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After several weeks of business travel, rushed holiday preparations and an abundance of other obligations keeping us from any real quality family time, we took a spontaneous trip to Skamania Lodge.

+Outdoor rock jacuzzi amidst fresh fallen snow
+Pool, sauna, hot tubs and new age meditative music
+Free 24 hour Starbucks station which includes Apple Cider, Hot Chocolate, Tea and Coffee (No Green Tea).
+Fantastic local wine selection at the restaurant (Prime Rib++)
+Library stocked with board games and books for all ages.
+Stocked honor basket which came in very handy at 4am when we had to bribe Tabor to take his asthma medicine with eating M&Ms.

Emiko asked me to read to her from The World Is Flat which I have already read but was excited to see again. She asked questions about the environment and asked me to keep reading for 30 minutes while she drew. It was the part about compassionate flatists and for a five year old and she completely got it. The vague theories of "wasting" made sense in this bigger context, hearing something positive about McDonalds (supply chain standards) made her happy ;-).

Sure there was some whining and some sibling fights but otherwise, utter familial bliss with marshmallows on top.

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family fun , hiking , pool , library , games , playground , cozy , sauna , hot chocolate , jacuzzi , bliss , skamania , skamania lodge , holidays snow