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SPA HOPPING have enough surplus honey to take the Salish brand into retail gift shops beyond the lodge's own. For the moment, though, the bees keep both the lodge restaurant and the spa amply supplied with the sweet stuff. And it's an environmental boon as well, helping to contribute to the bee population that keeps the Northwest's natural cycles humming. "It's good for everyone," Lapasin says. "The more places that do this kind of thing, the better off we all are." The spa's honey-based scrubs have become among its most popular treatments. "People really love the fact that it comes from right here," Lapasin says. Management does, too—they delight in noting the different "vintages" as bees change their diets through the season, from sweet flowers to more "intense" pine flavors that aren't so great for eating. Luckily, the spa is there to soak up the less-tasty sap for body treatments. (And no, Lapasin has never been stung; the beekeeping contractor handles the insects.) To customize their scrub, guests choose from among chamomile, rosemary, lavender, basil, lemon verbena, sage and mint—all harvested from the herb garden where the bees frolic—which a technician then mixes with honey as well as some salt or sugar for exfoliation. (Each guest gets a sample of her unique scrub to take home with her, plus a recipe in 26 DAYSPA | FEBRUARY 2013 The lodge's woodsy case she wants to reproduce it on her atmosphere lends an own.) Those feeling less creative can escapist element to the just opt for the delicious Honey and guest experience. Oatmeal Body Scrub (50 min./$115), or a refreshing Rosemary Mint Scrub (50-80 min./$115-$125), also locally sourced. Other Salish treatments boasting a distinctively regional flavor include Green Tea and Northwest Seaweed Salt Glow (50 min./$115); Northwest Coffee Exfoliation (50 min./$125); Wildflower Hill Lavender Massage (50 min./$125); and Heated River Rock Massage (50-80 min./$125-$220). And, after having been sidelined due to a construction project last year, this March an old favorite will make a comeback: a couples' Outdoor Moonlight Massage and Hidden Terrace Dinner (time/ price TBA), which takes place right atop the falls. INSIDE SPA DOORS Although Salish Lodge chugged along without a spa for 80 years, the 1996 introduction of the luxurious add-on completed the facility's transformation from practical rest stop to luxurious getaway. The idea was to build on the site's inherently tranquil surroundings, explains Silver. "Everything here is peaceful and about the outdoors," she says. "The idea behind the spa was just: