If you happened to see a string of cars leaving the parking lot of Castle Rock State Park with Cher's "Believe" blasting from the windows with a very happy woman behind the wheel recently, relax...it's just one of the "things" the self-described "Warrior Women" do when they make their annual escape to Oregon.

This year's group, consisting of 14 professional women from 6 states, spent Nov. 9-11 treating themselves to spa services at Joanne's Total Image Salon & Spa, shopping at Oregon businesses, and staying at the Pine Creek Cabins near the White Pines State Park.

"We've been coming to Oregon since 1999," said Warrior Woman "Facilitator" Terri Stoner, Iowa. "Every year we just enjoy getting away from work and coming here. We just love the area."