Katie recovered first, and took the box from my offered hand. She asked a quick, “Can I open it now?” before she tore into it anyhow, without waiting for an answer. I chuckled at her eagerness.
Teri had taken the other box at this point, and began opening hers as well. Once they were both unwrapped, both girls opened the jewelry boxes at the same time. Katie mad e a big “OOOO” sound, and pulled an earring out to hold up to her ear. “Hey Sis, how does this look on me?” she asked.
“That looks great, how about this?” Teri asked, as she held the pendant up just a little above her cleavage. Honestly, I thought it looked perfect, nested in between those delectable breasts. I told her so, too.
“Teri, that looks amazing. Let me help you put it on.” She spun around, and I helped clasp it behind her neck. “There you go.”
She turned around, and gave me the biggest hug, trying to drive all of the air out of my lungs. I hugged her back, not quite as hard though, and gave her a quick kiss. She decided that wasn’t good enough, and pulled my head back in for a passionate kiss that lasted at least a minute or two. I completely forgot everything that was going on, and just stared at her with a mystified look in my eyes.
“DAMN! I got wet just watching that,” said Katie. “Save some for the hotel and spa, would ya?” She was grinning as she said it, so I can only imagine what these two had planned for the weekend.
I loosened my grip on Teri, and we separated so that we could get ready to go. We loaded the gear all into the truck, and got ready to head out. I can only imagine how tight a fit it would have been to take the Mini.
The girls were chatting the whole way there, about their colleges and how great the summer had turned out, thanks to me. I blushed when they mentioned that, but didn’t say anything. Before we knew it, we were heading around the corner and across the bridge, that led to Salish Lodge. Just beyond the hotel, was the public park that is maintained by the utility company. We pulled up to the lodge, got our bags and the cooler, and had the valet park the truck. This place had CLASS.
I checked us in, while the girls wandered around the lobby and common areas on the first floor. I got the two card keys for the room, and gathered the girls up to head to the room. We unloaded the bags, put the stuff that needed to stay cold in the mini-fridge, and then decided to check the place out. Oddly enough, we left the room, and the girls both flanked me as we walked, each with an arm around my waist. I had my arms over their shoulders, and truly felt like a king. So THIS is what it was like to be rich and have all the girls.
I knew this was only temporary, but still… I was going to live it up while it lasted. We checked out the spa, which was more like a women’s spa type, than a sauna
ool type that I had expected. They had all the ‘cleansing’ services, like exfoliation treatments and body scrubs. There were different levels of massage, some mud treatments (which I still don’t understand the purpose of, probably never will), and of course manicure and pedicure services.
All-in-all, not much for me to do, aside from relaxing for two days, while these gorgeous ladies get spoiled. I’m sure they won’t appreciate it, at all. So with the early exploration over, we decided to take a walk over to the waterfalls. There were a bunch of people milling around, but the area was not overly crowded. As we walked closer to the railing, the mist coming off the falls flowed through the air. It was almost like running through a sprinkler as a kid, or similar to washing off a car in the driveway, and having the water spray all around the car.
I could hear the roar of the water, even back from the railing, but as we got closer it really sounded like a deep rumble. I closed my eyes for a second, and briefly thought that it sounded similar to thunder rolling. The girls both grabbed my arms and pulled me the rest of the way to the railing. When I looked over the railing, and saw the actual falls, it nearly took my breath away. The sun gleaming off the water, as it cascaded down the nearly 100 foot drop. It had rained in the mountains recently, so the falls were pouring a lot of water over right now. It felt great, but we were starting to get wet and cold.
I pulled the girls back away from the railing, and sat on a bench in the sun. Teri gently sat on my lap, while Katie sat off to my side. The warmth from the mid-morning sun felt great, and the companionship didn’t hurt either. This was kind of a perfect moment, one that I would always remember. I put one arm around Teri’s waist, and the other over Katie’s shoulders, hugging them both.
“Thank you,” I said quietly.
“Mmmm,” replied Teri. Katie just hugged me tighter.
I didn’t want this to end, but knew eventually it had to. I opened my eyes to see a pair of brown and a pair of blue eyes staring at me, with big smiles on both faces.
“You kinda like us, huh?” asked Katie.
“Funny, your sister asked me the same thing not too long ago,” I replied.
My non-answer wasn’t good enough though, as she moved in closer to my face. “So, is that a yes?”
Her lips were hovering very close to mine, and I gulped unconsciously. “You have no idea,” was about all I could get out.
Teri seemed to be a bit more in control, and stood up. “Why don’t we go check out that gift shop, and go from there?”
“That sounds good to me,” Katie replied.
We got off the bench, and walked the short distance to the park gift shop. Of course inside were a lot of trinkets and shirts that had the waterfall picture on them, a few shirts with some lettering on them, and even things like walking sticks. I saw some coffee mugs, a few logo’d shot glasses, and of course, books about the area.
The girls and I split up and walked around for a bit, and as I picked up an interesting book about the area, I felt a pair of arms circle me from behind, squeezing. At this point I really didn’t care which of them it was, both made me very happy. I hugged her arms to me, and turned around to face her.
“I just talked to the shop girl, and she said there are nature trails that go down to the bottom. Wanna go down with us?” asked Katie. I could have said something about the double-meaning of her question, but her smile told me that she already knew.
“Sure, I would love to go down with both of you,” I said. She winked at me, and then let go as Teri took her place.
“Hey hunk, so you ready to go down now?” she asked. She had the same sparkle in her eyes that her sister did when she asked, and of course the same smile.
“I am always ready, Teri. Let’s go,” I replied, hugging her tight before letting go.
We walked outside, and found the beginning of the trail that the girl had been talking about. It didn’t look too tough, so we started going down. About ten minutes into this small hike, I realized that we may have bitten off more than we thought. This trail was steep in spots, as well as very overgrown in all directions. The rocky footing in some areas also made walking slower than I would have liked.
We stopped after about a half an hour, looking down the hillside. We were only half way down!
“Whew… I had no idea…” I was still trying to catch my breath from the exertion. “This hill is a lot longer than I thought.”
Both girls just nodded, but were smiling. We finished our break, and kept plugging along. It took almost another twenty five minutes to get all the way to the bottom, but it was well worth it. The path led right up to the electric pump-house, where the water moved through several turbines to generate the electricity. The utility company even had a boardwalk path that ran parallel to the building so we could see inside as we went past. It was a pretty cool sight.
The boardwalk continued around the corner, and at the very end of it, was an amazing view of the waterfall from below. Words really can’t describe it, so I didn’t even bother saying anything that would have likely killed the mood, anyhow. The hike to get here was tough, but worth every minute of it.