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| A Woman's Directory For Travel and Life. WAVE Journey is your one stop online resource for women oriented businesses and services around the world. A Sure-Fire Cure For Three Fifty-Something Females ~ article by Jane Cassie Continued next page. |
| WAVE Journey |
| Women's Adventures, Vacations & Experiences ~ Your Journey Starts Here! |
Today is the birth of a new resolution –a truce to myself. I’m going to shift my lifestyle and start
to simplify. As well as substituting some computer time for heart-loving calisthenics, I’ll be
burning that obsessive ‘things to do’ list. My aching shoulders, stiff neck and strained eyeballs
will be grateful –so will my devoted counterparts –kids, companion, coworkers and those long
forgotten girlfriends. And that’s how I’ll begin to repair. That’s how I’ll start this new lease on life.
to simplify. As well as substituting some computer time for heart-loving calisthenics, I’ll be
burning that obsessive ‘things to do’ list. My aching shoulders, stiff neck and strained eyeballs
will be grateful –so will my devoted counterparts –kids, companion, coworkers and those long
forgotten girlfriends. And that’s how I’ll begin to repair. That’s how I’ll start this new lease on life.
I immediately call up two of my nursing cohorts who
could also benefit from a break. It doesn’t take much
convincing to pry them away from their care-giving
careers. Before long, our swim suits are packed and
dancing shoes are polished. We’re off to taste a slice of
sisterhood-style serenity and nothing’s going to spoil
our ravenous appetites!
could also benefit from a break. It doesn’t take much
convincing to pry them away from their care-giving
careers. Before long, our swim suits are packed and
dancing shoes are polished. We’re off to taste a slice of
sisterhood-style serenity and nothing’s going to spoil
our ravenous appetites!
This sanctuary hugs up to the southern shoreline of
Harrison Lake and is divinely removed from anything
urban. Although it’s now just a short ninety minute
drive from Vancouver, access to this property was
not always this easy. Back in 1886, when it was the
St. Alice Hotel and Bath House, luxury-loving
travelers would arrive either by riverboat or train
and coach.
Harrison Lake and is divinely removed from anything
urban. Although it’s now just a short ninety minute
drive from Vancouver, access to this property was
not always this easy. Back in 1886, when it was the
St. Alice Hotel and Bath House, luxury-loving
travelers would arrive either by riverboat or train
and coach.
In between our gabfests we “find nature...just up the
road.” It’s a befitting community catchphrase that ties
in with a cornucopia of activities. Hawks and herons
pose stoically on the sidelines of three nearby golf
courses, second-growth forests shade interpretive
trails and hiking routes, and from October to January
migrating bald eagles arrive at Harrison River in
droves. Bordered by sandy shores and backed by
coastal peaks, it’s a postcard setting that typifies the
axiom, beautiful British Columbia.
road.” It’s a befitting community catchphrase that ties
in with a cornucopia of activities. Hawks and herons
pose stoically on the sidelines of three nearby golf
courses, second-growth forests shade interpretive
trails and hiking routes, and from October to January
migrating bald eagles arrive at Harrison River in
droves. Bordered by sandy shores and backed by
coastal peaks, it’s a postcard setting that typifies the
axiom, beautiful British Columbia.
British Columbia’s Harrison Hot Springs Resort and
Spa is the perfect nosh spot to do just that. Not
only do they offer family-fun packages and
getaways to generate romance, but there’s a
blissful retreat to lure us ladies. The sweet two
night deal includes some gourmand grazing –at
both the highfalutin Copper Room and Lakeside’s
breakfast buffet, a Zen-filled experience in the
Healing Springs Spa and use of the resort’s five
mineral pools. What a sure-fire cure for any frenzied
female!
Spa is the perfect nosh spot to do just that. Not
only do they offer family-fun packages and
getaways to generate romance, but there’s a
blissful retreat to lure us ladies. The sweet two
night deal includes some gourmand grazing –at
both the highfalutin Copper Room and Lakeside’s
breakfast buffet, a Zen-filled experience in the
Healing Springs Spa and use of the resort’s five
mineral pools. What a sure-fire cure for any frenzied
female!
The original hotel burned to the ground in 1920, another one was resurrected five years later,
and ever since it’s been a temporary refuge for getaway seekers. I discover that, for a short
time in the 1940’s, it also served as sanitarium for women who had participated in the war. “If it
did the trick for Florence Nightingale-types back then,” I comment to my two traveling
companions, “just think what it will do for three overworked nurses today!”
and ever since it’s been a temporary refuge for getaway seekers. I discover that, for a short
time in the 1940’s, it also served as sanitarium for women who had participated in the war. “If it
did the trick for Florence Nightingale-types back then,” I comment to my two traveling
companions, “just think what it will do for three overworked nurses today!”
We’re led beyond a lobby, sporting west coast décor,
to intimate sitting areas and a communal room
hosting a cozy hearth. Corridors trail away to varied
accommodations, one being our chic suite in the
resort’s West Tower. Over the next two days in this
contemporary gem, we catch up on lost zzz’s, sip too
much wine, and yak, yak, yak. And yes, shop talk
does get in the way once or twice.
to intimate sitting areas and a communal room
hosting a cozy hearth. Corridors trail away to varied
accommodations, one being our chic suite in the
resort’s West Tower. Over the next two days in this
contemporary gem, we catch up on lost zzz’s, sip too
much wine, and yak, yak, yak. And yes, shop talk
does get in the way once or twice.
We stroll along the beachfront promenade, where autumn gardens are shaded by stately
willows. During warmer weather, this entire lakeshore is a playground for master castle
carvers and aquatic neurotics.
willows. During warmer weather, this entire lakeshore is a playground for master castle
carvers and aquatic neurotics.