The Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort & Spa is obviously targeted for golfers and spa devotees. Being neither, we still find it a lovely place to stay when the rate is a bargain and we're upgraded to a suite, all while aiming to re-qualify for one more year of Starwood Platinum.
Yes, when the entry includes a "powder room," you know you're in a suite.
Lots of room and good views of the course and a distant Mount Baker are to be had from our spacious "valley view" balcony.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.