I took Thomas on a Homestead vacation for his birthday final week. Right here’s the recap of our one-night keep together with a day on the spa.
Homestead Vacation
Pleased forty second birthday to Thomas! I deliberate a one-night getaway to The Homestead for his birthday final Thursday. The main focus of our keep was the spas since Thomas loves saunas and water therapies. The Homestead Spa has males’s and girls’s aqua thermal suites in addition to outside heated swimming pools.
I booked our room without spending a dime utilizing my Enterprise X card‘s $300 a 12 months journey credit score + a couple of factors. (Be taught extra on how this works right here!)
Due to Eileen for watching Birchie for the evening! We left Cville after faculty drop off on Thursday – it’s just below two hours away.
All decked out for the vacations! (This tree is actual!)
The Homestead Spa
We beelined to the spa so we may maximize our time there. In case you ebook a spa service, you get entry for the day. You can even purchase a day go when you simply wish to use the swimming pools.
Steam coming off the heated pool and sizzling tub –
After becoming robes, we met within the mineral bathtub which is fed by a pure sizzling spring. It was FREEZING exterior with snow flurries and powerful gusts of chilly wind, however the water was physique temperature! Getting out was so chilly and we jumped within the sizzling tub earlier than actually operating to the sauna.
Sauna individuals <3
Pleased bday!
Lunch within the Leisure Room
After the sauna we went to the co-ed chill out room for lunch. We obtained takeout pizza and a salad from Woody’s because the spa restaurant had a restricted menu. Fortunately they provided to carry us Woody’s.
Aqua Thermal Suite
After lunch we went to our personal locker rooms to take pleasure in all of the options. There’s a heat “coccoon” room (108 levels), a steam room, heated waterfall chairs, and expertise showers. I loved the steam room most of all as a result of it was loads sizzling! The showers had been all slightly too chilly for me.
Facial + Therapeutic massage
After numerous water exercise, we met within the chill out room once more earlier than our 3pm facial (me) and therapeutic massage (Thomas). These had been each superb!
Publish facial I took a bathe and we obtained prepared to go to our room.
Our Room
The Homestead generously gave us a room improve for the evening! Our room was so spacious and fairly. We additionally obtained some champagne!
Jefferson’s Lounge
We determined to go to Jefferson’s Lounge for dinner which isn’t fairly as fancy as a number of the different locations. However first we took some pics with the large tree!
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We shared kalamata olive bread to start out, and I had the pan-fried trout for an entree. Thomas had shrimp fettuccini. Each had been good respectable dishes.
All of the chocolate for the birthday boy!
We watched Elf in mattress after dinner – the most effective!
Brunch
For breakfast the following day we went to the Audubon Eating room for his or her buffet. We stuffed up and known as it brunch.
The final time we went to the Homestead was in the summertime with the youngsters so now we’ve been there virtually each season!