A beautiful start....

If your anything like me and believe that celebrating your birthday just one day is far from enough, then you dedicate a whole week to celebrating your existence. Friday is the big day, so of course

 Tuesday & Wednesday called for an girls trip to Calistoga.

It was glorious. The town of Calistoga, just two cities out side of the Napa Valley is quaint, peaceful and homely. The epitome of a small town fully equipped with boutique shopping, fine dining, wine tasting, and to top it all off....

Indian Springs Resort & Spa

We stayed in the Hill House away from the actual property. Hence "Hill". The Cottage was wonderful, and decorated perfectly to give anyone that "at home feel". Too bad it got dark and the complete atmosphere of the house changed. "Bad Ju Ju" the girls were calling it. It was different then the -watch a scary movie, get freaked out, drink a glass of wine then get over it- kind of feeling. After a lot of "Did you hear that?" looks & the discussion of being so excluded from everyone and everything, no curtains on the windows, no lights on the property and the fact that the second bedroom wasn't connected to the main part of the cottage.. We downgraded.  Which was still perfectly delightful, and the best part...came with a comfortable nights sleep.

(Deer right above the Hill House)

We spent the afternoon in town.

Visited The GORGEOUS Beringer Winery 

Tuesday was  such a wonderful day.  This vacation was one of those spur of the moment get aways that you don't fully understand you really needed until your actually there. We swam in the unbelievably warm olympic sized mineral pool, The 230-degree geysers keep the mineral pool at 102 degrees in the winter and 92 degrees in the summer. It was a spiritual experience, both mentally and physically. We talked, we laughed, we rejuvenated, we ate and enjoyed every single second.

.......Stay tuned tomorrow for day two pictures....
(damn you Blog spot for asking me to pay for more space for my photos)