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When you have a mom that really doesn’t want “things”, what do you get her? The answer is your time! Planning some activities and outings together is the perfect way to celebrate your mom’s special day. Today’s post is the first of several Mother’s Day posts and it documents a very special mini getaway to Rowena’s Inn on the River.
Rowena’s Inn aka Pretty Estates Resort
Pretty Estates Resort is home to Rowena’s Inn on the River and it is a local boutique bed and breakfast gem. It is located in Harrison Mills, BC (Canada). For anyone living in the Lower Mainland or Fraser Valley it is a perfect local getaway. You can stay in the historic inn or in one of the private cottages that are on an estate on the Harrison River. My mom and I stayed in one of the charming cottages.
Our Cottage at Rowena’s
Our charming cottage had heated-slate floors, a private patio, a huge soaker tub and a wood-burning fireplace. Whether you’re staying in the inn or in a cottage, each suite has a room with a view. It was a pretty perfect location for us to spend some time together, explore the estate and eat some amazing food.
We stayed in the Fenn Cottage. Every little touch is taken care of for you. The fireplace is set up with kindling and wood, there are candles and a Keurig in the kitchen area. Each cottage has a guest book that we enjoyed looking through.
The entire estate is beautifully landscaped and also includes Sandpiper Golf Course. It is a wonderful place to spend the weekend to relax, read, play golf, lie by the pool and eat some amazing meals!
Dinner at Rowena’s Inn
Our stay included a gourmet dinner at the inn. The menu was paired with Fort Berens wines as part of Harrison Uncorked. Before each course of the meal, the chef came out to explain his inspiration for the dish and where the ingredients were locally sourced. My mom and I really enjoyed the meal and agreed that each course of the meal was more amazing than the next. We had:
- local roast squash soup with birch wood chantilly
- roasted beet root salad with farm house chreve and balsamic
- Harrison River salmon wellington or duck tajine
- apple and brie tarte tatin
- avocado chocolate mousse with spicy snickerdoodle cookies (shown below)
Breakfast at Rowena’s
Breakfast at the River’s Edge Restaurant was included in our stay, too. You can eat in the restaurant or out on the patio with an amazing view of the pool, Harrison River and golf course.
Even if you don’t have time to take your mom away for the weekend, you can make a reservation at the Rowena’s Inn Mother’s Day brunch. As well, Mother’s also golf for free from May 6th to 8th at Sandpiper Golf Course. You can find details for the Mother’s Day activities here.
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Bella Bucchiotti
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awww thanks, Savannah!
Wow, if I lived in the area, I’d DEFINITELY go to this resort! It looks so beautiful and peaceful!
Thanks, Ashley! It is just beautiful!
This is gorgeous! I would love to visit and enjoy some time away!
Thanks, Dina!
This is paradise I suppose! I really liked the pictures , I could feel the amazing atmosphere. I wish I couls=d also spend some time with my mom we live miles away.
I am pretty lucky we live close enough to do this. thanks!
You’re sweet! Not everyone I know of the same age as yours will do such thing for their momma. I liked the cottages and the view, it gives you a peaceful, rural ambiance – Sonnie
It is such a great place. I enjoy hanging out with my mom. 🙂
This is on my list of must go to places in the area
You will love it!
Hi Brittany! Small world! I love that blog conference. I learned so much.
Thanks, David!
Me, too! My mom is the best travel companion.
Love these pics of you and your mom. It’s a great idea to go away with your mom for Mother’s Day. The inn looks great and definitely relaxing.
It was very relaxing. Thanks!
Wow! Glad to see that you went on a getaway with your mom and spend some good time! Glad to tell you that I am doing a collaboration post for my website Ana’s world (www.anamikaojha.com) as well as Huff Post, US edition. If you want to participate, mail me at [email protected] and I will brief you more about the collaboration. 🙂
Thanks! I will be in touch!
What a beautiful cottage! My mother is also impossible to shop for I’m sure she would love nothing more than to spend some time together <3
Yes! It is win/win!
The estate is beyond gorgeous! It would be a dream to stay there one day.
Xoxo,
Amanda
Trulyyoursa.com
Yes, it is so wonderful! Thanks, Amanda!
that place looks beautiful, I’d love to go there with my mom! glad you had a great time!
Thanks, Eloise!
That place is really cool. I wish I was in Canada.
This place looks gorgeous!! Definitly need to check it out
-Ruya
sweetshortandstylish.com
Thanks so much! You will love it.
Yes thats the best gift for a mom. You did very good. btw lovely images very heart warming. Breakfast seems to be gorgeous.
Thanks! Breakfast was scrumptious!
Mother Daughter trips are the best and what a cozy and beautiful place to spend quality time together. And, that FOOD!!! Yum!!!
Yes, I agree…the best!
i love taking trips with my Mom. this looks like a great place to stay and i love that the floor was heated
Yes, the floor was so cozy!! I need that at home.
This is such a beautiful place! It looks like you had a great time and ate some delicious food. Quality time with Mom is important.
Yes, it is. Thanks!
i really wish i had more time to plan it out this seems like the perfect mothers day gift.THis is definitly something that i have to try to do for her.Wish i had seen this sooner.
Thanks so much!
That looks absolutely incredible! I love that you were on a trip with your mama, I bet she really appreciated that time with you!
Yes, I think she did. Thanks, Erin!
I love the whole idea of how you spent the valuable time at such a beautiful place. This is so unique and just an amazing tip how you can spent this special day like the Mother’s Day!!! <3
Yes! Thanks!
Such a sweet and fun trip with your mother and at such a beautiful location!! Glad to see that you guys had a wonderful time! (:
xoxo
Amy | Pastel N Pink
Thanks so much, Amy!
How fun to get away with your mom for Mother’s Day!
Thanks, Heather!
That food, the view, that INN!!!! I’m dying from cuteness overload. It looks like you guys had a blast. 🙂
We did!! Thanks, Amber!
This sounds like a fantastic place for a getaway. I am so annoyed it’s not more local! I’d be there like a shot! The food in particular sounds incredible.
The food was so good. I wasn’t expecting that.
This is so cute and so special! You look just like your mom! 🙂 Such a great idea for Mother’s Day and it looks like it was a beautiful escape!
xo, Jennifer
http://www.publicistinpearls.com
People say that often but I don’t see it a lot. I see it in younger photos of her. Thanks Jennifer!
Looks like a gorgeous place to stay any time of the year! It is such a great thing to spend time with your mom!
Yes! Thanks, Carrie!
Such a great place for Mothers Day!
http://www.kayleighskloset.com
Thanks, Kayleigh!
What an incredible way to spend quality time with your mom. Looks like you had a great time!
We did. Thanks!
Oh my goodness! What a beautiful place. Such a fun idea to get away with mom or is even beautoful for a honey moon!
Yes, it would be great for a honeymoon, too. They do a lot of wedding there in the summer.
Oh wow this looks and sounds like a perfect getaway. That is beautiful, a perfect mama and daughter trip!
Yes it was. Thanks!!
What a fun little getaway!! Definitely a great way to spend time with your mama!
xo Ashley
It was a great time. Thanks, Ashley!
I agree, too! Thanks, Kayla!
It sure is! We will remember this for a long time, too.
Looks like such a gorgeous place! You look just like your mom. So cute 🙂
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Thanks, Suzanne! My mom used to look a lot like me when she was my age…or maybe I look like her at my age. 🙂
Yes a nice little get away was very great! Thank you
Did they pay for your stay it is absolutely beautiful and I would love to try a spicy snickerdoodle that sounds delicious!
That spicy snickerdoodle was so yummy! I need to learn how to make them. An yes…they were so nice.
Wow this looks like a beautiful place, my mom would love this !
Laura | http://www.LauraWears.com
Thanks, Laura!
Wow this looks like a great place!! And how cool to get to experience it all with you mom 🙂
It is a fabulous place. Thanks, Kait!
What a beautiful place!!! And you know I love your mama. So great to see her here. 🙂
Carrie
http://www.wearwherewell.com
Thanks, Carrie! I sure do love her. 🙂
What a beautiful place. That cottage seemed really cozy. The food looked wonderful too.
Thanks Liz! We really had a great stay and will likely go back.
This is wonderful, looks like a great place to spend with Mom. I love the decor and relaxing environment.
Yes, it was lovely! Thanks, Brandy!
It looks adorable! I’ve never stayed anywhere with that cabin feel and how about that food?! Delectable!
Yes, the cabin was so fun. A real fireplace and everything plus a huge bathroom with a vaulted ceiling.
What an awesome trip! The place is so cute.
xoxo, Jenny
Thanks, Jenny!
I’ve heard so much about this place. It was one of the places I looked at for our wedding night! Glad you and your mama had a great time. xo
Emma
imhislittle.com
Thanks, Emma! It would be the perfect place for a wedding or your wedding night.
What a fun trip with your mom! Looks like a beautiful place!
It was a great time, Thank you, Cara!
That place looks awesome! You and your mom are so sweet, and the food looks delicious!
Thanks, Alix!
Lovely way to spend time with your mum on Mothers Day. The Rowena Inn looks fab. The cottage you both stayed in seems warm and rustic and that menu is to die for. x
Yes, the menu was so amazing and all the ingredients were sourced locally. Love that part.
What a wonderfully thoughtful daughter you are! For most parents, the most important gift you can give them really IS your time! Now that my two children are grown with families of their own, they make very little time for me and it truly makes my heart ache. I have not had a visit from either one of my children for Mother’s Day, my birthday or any other holiday or occasion for the last 7 years. I only live 90 miles away, but I may as well be living on the moon. 🙁
I agree, and my mom gives me so much of her time that I wanted to do the same. Cheyenne, I am so sorry that your family doesn’t visit. A get away with a friend may be in order instead. Hugs.
I really need to try and spend some more time with my Mum – I haven’t been out with her enough of late. This seems like a gorgeous place to reconnect and spend some time together.
Its so much fun!! Thank you
Looks fantastic! Brilliant idea for any celebration really <3
Thank you!!
i can spend my whole life at this place
I could too!
What a great place to spend some time with mom! The cottage is beautiful and the dinner at the inn sounds lovely.
Thank you it was so much fun!
This place is so beautiful! I can tell why your mom would love it! I think it is a great place to spend time with family and also eat the beautiful food!
She had so much fun! Thank you
This place looks amazing. What a great place to spend time with your mother. You will always cherish this memory.
How nice both of you could get away. Wish my mom was still here.
Yes it was nice to get away!
Gorgeous! What a wonderful place to spend time with your Mother; such Blessing having that time together
Thank you so much!
What a gorgeous place to stay! I bet you made your mom feel really special!
Its so lovely there! Thank you.
This place looks so gorgeous, heated-slate floors and a private patio sounds amazing! The Mousse looks yummy!
Thank you it was so much fun!
What a beautiful vacation spot! This muct hav ebeen so fun with your Mom! Xoxo Mindy
It sure is, We had so much fun! Thank you
Bella, this looks like a dream! I need to go to Canada – it’s just breathtaking! How sweet that you were able to go with yin mom! This is so special and both are you are absolutely darling!
xoxo, Vanessa
http://www.WhatWouldVWear.com
Thank you so much Vanessa! Yes please come to Canada!!!!
Where is the marvelous place located? You are so sweet to take your Mom. It sounds heavenly. Your pictures are beautiful. And spending quality time together is the best gift this Mom would love.
Its in Canada around Harris hot springs! Thank you my mom helps me so much!
It’s so rustic and charming! I love places like this and it sounds like you and your mom had a GREAT time there.
I know right its such a great place!! Thank you