Monday - July 26, 2010

Last night we started pondering the idea of lakes in southern Oregon so again headed to the giver of wifi and coffee - Starbucks. After much searching and calling we found a cute little place called the Hyatt Lake Resort. The website wasn't much to look at, but we called and they had cabins available - so hey, why not give it a shot?

We hit the road heading South on I-5 towards Ashland and then began the meandering drive up the mountain to Hyatt Lake. I will admit that as this windy drive up into the mountains continued on, we became a little nervous. You know those horror movies where they take a bunch of teenagers up into the mountains for a camping trip and then some axe murderer turns out to be camping in the vicinity and spends the rest of the movie chopping up teenagers? Well, that's kind of what it felt like on this drive.




I am happy to report however that our trepidation was unwarranted and Hyatt Lake Resort turned out to be a little slice of heaven in the middle of nowhere.











Here is our lovely cabin.



And the inside:




After getting checked in and settled, Steve the maintenance guy came over to make sure our hot tub was in perfect working order. Oh, did I forget to mention the hot tub?

To add to the perfection, Steve had a cute little doggie named Zoe who we both fell in love with.



This place is just incredible!!! The lake is a mere couple hundred yards from our deck, and they have a perfect launch for the kayaks!! Everyone here has treated us like old friends even though we have never been here before. Great pizza parlor and restaurant too!!!! We had pizza the first evening, then pretty much collapsed - 5 hours of driving in 100+ degrees does that to you ;-) ...off to bed - this place is great - small but due to efficiency of design, actually has two bedrooms - the second being a loft with a very low ceiling - that makes me think of "Being John Malkovich" whenever I crawl my 5'10" frame through the room....maybe that's why I've been having odd dreams this week!

Tomorrow....the mall!!! Yes, the mall. We must have balance in these vacations people!! Terri needs SHOES!!!!