Vacation Day

So last Saturday, Karen, Dan, Payal and I decided to take a "Vacation Day." Granted, it was a weekend, and we were all off anyway, but whenever one of us said something like, "I need to get back to do "X," Dan would say, "We don't have to go back yet, it's Vacation Day," so that's where that term came from. We drove out to Geneva-on-the-Lake (the lake in question being Lake Eerie), which is this cute little touristy town on the edge of the lake, about 45 minutes from where we all live. It's a nice quiet drive on small roads out there, and you curve around for a while, and then you're suddenly on this strip with all sorts of cheesy t-shirt shops, arcades and ice cream shops. There are a couple wineries there, and they were sort of our destination.

Me, Dan & Payal at the lake shore

Dan & Payal on a bench by the lake. It totally looks like they're dating, from the pictures I took, but they're really not. They just happened to be in all the good photo ops.

Me, Karen and Payal at the lake

This is the Firehouse Winery. It's really more of just a bar, but that's OK. They do make some OK wine there.

Karen & Dan, wine-tasting

Payal and I, with our wine-tasting trays



We were happily enjoying our wine and our Vacation Day when this huge storm blew in. The picture doesn't do it justice. The sky was dark gray and the lake suddenly became this weird green/gray color, and there were some water spouts.

We retreated inside with everybody else, and then made out way down the street to hang out at a townie bar for a while, which was fun for everyone but Dan, because we told some guys (when they asked how he got to hang out with 3 such pretty girls) that we were all nurses and he was gay. He wasn't amused.

After we hung out at that bar for a while, we wandered over to the only really nice hotel in town, which has this huge lawn facing the lake. We stayed inside until the sun came out, and then we went out on the lawn with (seemingly) everyone in the hotel to watch the sunset. It was so beautiful, that when it was done everyone clapped.

All of us about to go watch the sunset

After the sunset, we all went inside the hotel and warmed up at this neat fireplace. It was the perfect way to wind up the perfect Vacation Day.