The weekend after I quit my job we took our very first family vacation to a little spot outside of Glen Rose, TX called Hideaway Ranch and Retreat. We had so much fun and have been all but dying to go back. So a few months ago I went to their website and booked us for this weekend...except this time we made a last minute decision to go by ourselves and let the girls spend some quality time with the grandparents. So Friday afternoon we loaded up and dropped them off and headed out to what would be our weekend home....."The Lonestar".....
Hideaway Ranch is located on 155 acres and they have 10 cabins scattered in the woods hidden from each other. Each cabin has its own private drive and you are basically secluded from the world (or so it feels). There is little to no cell service and no Internet (I did not have access to facebook or google for two days). The cabins, however, have everything you could need (coffee pot, cooking utensils, satellite tv)....plus a view that could kill....
We took our dogs with us (yes that's right we left the kids and took the dogs) and I am pretty sure they had the best time of their lives! The Ranch has over 55 acres of hiking trails and the dogs were allowed to just roam around with us and they took full advantage....they had smiles on their faces the whole weekend....
We spent our weekend fishing....until we saw a water moccasin that is (that was undoubtedly my deal breaker).....hiking we saw all kinds of animal tracks...deer, horses, but the coolest and craziest one we saw were big ol bear tracks! I carried a stick the whole time (or a club as I liked to think of it) and spent much time in prayer just hoping that we didn't run into the creatures that left those tracks...
I thought for sure since we were not taking the kids with us we should sleep in so before we went to sleep on Friday we decided that we would sleep in as late as we wanted. So Saturday morning we slept, and slept and slept and then when I thought surely it was afternoon time I got up and went to the kitchen to look at the only clock in the cabin and it was 9 am! Now if you want to get all technical about it that IS sleeping in considering most of our days start at 5 or 6....but man I used to be able to waste half a day sleeping in! So I was up for the day....the husband however went back to sleep so I drank my coffee on the front porch swing and soaked up the morning and then I went and laid on the couch and did what I did A LOT this weekend.....I read....3 cups of coffee, seven chapters and a shower later my husband decided he was ready to drag himself out of bed. We took the jeep for a ride and found some lunch before we came back to the cabin to hike and fish and read some more. Our nights were spent in the best place in the whole cabin....the back patio home of our own private hot tub.....
We had the best weekend EVER and as we were loading everything up this morning I was so sad to be leaving! It is so nice to go somewhere and have the pace of life slow down and the concept of time disappear. I think I even almost missed my kids :-) The weekend went by so fast and we are already planning our next trip out there. We love, love, love that place!!!!
Hideaway Ranch is located on 155 acres and they have 10 cabins scattered in the woods hidden from each other. Each cabin has its own private drive and you are basically secluded from the world (or so it feels). There is little to no cell service and no Internet (I did not have access to facebook or google for two days). The cabins, however, have everything you could need (coffee pot, cooking utensils, satellite tv)....plus a view that could kill....
We took our dogs with us (yes that's right we left the kids and took the dogs) and I am pretty sure they had the best time of their lives! The Ranch has over 55 acres of hiking trails and the dogs were allowed to just roam around with us and they took full advantage....they had smiles on their faces the whole weekend....
We spent our weekend fishing....until we saw a water moccasin that is (that was undoubtedly my deal breaker).....hiking we saw all kinds of animal tracks...deer, horses, but the coolest and craziest one we saw were big ol bear tracks! I carried a stick the whole time (or a club as I liked to think of it) and spent much time in prayer just hoping that we didn't run into the creatures that left those tracks...
I thought for sure since we were not taking the kids with us we should sleep in so before we went to sleep on Friday we decided that we would sleep in as late as we wanted. So Saturday morning we slept, and slept and slept and then when I thought surely it was afternoon time I got up and went to the kitchen to look at the only clock in the cabin and it was 9 am! Now if you want to get all technical about it that IS sleeping in considering most of our days start at 5 or 6....but man I used to be able to waste half a day sleeping in! So I was up for the day....the husband however went back to sleep so I drank my coffee on the front porch swing and soaked up the morning and then I went and laid on the couch and did what I did A LOT this weekend.....I read....3 cups of coffee, seven chapters and a shower later my husband decided he was ready to drag himself out of bed. We took the jeep for a ride and found some lunch before we came back to the cabin to hike and fish and read some more. Our nights were spent in the best place in the whole cabin....the back patio home of our own private hot tub.....
We had the best weekend EVER and as we were loading everything up this morning I was so sad to be leaving! It is so nice to go somewhere and have the pace of life slow down and the concept of time disappear. I think I even almost missed my kids :-) The weekend went by so fast and we are already planning our next trip out there. We love, love, love that place!!!!
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