![]() Be sure to pick your companion carefully: someone adept at building a fire in the woodstove, who looks good in the light of an oil lamp, and with whom you’ll want to do nothing but talk and play board games into the night, before climbing into the sleeping loft to gaze at the silvery snowscape. Stuff your backpacks with dinner and a bottle of wine, slap on your cross-country skis, and glide off into the silent pines to Spooner’s snug and well-equipped, if rustic, log cabins. Gourmet breakfast in an old log cabin included. Hillside has its own bubbling hot tub, but we love Creekside, with its four-poster pine bed and hushed sounds of the rushing stream. Each boasts log beams, glowing gas fireplaces, and goose-down duvets. Lovebirds flock to this elegant countrified inn, just 30 minutes west of Denver, for its private, woodsy location on rippling Bear Creek―and incredibly cozy cottages. ![]() The beach is just steps away, and farther downtown you’ll find creamy clam chowder. Can’t get much cuter than this updated 1950s beach resort, best known for its six original log cabins―each with knotty pine-wall bedrooms, kitchenettes, jetted tubs, wood or propane fireplaces, and views of the ocean or the Yachats River. You and your mate will sleep oh-so-soundly (and within earshot of stormy waves) at Shamrock Lodgettes. 7 cabins from $95 or 360/385-1270.Ĭozy up on the Oregon coast at Shamrock Lodgettes ― 9 super-cute cabins on 5 ocean-front acres, where you can sip wine on a sunny day from perfectly angled Adirondack chairs or just snuggle under a blanket and storm-watch by the stone fireplace. You can even walk hand in hand along the sand at Fort Worden State Park―where An Officer and a Gentleman was filmed. Dig clams out your front door and cook ’em up inside, or hit Uptown for dinner at the intimate Wild Coho. If romance is fueled by candlelit dinners, long walks on the beach, and evenings by the fire, then Chevy Chase has the formula nailed. Strand yourselves in the velvety silence of the high desert’s Casitas de Gila, a civilized, cliffside oasis, complete with an outdoor hot tub, kiva fireplaces, charcoal grills―even a 10-inch telescope to tilt toward the crystal-clear sky. The chill night air smells of piñon fires as the Milky Way shimmers. ![]() 4 cottages from $125, including breakfast or 707/933-0340.Ī wide stream murmurs as the sun sets over the fringes of the vast Gila Wilderness. Wake up to egg-and-cheese croissants from the adjacent Fig Pantry, then wine-taste the day away. All the ingredients for a Wine Country romance are here, down to the firepits and deck chairs in your garden. Each has snowy-soft beds, a mini kitchen, and the owner’s line of sweet-smelling fig soaps. It’s Provence-meets-California at these sunny new cottages a mile from Sonoma’s town square. 10 log cabins from $550, including meals, horseback riding, and other ranch activities or 866/333-4080. At night, dine on elk tenderloin in the candlelit lodge, then relax in the steamy hot tub under dizzying stars before bedding down by the crackling fire. By day, sleigh-ride―deux, ride horseback through pines, or snowshoe. Six miles up a forest road, 10 miles to the nearest village, the seclusion and often-snowy setting make this super-luxe guest ranch in the White Mountains the ideal winter retreat. $$$$, including meals, horseback riding, and other ranch activities By day, sleigh-ride à deux, ride horseback through pines, or snowshoe. ![]()
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