25th Wedding Anniversary Trip - Canyon of the Eagles

Lane surprised me with the "Sweetheart Package" at the Canyon of the Eagles, a 940-acre nature preserve. When we arrived, we had chocolate-covered strawberries waiting in our lodge/cabin.

We enjoyed all of our meals at the "Overlook." We ate inside, but this is just outside. The chef was quite amazing, and each meal had special touches. The view from our window was beautiful.

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This was the view outside our lodge/cabin, where we would sit and read. Our room was quite nice - very peaceful, no television. While the rooms do have a "cabin" appearance, they are full-service with coffee, room service, etc.

This was a view from our first hike. On the far upper right,  you can see two gray "spots" - one of those is our cabin.

There are 14 hiking trails available, we so enjoyed taking long walks, several miles, no one else in sight. We saw deer, rabbit, armadillo, fox, and beautiful wildflowers. They do have mountain lions and bobcats, so I looked over my shoulder every now and then!

This building is actually an observatory. The roof opens up and there are two giant telescopes. We hiked up to the observatory, then returned by car later that night and saw Mars, Saturn with its rings, and several other really fascinating constellations, including an arm of the Milky Way. The stars were amazing.

After our hike we returned and read by the pool and swam. So quite and peaceful. We thoroughly relaxed.

Overlook Restaurant

We had a wonderful time. I actually got teary-eyed leaving, and we plan to return again some day.

We returned to a tennis tournament! Jake and his doubles partners won second in the winner's bracket, and Jake won first in the boys consolation bracket.