Secret Weekend Getaway

We're back! And we had a very relaxing getaway. Tom did a great job planning and I really had no idea where we were going (even when I tried to investigate the directions....fortunately he had thought to change the names of the towns/destinations to "A, B, C, & D"......although it wouldn't have mattered because I still wouldn't have been able to figure it out). OK! On to the good stuff!

After dropping Bailey off at her favorite place ever, we hit the road Saturday morning and headed toward our first destination, the Log Cabin Restaurant in Mentone for lunch. It was really cute and the weather was perfect because we were up in the mountains. We ate outside and enjoyed their famous chocolate fudge cake with ice cream. Yum.

Then we headed to destination "B" the Secret Bed & Breakfast in Leesburg, AL. I've never been to a B&B before, so I was excited. And it was at the top of a mountain so the view was breathtaking. They had 4 or 6 rooms inside and then they had about 4-5 "cottages" on the property, each with a different theme. We stayed in the main building and had a gorgeous view and easy access to the rooftop pool.

After checking in and taking our picture with the GIANT chair, we headed to Destination "C" Wills Creek Winery. Tom specifically chose this weekend for our trip because the winery was having an "Event" and there was food, wine, and a live band. The Lefty Collins band entertained us all night and they were really good. They had a bunch of tables set up outside and you could buy some bottles of wine, a plate of food, and just sit back and enjoy the music. We were lucky to see them, because they are usually playing at the House of Blues in Chicago.

Sunday we enjoyed breakfast at the round table with the owners of the B&B and a few other couples. For lunch we checked out a local, cafeteria style place called "Smokin' Joe's."

The afternoon was spent relaxing on my pool float. We had the whole place to ourselves on Sunday. It's a good thing we were able to enjoy the pool all afternoon, because around 5 it started torrential downpouring.

For dinner we went to the Dockside Grill which happens to be owned by a guy named "Bubba." Awesome. We ordered some Bubba Tater's as an appetizer. Awesomely good but horrifyingly fattening! We couldn't eat them all so we got a to-go box, which later came in handy. The sun decided to come back out just with enough time to give us a nice view of the sunset on the drive home.

Monday morning after breakfast we met "Bud." That's not really his name but unfortunately he doesn't have one! The owner said he thinks someone dropped him off a couple weeks ago and he's just been hanging out around the B&B. He was sooooo sweet. And definitely still a puppy because his paws were huge. We gave him all of our leftovers from dinner the night before when the owner wasn't looking (hey - in our defense he said he's been feeding him the leftover breakfast every morning). Bud ate everything except for the lettuce! He was really cute and sweet - he followed us around the property all morning while we walked around and took pictures. I really hope the owner has a change of heart and decides to officially "adopt" him. He seemed like such a good dog. He was so skinny it was sad :(

After we said our goodbyes to Bud, we took a little detour to see Little River Canyon and Desoto Falls. We somehow missed the canyon, but made our way successfully to Desoto Falls. It was really pretty, but not much of a waterfall. The bottom part was the prettiest I thought.

Thanks Tom for a great weekend vacation!!