Wallowa Lake in the Off-Season

We talked G'ma Joan and Papa Greg into watching the two little Lochheads for an overnight during break so that Jeff and I could have a kid-less adventure. This was the first time we've left Josh overnight--and we all survived! :) Josh and Grace had a great time at the farm without us--"See you tomorrow, Mom!" Grace said as we left--and Jeff and I got to drive a couple of hours to Wallowa Lake. We'd been hearing about Wallowa from Jeff's family and wanted to go check it out.

Verrrrry cold temperatures. Snow seems to follow us wherever we go on Spring Break. Even when we went to Albuquerque...but that's another story. Everything at the lake itself was closed down for the off-season, but we got to drive around and get a point of reference for future conversations of the place. We both thought that it must be a pretty happening place in the summer... We stopped at the resting place of Chief Joseph just long enough to take a few pics and be glad that we were wearing our thermal-wear as a second layer.

Jeff saw this Bed & Breakfast in Joseph (1 1/2 miles from lake) online before we left and we decided to check it out upon arriving. Once they showed us the Mirror Lake Suite we signed up quickly to stay overnight here!

We ate our way through Joseph--great food and fun shops to peruse. We even took in a couple games of bowling.

Jeff obviously dominates in this sport. I wanted him to give me pointers and he was very shy about giving me suggestions for improvement. I think he was scared of my potential. :)

Very cool artwork in the town--these are bike racks that we think my dad could make, so we took a picture. What do you think, Dad? Just a little winter welding project?

The snow hadn't started to melt yet--tried to capture that in a picture or two.

We HAD to take a picture of our amazing bathroom in our room. Shower with four different modes including foot and back massage, huge jacuzzi tub, and Jeff's personal favorite...

...the $4,000 toilet with amazing cleansing tricks. Comes standard with heated seat and remote control features. Needless to say, I lost him for part of our stay. :)

It was such a beautiful place to stay. Fabulous breakfast in the morning, a few more stores to see, and then we were off to reclaim our kids. What a fun break for all of us! Thanks, G'ma Joan and Papa Greg! (Gracie accidentally called me G'ma for days after this and she came home with a G'ma Joan phrase that she uses SEVERAL times a day: "Oh, for heaven's sake!")