Travel blog entry! For our 5th anniversary this year, we crossed French Lick off of our Indiana bucket list. There are two historic grand hotels there:
French Lick Springs Hotel and
West Baden Springs Hotel. Hank, Sadie, and I packed up and drove about an hour south from Bloomington down Hwy 37 through beautiful farm land and small Indiana towns, past
Paoli Peaks, until we could spy the huge dome of the West Baden Resort peaking out through the trees. I didn't expect the sheer magnificence of seeing this hotel after driving through such small towns. It's crazy big!
We drove past West Baden on to the elegant French Lick Springs Hotel, and I think elegant is the best way to describe this resort. It was beautiful and just gorgeous with all of their Christmas decorations still up.
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| There are mineral springs that run through this area, and these resorts were first founded back in 1845 as health spas. |
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| Yes, the pond is totally frozen. January 2014 was a super cold one! |
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| Located in the Hoosier National Forest. |
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| Indiana limestone tunnel they used in the construction of the hotel. |
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| The ceilings were incredible! |
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| Sadie was so tiny here! She's twice as big now. That's what I get for taking months to post this;) |
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| French Lick has such an awesome candy store! |
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| The pool:) |
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| A beautiful anniversary gift in our room from the hotel:) | | | | |
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The hotel also has some amazing restaurants. We ate at
the famous 1875:The Steakhouse for our anniversary dinner. It was so
fancy and delicious. Then we had an awesome breakfast at The Grand
Colonnade Family Restaurant, which is the former ballroom where FDR
received the nomination to run for President in 1932!
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| It was a great way to celebrate 5 years married to my dream cowboy:) |
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