Vacation 2012: Mountain Air Therapy

This past summer, Bear & I went on vacation with my family to Upstate NY, where my mom's family live.  I had not been to the lake house in almost TEN years... it was lovely!  I cannot express how much I missed the lake & mountains.  We also had the opportunity to meet my cousin's two adorable babies!  Having time to catch up with family is one of the best things in life.  On our way, we stopped off at my mom's reunion for her Parish Mission Team, which meant the world to her.  It was fun to see a bit of my parent's past come alive as well.



















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Roadtrip!

Last year, our PARF trip encompassed the total of one day: driving up, wandering around and drinking, driving back.  Since it's a three hour car trip, we felt this year it would be more of a mini-vacation if we stayed the night at a hotel!  We went to eat at the Isaac's next to the hotel that night... sooooo good!  The next morning we packed up and checked out, and went off in search of coffee and breakfast.  We wound up in the historic district in a town called Lititz (teehee).  We found our coffee at Spill the Beans and wandered the main street taking photos and video for a bit.

 












The rest of the journey home involved stopping at every open winery we could travel to that would also get us a little closer to home.  It was like the alcoholics version of connect the dots, I guess.  We managed two vineyards/wineries on our route before it got too late for tours and tastings.  We also all nabbed a few bottles of wine for VERY reasonable prices!  We hit up Tamanend Winery and Nissley Vineyards, of which the general opinion was made that the former had better wines while the latter had a nicer estate.  Both are worth checking out, the latter especially if you are a photo geek like me, but again the former is best for serious wine connoisseurs.  They even had a margarita wine (scroll to bottom of the linked page to find this wine)... unusual, but tasty... not my cup of tea, as I am not big on tequila or limes.











And that about concludes last weekend!  Again, you can see more pictures on my Flickr in my Roadtrips folder (there is a button that links to my account on the right hand side bar)!

Have a wonderful weekend!  We'll be avoiding Irene as best we can... I can only handle so many natural disasters per week! 

xo

PARF! The Faire...

Last weekend was a blur of activity... friends, beer, music, shows... a very colorful exploration of PARF!  We went last year as well, but it was kinda overcast and empty so we spent that visit acquainting ourselves with the layout and vendors.  This time around we got to experience the real swing of things!





















You can see more of my photos here (in Ren Fests and Diptychs, Triptychs and Collages), and you can see Patchie's perspective here!

HAPPY THURSDAY!

xo