A fter growing up with visits to Cinnamon Shore, Jackson Kinney chose to propose there. Having dated as far back as middle school, he and girlfriend Britain had rekindled their romance at Cinnamon Shore after their families from Hobbs, N.M., had started vacationing there together. So, under the guise of a fishing date at Lake Colby, Jackson knelt in front of the pavilion and popped the question. In on the secret proposal and waiting on The Great Lawn, family and friends lit tea lights, played Train’s “Marry Me,” and poured champagne. “It was magical,” says Jackson’s mom Haley Kinney, who submitted a photo of the celebration to the Cinnamon Shore photo contest. “Cinnamon Shore has been part of their lives every year for most of their lives. So, it just seemed like a natural place [for them] to get engaged…now we are closing in on a decade of memories at Cinnamon Shore, and we would never think of going anywhere else,” Haley wrote in her contest entry. The young couple made their commit- ment here, but these vacationers are also
committed to Cinnamon Shore. “[It’s] the only place we have stayed [on annual beach trips] and the only place we will ever stay,” Haley says.
We truly love everything about Cinnamon Shore. Around 18 of us call it home for a week that seems to go by too fast.” —Haley Kinney, 10-Year Guest at Cinnamon Shore “
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