This weekend Kris' company had a retreat at Suncadia Lodge outside of Cle Elum, Washington. All the office peeps went up on Friday for a company meeting and "bonding", and then the families could come up and stay on Saturday and Sunday. Suncadia is a planned resort community with condos, cabins, and $1.6 million "second homes" along with all the amenities -- golf, hiking, biking, horses, swimming, etc. Not sure how they will do in these economic times, but it was a very nice place and great to get outside in the winter sun for some much needed Vitaman D. I think Cle Elum, just outside the resort is more our speed. It is a small western town with wide streets and lots of original brick buildings that house places like Mike's Tavern, The Sunset Cafe and Loose Wolf Lounge, and the Caboose Bar and Grill. It is also home of the Chew-n-Butts tobacco and liquor store. Their slogan says that it is an alternative health store. I think they mean an alternative TO health. Anyway, it seemed like the kind of place where you could get lucky on a lottery ticket, so we bought a few. Friends and family can relax, they didn't have any Chew-n-Butts t-shirts, or else our Christmas shopping for 2009 would be finished already.
