POLL INSIDE - pick my resort for this weekend.

[WOT?*]

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Alderbrook resort. www.alderbrookresort.com/  Has a (saline, enclosed) swimming pool, waterfront with dock, grassy area, in trees with trails and stream.  2 bedroom cottage with kitchenette, no water view but close in to the water.  Resort itself is waterview for most rooms and for the restaurant.  Resort has tourboat in season but not sure if it's running now.  DH and I would have our own room (king size bed) and the girls would have a room (queen).  Cost for Saturday and Sunday would be about $500.  The drive to Pt. Townsend would be about 90 minutes (this is relevant).

Port Ludlow resort.  www.portludlowresort.com/.  Waterfront, a bit higher up Hood Canal.  Pretty scenery but things are more spread out.  Spa is they come to your room rather than there being an on-site.  Restaurant at the marina but not much else directly at the resort (most amenities are driving distance) if I recall correctly.  Hiking in the Olympics about 90 minutes north, visit Pt. Townsend and/or Port Angeles 30-60 minutes north (Townsend is cute, quaint waterfront touristy town, Angeles has aquarian, marina, lookouts and you can see across the straits to Canada, pretty scenery.)  Pt. Townsend is about 30 minutes.  Cost would be $250 including breakfasts for a room with two queen beds.

Tulalip Resort and Casino. www.tulalipresort.com/ This would be a Saturday night only extravaganza.  Casino, nice resort, amenities, live bands, shopping, close to home but not too close.  I would LOVE to do this but we can do it any weekend that ex decides to take the girls for an overnight since it's close to home.  Cost would be about $200 for Saturday night.



I am dropping the girls off with ex and his wife on Friday so we will be without kids from Friday night to Sunday at noon.  If we do A or B, we would drive to Pt. Townsend to pick up the girls at about noon on Sunday and return to the resort for a stay until Monday, spending the day(s) exploring and playing with the girls.<object style="position: absolute; z-index: 1000;" id="plugin0" width="1" type="application/x-dgnria" height="1"><param name="tabId" value="{1E6F1F30-0135-4077-AD26-4BCAC9A50855}"></object>

[Chirp]

I vote for Alderbrook. It looks like there's more to do on-site.

Now that that's out of the way, question... WTF is going on in your siggy? I've been trying to figure it out, but it moves too fast.

[WOT?*]

Here ya go Chirp.

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[Chirp]

Jan 17, 2013 13:24:26 GMT -5 WOT?* said:

Here ya go Chirp.

pandce.proboards.com/thread/123145/mrsbpo

Thank you kindly. That's an odd place for a mic pack.

Stupid busy season at work. I didn't see that you get that question all the time. ::kicks rocks::

[candreco]

From what I've heard from coworkers in the area, Tulalip can be kind of meh if you don't want to spend a ton of money gambling or at the outlets around it. 

[2hmama]

Port Ludlow Resort is ok, but there is not much to do. I went there and wasn't impressed at all. Go to Alderbrook.

[sherbanator]

I want you to go to Alderbrook so you can tell me if it is worth the trip.

[twodogsandababy]

I'm a creepy lurker, but live near Port Ludlow. Don't go there. There is nothing really to do and it is way too cold to enjoy wandering the parks for very long. H and I have been wanting to go to Alderbook to stay, we've had brunch there and it was nice.

[WOT?*]

Alderbrook won by a landslide and I made the reservations. Which is good because that's what I was leaning toward. I just wasn't sure about the drive to Pt. Townsend and back just to pick up the girls. I wish they'd keep them an extra day or later into Sunday but no such luck. The only (or very primary) reason I was putting Ludlow at the same level is that it's only a half-hour to the ferry and so much more convenient.

Sherbanator, I think Alderbrook is worth the trip, at least for an occasional escape and something different. I've been to both Alderbrook and Pt. Ludlow in the past and liked Alderbrook better by quite a bit. Separate spa, heated saline pool and hot tub in a glass building by the waterfront, separate spa, nice restaurant with a canal view, nice rooms, quiet (except for the wedding party that weekend - lol) and self-contained. I got a 2 BR cottage for $279 on Saturday and a special Sunday rate (she forgot all about the special rates until I talked to her about "I was told..." which dropped the price to $229 and to which I said "Hm, I remember someone telling me something along the lines of $170-ish" where she found another Super Sunday sale and got me a rack rate of $149 plus tax which brought Sunday to $174. Very MM of me to remember the prior pricing.) With resort fees it will be between $450 and $500 for the cottage. No water view but whatever. We get our own bedroom - plus a stocked kitchen and living room - for under $250/night. Well worth it, imo.

[sherbanator]

Thanks for the info? Would you pick Alderbrook over the Snohomish lodge? I was thinking about picking up one of those Costco deals they always have.

[WOT?*]

Jenny, I stayed at Alderbrook based (kind of) on your recommendation when you were taking Hugo for a vacation a few years back. Trying to remember how old Lucy might have been at the time.

And I love that picture of her and your DH. Between the two of you, there are a passel of good genes passing on.

[ralphlauren]

Alderbrock looks awesome.

[sherbanator]

This is so late but that weird question mark was supposed to be a period. I love the "participated thread" button!