Announcing the Winner - Most Romantic Vacation Contest

The winner of the 'Most Romantic Vacation Essay Contest' is Stacy Lynn Wurz! She has won a copy of the book, "The Best Places to Kiss in the Northwest." Join me in congratulating Stacy on her nice story! Sue Barton, Oregon Contributing Editor

Most Romantic Vacation

It's hard to know where to begin, when you are 20 years old; in love, and still are waiting for that romantic getaway. Now, you may be saying, "Wait, this is for those who have been to tropic islands, or high mountain tops peaked with untouched snows, and water falls meticulously placed in hidden forests. However, I would like to think my imagination could just reach far enough to each of those spots. And, the one person I could share that with would be able to see, and smell and touch, and hear those same things I dream of.

I dream of a place where my love and I can feel like there is nobody else in the world. Where an island of virgin sand, awaits her lover's footsteps. And the grainy textured rubies of earth can run across those toes. As if to say, they can feel the warm touch and we can lay in their substance, that makes them who they are.

As the sea rolls to meet this ever-changing landscape she places down before us, foam, and creatures who look at us with adorned eyes of amazement as we look at them. Sea stars, attach to our bodies like lovers partaking in a kiss. Their lips pressed so gently, but their passion takes their breath away.

Trees with forbidden fruits nurture this paradise. Harvesting such decadent flavors of citrus and sugary sweet tooth. As we press our lips to the nectar, so overpowering our tongues not used to such flavoring.

The only sounds heard on our island, would be the sea's churning hands. Mixing her waters to create such a fine cuisine. The slight cool breeze that sends such a chill to each corner of this estate. Some winged creatures surely from God's hands take flight and open their hearts with their songs. Mixing pitch with each other, to form such a momentous unity.

Of course, when we got here, the air that we took in our chests so freely had been fresh and cleansing. Like, if you traveled afar to a place where nothing polluted it's immaculate stretches. No cars, or smoky clouds, to damage its terrain. Sweet smelling fragrance, like the taste of that fruit, traveling through the cool breeze to our senses. Touching us like, soft hands of a baby, so young, so new to the world. We acquired a new way to look at this paradise, and not just with

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