel. We decided on the hotel.

We booked our stay at the Marriott in far away and exotic Coon Rapids. Yup, nothing like the exotic north metro.

I brought some scrapbooking supplies. Nick brought some "learning books" with and we pretty much hung out in the room watching cable. It was a very relaxing time. We ate at Fuddruckers which was not only close, but in the front yard of the Marriott. It has been years since I've eaten at one. It was pretty tasty. Appropriately greasy and cheesy.

Sunday we had breakfast at ihop. Very good. I had the New York cheesecake pancakes and even had eggs and hashbrowns. Nick had an omelet with lots of meat. We spent more time in the room on Sunday, watching movies on cable and just hanging out. We had supper at Kahn's Mongolian BBQ which took some time to find. It was pretty good, but overpriced. We did go to the Hot Tub on Sunday night. The whole pool area was deserted on Sunday. That worked out well for us. Then we spent the rest of the evening watching Shark Week on Discovery. I miss cable.

So, not a very exciting weekend, but we had a great time! It was so nice to get away from reality and responsibility, even if it was only for 2 days.