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
Joyful forty second birthday to Thomas! I deliberate a one-night getaway to The Homestead for his birthday final Thursday. The main target of our keep was the spas since Thomas loves saunas and water therapies. The Homestead Spa has males’s and ladies’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 yr journey credit score + just a few factors. (Study extra on how this works right here!)
Due to Eileen for watching Birchie for the evening! We left Cville after college drop off on Thursday – it’s slightly 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. Should you guide a spa service, you get entry for the day. You may also purchase a day move for those who simply need to use the swimming pools.
Steam coming off the heated pool and sizzling tub –
After turning into robes, we met within the mineral tub which is fed by a pure sizzling spring. It was FREEZING outdoors with snow flurries and robust 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
Joyful bday!
Lunch within the Rest 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 for the reason that spa restaurant had a restricted menu. Fortunately they supplied to carry us Woody’s.
Aqua Thermal Suite
After lunch we went to our personal locker rooms to get pleasure from 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 just a little too chilly for me.
Facial + Therapeutic massage
After a number of 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 excellent!
Publish facial I took a bathe and we obtained prepared to move 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 few 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 very best!
Brunch
For breakfast the subsequent day we went to the Audubon Eating room for his or her buffet. We stuffed up and referred to 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!