tenth

Believe it or not, we're repeating ourselves (and I don't mean skiing weekend-in and weekend-out at Alta): our TENTH wedding anniversary was last Thursday and we went back to Log Haven to celebrate.  You can click through here and read all about our first visit on our ninth anniversary.

Things were slightly different this time.  It was much busier on a Thursday evening; our server was a little shyer and not as personable, though certainly competent; they didn't serve those luscious little watermelon-goat cheese tastes.  But we got a table right by the waterfall, had a bottle of Greenpoint shiraz (just like last time) and toasted to our ten years of marriage.  (Note: you can bring your own wine and pay only a $15 corkage fee; had I known that, I probably would have brought the bottle of champagne that sitting downstairs, waiting for an occasion.)

The food: H had the baby romaine salad with a local aggiano cheese and I had the organic greens with heirloom tomatoes (some of them were purple!), green beans and wheat berries.  They brought around a bread basket several times, with chewy kalamata olive rolls, parmesan-encrusted foccacia and other tender breads.  For our entrees, I had the grilled bison NY strip steak, served with roasted cauliflower, pancetta and fingerling potatoes (some of them were purple!), while H went with the filet again - this time, seemingly much smaller than last summer.  We of course had dessert: the honey-topped creme brulee and the warm chocolate lava cake.

Log Haven is just such a beautiful spot, the old lodge nestled in the cool green of the canyon, and was the ideal place to celebrate the past ten years and look forward to the next adventures together.  We started those next adventures with a camping trip ... that'll be the next post!