birthday extravaganza step one complete
it's not a special birthday (34), but we haven't done anything since anniversary extravaganza in september, so i figured why the hell not do something.
i'd thought about going up to estes park for the weekend because we haven't done that for a bit, but then i started thinking that i'd like to go somewhere new. after consulting the googles, i found a little cabin (complete with full kitchen and outdoor hot tub) on a working ranch outside one of the ski towns. my birthday is over mother's day weekend and i was skeptical that it would be available, but it was!
so we'll take a nice drive through the mountains and spend a couple nights away from the city lights. there's a smaller meteor shower the night before we go up(sad panda!), but maybe we'll get lucky.
life is so much more livable when you have something to look forward to 
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It sounds like a wonderful place, up in the mountains, away from the city lights......you will probably at least see some stars or maybe that meteor shower!
Have a wonderful time!
the husband suggested bringing the tent and sleeping outside one night but i just laughed. it will be upper 30s at night and i love to camp, but not when it's that cold and we're paying for a bed 
we both needs some time away. 
I have already reserved a cabin for another New Year cruise to the Eastern Caribbean. And because I have a casino rating with the cruise line, I got a free upgrade to a cabin with a balcony. Eight months away and I'm already excited to go. My cabin is only gonna cost me about $500.
And there's nothing finer than a tropical island in winter.
how are you going to survive until then