Weekend of camping and family

Wine at M Cellars

OK, so even three-day weekends aren't enough. This past weekend we went to Willow Lake park in Geneva, OH.  This was a new find for us as we had never been there.  But we discovered it is quite nice campground and one that we will likely go back to.

Saturday started with lunch with my sister at a local winery called M Cellars.  They had a food truck there that day so even better - wood-fired pizzas!  It was a little overcast, but the weather was beautiful and we got to sit out on the deck overlooking the grape vines. We were there for several hours just talking away and catching up which was really fun.

Afterwards we went to a farmers market, got some coffee at a local coffee shop, and then went to get some supplies for a family gathering at the campground.  Every summer this is one of my favorite things - having family and friends join us at the campground for some food and campfire.  Everyone came by around 4pm, and we had a fun cookout and lively (as always) conversation.

Yesterday we took our time getting started and hung out around the campground for awhile before doing anything productive.  One of my other favorite things about camping - slow mornings.  (I have a lot of favorite things about camping don't I?)  It was a Monday morning so most of the weekend campers had gone home.  It was just amazingly quiet and peaceful, and it was a perfect summer day.

After we were lazy all morning we drove up to the strip at Geneva-on-the-Lake.  Although there were two donut shops there we didn't stop.  Instead we stopped at the beach at Geneva State Park.  We weren't prepared for the beach - no flip-flops, no beach towel, no sunscreen.  But we sat up on the hill overlooking the beach for about a half an hour - just enough time to get some sun and fresh lake breezes.  The beach was actually pretty busy.  I wish I had my DSLR with me because I could have gotten a picture of this - but I was looking at the beach and there was what looked like a bucket or something.  Then it started moving and I realized it was a person buried up to their neck.  AHH! Like a nightmare...

That afternoon/evening had a ride in a GTI, more fun with my family, and some downtime before bed.

It was really hard to leave this morning...