Bastrop Trip May 23-25

A couple of weeks ago, Chaundra and I had got the chance to go to a resort in Bastrop, Texas. For those who know where Bastrop is, "Yes, they do have a resort there." Bastrop is a little city outside of Austin about 30 minutes drive or so. The Resort was the Hyatt at Lost Pines - Lost Pines, Texas is basically Bastrop. After this last semester I really needed the chance to have a break, and most of this trip was gifted to us. I cannot tell the person that gave us the tickets as to how much this means to us. With Chaundra's mom and sister living with us, we don't get to have as much private time together and this trip was well needed. Well how did it go? It was one of the most relaxing vacation weekends that I have ever had. We hiked, swam, did the zip line and rock wall. We utilized saunas, steamrooms, and even some spa services. We absolutely had the best time of our lives and sometime we want to go back and enjoy it together again.

We got there on Friday afternoon and stayed until Sunday at around 3:00 when we started to head back.

On Friday we got there and confirmed the appointment with the spa for Chaundra's exfoliating mud wrap and then wandered through the Golf Shop. Seems weird that I would do that but I had a Gift certificate to spend there and was wondering what I would want to buy. It ended up that the next day they were going to have a really good sale and we decided to go back then. Then we went to the spa and enjoyed the pool to ourselves (everyone else was at the waterpark pool) then the sauna and the steamroom. It was very relaxing.

One of the guys at the Golf club stated that we had to try the restaurant called "Stories." He was 100% right too. I don't think that I ever ate food like that before. It was wonderful. Anyway Chaundra and I watched the sun go down on the balcony of the restaurant and had a wonderfully romantic evening together. After that we walked around for a little while then sat at the firepit and enjoyed each other’s company until I decided that the heat was a little too much. So we adjourned for the evening.

The next day we got up (at our convenience) and decided to go on a morning hike. We had to walk about 3/4 of a mile to get to the trails and it was absolutely beautiful. When we got to the trails it looked as if it was locked up and didn't think that we could go any further. It was only really locked up so the horses couldn't get through - we didn't find this out until later.

After we finished our hike we came back and got dressed up and went to the lazy river, pool, and slide. It was kind of like a waterpark at the resort. We floated, swam, raced, and even did tubing ballroom dancing (you can actually spin the tubes around quite easily). We went down the slide and had a wonderful time.



Later we went through the butterfly garden and then headed over to ride in a horse drawn wagon. It was great and I even got the chance to drive it. I was commenting so much about the whole thing that they decided that they would let me sit up and take a picture as if I were actually driving - then they asked me if I really did want to drive it. I didn't get much more than a circle, but it is more just the fact that I got to drive it.

We ate and played shuffle board (which I won - Although we were not sure we were playing it right.) Then we went and spend my gift card and hit some golf balls at the driving range.That night we went back to the Spa and I enjoyed a therapeutic message. I have never had one of those before. Back through the Sauna and steam room and a shower that had three shower heads on each side and one in front - it was awesome. Then we settled down and enjoyed the rest of the evening together.

On Sunday, we decided that it would be OK if we skipped church (Yes we did) and so we did. Our appointment was for 11:00 am to go to the zipline and rockwall, so we decided to start the morning at the lazy river while we were waiting. We had the chance to meet some wonderful people (Ashley, Stetson, and Lizzy) who we got to do the zipline with. They were fun for conversation and we enjoyed the time with them. The zipline didn't start till later and it could have been organized a little better. Some of the kids were jumping in line and some of the adults almost didn't get the chance to do it because of it. Either way we still had fun and then came back to the Hotel for our late checkout.

We packed up, checked out, and then went over to the spa and enjoyed the last moments of our trip in the sauna and steamroom. They said that they didn't mind and we took full advanage of our trip. We couldn't have asked for a better trip then this one. It was relaxing. It was romantic. It was some private time together. It was altogether one of the best trips that I have ever had.

Thank God for wonderful gifts, especially when you need them the most. For all of the pictures go Here!