A Lodge

Saturday we had a chance to go out just us. It was a very outdoorsy date which is something we never get a chance to do (and actually set up by my brother Ryan who was arranging this couples lodge date package for his business class team project).

It was in the canyons of Dubois, Idaho which is a very rural area (only about 1,100 people in the whole of Clark County). It was gorgeous. We were lucky and went on a good day when it was nice weather, and "relatively" warm.

Once we got driven to the meeting location, we all went on a "sleigh" (hay) ride to get to the Lodge area. Which is a set of cabins where during the summer they have guests from Europe come and they give them the cowboy vacation, as they described it, for all the John Wayne dreamers out there.

Inside the cabin we warmed up (it was quite toasty inside even though there was no electricity) and sipped hot chocolate while eating some homemade chocolate chip cookies.

Shea's favorite part of our day out was shooting clay pigeons. He was so anxious and hadn't done it for years so he was excited. Well after stating he was a little rusty on the whole gun and shooting thing he impressed everyone by getting 5 out of 5 right off. Earning the name "deadshot" while we were there, it pretty much made Shea's day :) I even ventured in on it, well mainly I was forced, but after 5 attempts I hit one, totally by chance and was feeling pretty proud and decided to stop there. Not quite my thing but it was fun, and I really enjoyed seeing Shea with a big grin on his face. He could have done it all day if I let him.

But my toes needed some heat, so we went back inside to play a game with the other couples, while we waited on dinner. It wasn't long before our prime rib dinner was served. It was delicious, although the dessert (chocolate chip carrot cake with cream cheese frosting) was by far my favorite. Afterwards we lounged for a little bit before taking the hay ride back.


It was quite the date and I really loved it. Just being with my man and getting to do something so different was such a treat. It really made me appreciate this whole Idaho world I am in. It was kinda amazing to me being really in the middle of no where and watching these gorgeous canyons around us just secluding us from the world, I can see why some want to stay there forever.