Girls Day Trip - Merrie Mill Vineyard and the Markets at Grelen

How about a day trip to the Charlottesville area?

*** edited to add, if you're interested in the event but not the timing, let me know. We could do this on a non-holiday weekend***

The Market at Grelen is a working garden and orchard with a European vibe and six miles of walking trails through the property. The trails are adjacent to Montpelier so we could tour that as well. The cafe looks like a great place to have lunch or we could choose a scenic spot and bring a picnic.

Merrie Mill Vineyard has Sunday Blues and Jazz with Paulien from 1-4. (They also sponsor an art festival and book fair twice a year, so something to look forward to this Fall.)

Gordonsville and Barboursville are in between if we want to visit an another winery or two. Barboursville would be a great picnic spot.

If there is interest, we could see about a sunset French bateau boat tour (but $$). It includes scenery, narration, music and we can bring our own wine!

Plenty of time to talk about our current book selection, get some exercise and enjoy some beautiful scenery so we can return to the Monday scene happy and refreshed.

I've wanted to visit both places for awhile.