Over the course of the years there has been many proposals of marriage by romantic couples here at the bed and breakfast.  Just this weekend, a couple choose our all inclusive romance package with a horse drawn sleigh ride while staying in the Northern Spy suite as their proposal venue.  The horse drawn sleigh ride didn’t work out as we didn’t quite have enough snow on the ground for the sleigh ride to work out (but that should very soon change).  But the horse drawn carriage ride was just as romantic for the setting and we were please to see this morning that it all worked out as the couple were beeming at breakfast.

One of the simplest (I think) treats that our bed and breakfast guests love is our baked apples.  Especially since apples are such a traditional Michigan product, you would think that more folks from this area would bake with apples more often.  Just this morning as I served the baked apples to our Inn guests, everyone raved about them and it really makes me wonder why guests don’t make baked Michigan apples a tradition in their own home.

Living in Southwest Michigan, you would think that we would be use to driving through the snow in the winter season, but leaving the bed and breakfast and driving in what appears to be our first winter snow week, we can tell you that you never really get use to driving in the snow and ice on the roadways.  But one thing is for sure, our bed and breakfast guests who are coming in the next weeks for a romantic couples getaway are hoping it continues as they all would like to experience our horse drawn sleigh rides through the picturesque forest.

Many of the couples coming to our bed and breakfast this time of year for a romantic getaway and expecting to find snow to play in–horse drawn sleigh rides through the snow, snow shoeing, skiing, etc.  But so far this year we have continued to be blessed with a rather mild fall including the lack of any measurable snow.  But after the rain that is predicted for the coming two days, snow is now in our forecast.  So for those of our romantic bed and breakfast couples, we can tell you that “Snow is on it’s way”.  If there is one thing about living in West Michigan that we can pretty much promise every year, that is one promise we know we will be able to keep.

Last evening we had a couple here on a romantic getaway wedding.  They were married as a part of our wedding package here at the bed and breakfast in the Northern Spy romantic suite.  Afterwards, their attendants and the newly married couple went to the South Haven Tello’s restaurant for their wedding dinner.  They were entertained by the small but fun South Haven Christmas parade that kicks off South Haven’s holiday season.  It is always fun to hear of the fun and romantic escapes that our bed and breakfast guests do while staying here at the Inn.