Dreams....Part 2

Here is the rest of the tour, I'm sad to say that I didn't take as many pictures as I should have...

This is the brand new gym that was put in during a big renovations that was taking place. 

The indoor pool, there is also a new outdoor heated pool  both are beautiful, next door is the gym.  You can see the hot tub on the right side of the picture. 

This is the back see the lovely circular porch, there is also one similar to this on the side, you can walk all the way to the front from this porch.  We had breakfast one morning here on the porch and one morning in the round room on the porch is a great place to sit and read the paper if it's too cool to sit outside, there is a fireplace and a piano.  Below the round porch is a great place to have a lunch, a nighspot called "The Cave",  and a little coffee shop.  We really enjoyed walking about the whole place inside and out, they have done lots of renovating.  If you like to golf they also have a great golf course.

This photo shows the large windows of the formal dining room where we ate our four course meals.  In the evening after eating we would go out on the porch, we were very fortunate and had beautiful weather and mild temperatures. 

I could go on and on describing the lobby, the historical details, the ghost of the Princess, the food....

That completes our tour, I should have taken more photos inside, but I was really enjoying myself and didn't walk around with my camara for the most part.  We plan to make regular visits to recharge ourselves, it was one of the most relaxing times especially since it was not like most vacations where we go here and there and here and there.....we just relaxed.  If you like historical places like we do check it out, off season is the best time, it's more affordable and quieter. 

Dreams do come true.....

Recently something I read on another blog gave me the idea to share something special from my life. 

As you may have noticed,  if you are a regular follower of my blog, I changed the heading picture.  The picture is of The Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, NH,  located in the White Mountain region of New Hampshire.  I will preface this with a note of caution:  this may be boring!

When my husband and I were dating, we often would take day trips to the White Mountain region of New Hampshire.  There are many beautiful sites to see,  places for a picnic lunch, to swim, or just sit and enjoy.    We drove by The Mt Washington Hotel  many times and we would say, "some day we will stay there", this hotel is one of the last of the Grand Hotels from the early 1900s.  There is a long winding drive with a guard house, a large wrap around porch with comfy wicker furniture you get the picture.  I can imagine ladies arriving with long summer dresses, gentlemen with suits and hats chatting while the carriage was unloaded....

Fast forward to April 2009 and our 25th Wedding Anniversary, my husband decided that we had waited long enough to make this dream come true.  He made reservations and off we went!  Our plan was to check in on Tuesday night and not leave until we checked out on Thursday, we just wanted to relax, nap on the porch, walk the grounds, and enjoy the beauty of this "grand lady".  We went during the week and because it was their off season we were able to get a great deal on two nights with four course meals both nights that we were there.  When we arrived in the afternoon we were told that they had upgraded our room because there were only 10 other reservations in the whole place, so they showed us several other rooms and let us check to see which one would work for us, we needed a handicap accessible room. I have bored you enough with words here are some pictures...

We chose one of the older rooms, some have been recently renovated, and we plan on staying in a renovated room the next time we go. 

The open doorway leads to the bathroom with the great view.

View from the bedroom of  Mt Washington.This is the view from our bathroom.

I have a few more photos, but I think I will save the rest for tomorrow since this post is already long enough.  I hope you enjoyed the "trip" so far, if not you can wake up now I'm finished for today.