On the Road Again...

This last weekend we spent in Lake Havasu City, AZ. I would have called it "sunny" although that would have been a HUGE understatement (120 degrees is more than sunny). With this trip we decided that we would hit two birds with one stone: 1) Amber's (Jared's sister) baby shower, 2) Mini Anniversary celebration (it's all about the bath tubs--I'll explain more later).

1. Amber is having a boy in August so we went down to celebrate one of the showers. (I was sad to learn that Kim had one of her showers that same day but I am happy to know that I have a few more options to shower her with gifts.) She is really excited for baby Spencer to come and she hopes that she is ready. Amber is a great cook and a great hostess so we always enjoy staying with her because of her hospitality. We always come home from Havasu well-fed--especially for Thanksgiving.

2. We also went down to celebrate our Anniversary which doesn't really happen until next month but here's the story. Back when I worked for Studio Il Bagno (selling plumbing fixtures) I sold some very high-end imported brands of faucets, toilets, and tubs. We sold a particular air-jet tub from BainUltra. I was able to go to the factory in Quebec City for a week and learn all about the tubs. I already loved the tubs before I went because they are completly sanitary--this contrary to most "jetted" tubs. Now for your tub lesson of the day: typical jetted tubs use large jets where they suck in water and shoot it back out at the user. This would be fine and dandy except that there is water always in the system; thus having a black sludge come out of the jets when they are turned on. If that sounds gross then try this one on for size--most hotels use these types of jets in their rooms/suites so you are essentially bathing in someone elses bath water. YUM!! Well, with BainUltra, they use an air jet system that uses air to create the massage so no water or crud is left in the tub. In addition, 10 minutes after the cycle is done and the water is drained, the air turns on again for a minute and blows out any water that could possibly be left in the channels keeping it hygenic.

To tie this all together BainUltra has a place on thier site where you can "experience" one of their tubs and it lists several hotels. When we were planning our honeymoon we wanted to go to to one of these hotels because now I have a jetted-tub-phobia. One of the hotels was the Heat in Lake Havasu. So that explains why one of our nights we stayed in a hotel--the bath tub. There were a few other perks that made Jared never want to leave: Tempurpedic king-sized mattress complete with six fluffy pillows (80% duck feathers 20% duck down to be completely correct) and a view of the chanel and the London Bridge (imported from London--true story). Needless to say, we will be going back to Havasu for Thanksgiving and this time we want to try one of thier suites.