Girls' Wine Weekend Part 1

This past weekend, all of my girlfriends from Delaware came to visit us in NY.  We had long since planned to have a "Girl's Weekend" and Abby's recent engagement gave us a chance to give her a little bachelorette party as well.  It was so nice to see everyone, and we had a pretty fantastic time as well.  Kylee, Juliana, Lauren and Christine were able to come up Thursday night so they were there for the whole day on Friday too!  I had Sangria and snacks waiting for them when they arrived:

 

On Friday we went for a hike on the west side of Skaneateles Lake, it was about 2.2 miles round trip and took us from Carpenter's Falls to the lake itself.  Kevin was able to come with us because he didn't have to work until the afternoon (see how nice ER schedules are!)  The weather was a little chilly, but beautiful and fall-ish.  The path to Carpenter's Falls was a little treacherous, so if you go on this hike, be careful!  Kevin made the correct decision not to bring the dogs after reading about the risky trail.  It was worth the risk though, look how pretty ....   (Oh yeah, most of these photos are courtesy of Kylee and her awesome camera)

 

See? a little risky

Us girls

Kevin and I

We also wanted to investigate the top of the Falls, so we walked around the path and onto the road for a little ways.  Kevin is very afraid of heights, so we were making him nervous at the top, we were able to get a few good shots though:

Juls missed the memo

 

The rest of the hike to the lake was much more "safe" and pretty much down hill the whole way and we were rewarded with some pretty spectacular views of the lake.  We all decided we would love to have a lake house some day...  maybe one for us all to share.

We took the "road" option for the way back to the car which was pretty much up hill the entire way.  Still, we got to enjoy some more beautiful scenery, I keep saying it but it is so nice here! (again thanks to Kylee for some awesome pictures.)

 After all the hiking we decided we needed some "refreshment" so we made a stop at the only winery on Skaneateles Lake, "Anyelas".  We, (Kevin and I) have been here a few times and really like it, it has a fantastic view and is a really nice place to spend an afternoon and enjoy friends.

 

Kevin left for work after this, and the girls and I stopped in the town of Skaneateles to have a quick picnic.  The park in town is a favorite of ours and a great spot to picnic, except for the pesky ducks!  They are really bold and actually come peck your legs ... so Don't Feed the Ducks People!  I think we enjoyed ourselves regardless, even if Kylee is a little afraid of birds.

After our picnic, we headed back to the house for some more wine, a lovely lasagna dinner and to wait for the other girls to arrive.  Thanks for a great day guys!