girl's weekend

As J mentioned in the last blog entry, I was able to get away for a few days and meet up with some old friends (as in 15+ yrs) from Tennessee. I met Kathy, Lisa & Marlynn at church just three weeks after packing up my car and moving from Anchorage to Nashville. We bonded instantly and were nicknamed "The Four" by the larger group of couples and married folk we hung out with, since we were all single for many of those years.

Now that we're married and scattered from Alabama to Indiana to Ohio to Massachusetts, we wanted to enjoy some time together again. We found a state park in PA that had a heated & furnished cabin we could rent for cheap. So, we headed out last Thursday for four days of bonding and laughs.

We had planned to hike the Appalachian Trail that runs through there, but the rain made that idea less appealing. However, the park wasn't far from Gettysburg and so we headed out there instead. Besides touring the battlefields and the new museum, we ate our way across downtown Gettysburg and did a little shopping too.

On the battlefield..Lisa (The Reb), Me (The Russian), Kathy (The Yank) & Marlynn (The Yank):














It was rainy on Friday & Saturday, but we had fun anyway:














Our luxurious accommodations at Pine Grove State Park...fully furnished, HEATED cottage for dirt cheap!














We made dinner for ourselves...here we're cutting up moose meat & veggies for stew:














Upon our departure, we had our own ways of finding our way back home:














It was a fun four days with dear friends and just the right amount of time to be gone as I was missing my boys bad by Sunday morning. It's so nice to have family to come home to now. Riley seemed older and bigger, just in that short time of being away.

It was good to see you again my friends...let's do it again next year ok??

Shelby