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Hooray for anniversaries!  It’s one thing you stand up for and say “I AM taking the time off for my anniversary.”  So Eric and I did that and found a rustic little cabin two minutes from the entrance to Mt. Rainier (my favorite mountain in the world).  This is jasper cabin and I loved it.  It was really only a couple steps up from camping.  You get a roof (and heater if you need it), a very comfortable bed, and a minifridge and fireplace.  It’s a lot cheaper than other cabins in the area because it’s a little more run down (and the water smelled like sulfur, but tasted fine).  But it was completely secluded which was perfect, and there’s a…

Hot Tub!  My three requirement for where we stayed were hot tub, fireplace, and grill.  Normally you get every other hour for the hot tub, but no one was staying in the other cabin so we could use it whenever we wanted.  Woo-hoo!

This is the view from the back deck.  It was living in the woods and I absolutely loved it.  One day while Eric took a nap, I sat out there the whole time and decided I could definitely live in the woods.  It was so peaceful, and yet so much was going on.  It was fun trying to identify if the noises are birds, wind, bugs or…

…deer!  That’s right, this beauty wandered through our backyard while I was out there.  Unfortunately I was afraid to reach for my camera and startle her, but she was waiting for us down the street at our dinner restaraunt!  We went to Alexander’s for dinner.  Yummy food, rather pricey but worth it if you can afford it (thanks mom and dad for your anniversary gift, that’s how we afforded it!).

Eric got a buffalo burger.  I got this beautiful and yummy chicken alfredo with peppers.  We actually went there because they’re supposed to have the best pie, but the dinner was so filling we didn’t have room! It was great.

That was the only meal we ate out.  For our others, we went grill crazy!

Seriously, who says you can’t eat great while camping.  Everything we made used just their little grill, and our camp stove.  Eric discovered he loves to grill, which I’m happy to hear because I love to eat things that are grilled!

We had Indonesian Beef Satay, Hawaiian Salted Veggie Skewers, sliced cucumber with peanut sauce, and grilled apricots with a basalmic glaze for this meal.  It was so amazing, here’s all that was left afterwards…

The next day for breakfast we had an egg and spam scramble.

For dessert that night we made these delicious chocolate, coconut, pineapple skewers.  Oh wow, we’ve made them again since because they’re so amazing.

I made the sauce in a pot, toasted the coconut in a pan

Eric grilled the pineapple skewers.

The finished result, a warm, juicy, gooey, chocolately, coconutty, bite of goodness.  Serve with napkins!