Arlo and I took a trip to Keuka Lake on Sunday. Keuka is in the Finger Lakes region of New York, near Ithaca.
My friend Dineen visits her family camp there every August and we missed going last year.
The greatest thing about this place is the total relaxation - no schedule or commitments. Aaaahhhhh! We had beautiful weather, hot but breezy, then rainy and breezy, then cooler and breezy. We just sat on the deck overlooking the lake, on the lawn overlooking the lake...you get the idea. Arlo's girl friend Martini came out with Dineen, so there was a lot of ball chasing, treats, etc. along with the lounging. Martini is also a Golden Doodle, born one month before Arlo in 2006. Salt and Peppa!
On Tuesday it rained and we got soaked shopping, running the dogs and dashing back and forth from the car. We decided to visit a couple of wineries just across the lake. Our first stop was Heron Hill.
We had a tasting and met Tambi Schweizer the tasting room manager who also made the cool bistro table you see below. It's part of an auction/fundraiser project for the area - think of those painted cows in Burlington last summer. The materials are a wine cask and corks!
The wine was so delicious (to say nothing of making cool lamps out of the gorgeous bottles) that we bought a case to bring home and share with our Cacklefest friends, the Peeps.
Then we went on to Bully Hill for a mah-velous lunch on the deck: grilled Portobello mushroom topped with a crab cake and two perfectly seared scallops. More wine, too!
This trip was too short!!! Arlo and I had to beat it back to Vermont on Wednesday for a couple of photography jobs, but we are so glad we went. Next year I hope my sister Barbara can come again and the Peeps, of course. Thanks again, Dineen for a wonderful vacation!
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Thank you for the "wine"derful blog post! I love all the pictures, so glad you had a great time!
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