Mommy-Daddy Weekend

DW and I are the worst at having “date nights” – we make it happen a few times a year, but we’re just terrible at making it a regular thing. But, we do try to take a Mommy-Daddy trip every year. This summer, timing just wasn’t on our side, though, and we couldn’t seem to squeeze anything in. School was days from starting and we were both bummed that we didn’t get to do anything, just the two of us, over the summer.

I’d been looking into the Steinhatchee Landing Resort as a possible weekend getaway for all of us, then decided it might end up being a fun long-weekend for just me & DW. The Landing has it’s own boat slips, so we could just leave the boat in the water and come and go as we pleased. I thought we could scallop or fish and just hang out on the boat all weekend.

We booked a one bedroom honeymoon cottage and after I dropped the girls off at school on Friday, we took off.

The Landing is  such a neat resort community. There’s bike trails, a pool, even a petting zoo (it’s a fantastic family setting) and I definitely want to plan a weekend trip with the kids next summer.

The houses and cottages are all beautiful and the grounds are so well maintained.

President Jimmy Carter and his family have vacationed at this home

We checked in, put the boat in the water and headed out for the day.

We spent the first afternoon scalloping and then came back to the cottage to cook dinner. There’s only a couple restaurants in Steinhatchee- so for the first night, I’d packed some ribeyes in our cooler and we grilled steaks. The cottage had a full kitchen, and a gas grill and screened in porch on the back. 

On Saturday morning after breakfast, we hit the water again. We loved having the boat already in the water and just being able to jump on it and go.

We brought my float and I scalloped for a little while, but spent most of the day sunning in the water. It was fantastic.

That night, we had dinner at one of the Seafood restaurants and then went back to the landing and took a sunset cruise on the boat down the river.

We’d planned to go out on the water again on Sunday, but the weather was calling for early rain, so we decided to just have a lazy morning before heading back.

It was a great little low-key getaway.

~amw~