I took Thomas on a Homestead vacation for his birthday final week. Here’s the recap of our one-night keep together with a day on the spa.
Homestead Holiday
Happy forty second birthday to Thomas! I deliberate a one-night getaway to The Homestead for his birthday final Thursday. The focus 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 out of doors heated swimming pools.
I booked our room totally free utilizing my Venture X card‘s $300 a yr journey credit score + a number of factors. (Learn extra on how this works right here!)
Thanks to Eileen for watching Birchie for the evening! We left Cville after college 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 might maximize our time there. If you guide a spa service, you get entry for the day. You also can purchase a day go should 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 tub which is fed by a pure sizzling spring. It was FREEZING outdoors 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
Happy bday!
Lunch within the Relaxation Room
After the sauna we went to the co-ed chill out room for lunch. We received takeout pizza and a salad from Woody’s for the reason that spa restaurant had a restricted menu. Luckily they provided to deliver us Woody’s.
Aqua Thermal Suite
After lunch we went to our personal locker rooms to get pleasure from all of the options. There is 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 + Massage
After plenty of water exercise, we met within the chill out room once more earlier than our 3pm facial (me) and therapeutic massage (Thomas). Those had been each excellent!
Post facial I took a bathe and we received 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 received 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. But first we took some pics with the enormous tree!
Old Fashioned
We shared kalamata olive bread to begin, and I had the pan-fried trout for an entree. Thomas had shrimp fettuccini. Both had been good respectable dishes.
All the chocolate for the birthday boy!
We watched Elf in mattress after dinner – one of the best!
Brunch
For breakfast the subsequent day we went to the Audubon Dining room for his or her buffet. We crammed 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!