Girls Day Away

Today my friend Laura and I went on an all day away girls day. All moms know that is healthy and wise to get out and have some fun away from the kids and responsibilities of home and work. So we planned and we went. We enjoyed conversation, music, just driving in the car, some shopping and some tasting...wine tasting..:). The weather could have been nicer instead of rain and thunderstorms we would have loved some sun shine but we made the best of it. We started out for breakfast in Grand Haven at the Morning Star Cafe..if you have not been there they have great southwestern style breakfast and great bread and of course we both needed our coffee. Then we headed to Paw Paw to go to the St. Julian and Warner Wineries. We got a little side tracked but we made it and got to sample some great Michigan wines..made from grapes grown on the shores of Lake Michigan. We even tried a chocolate dessert wine in a chocolate shot glass..now that was a real treat well worth the drive. We both bought some wine to bring home and sample for later. After wine tasting, we made our way to the town of South Haven and spend some time in some shops and walking down by Lake Michigan...again the sun would have been a nice bonus.:) We ended up in Holland for more browsing in shops and had a drink and an appetizer outside at New Holland Brewery...and finally the sun came out. It was a fun day...I was grateful to have the day to spend time with a great friend...