Girl Time!

It was our chance to get some girl time in before the warm days of summer came to an end. We had talked about going to Salt Spring together for some time - and it was one of the only weekends that Mike & I were home on Vancouver Island from Calgary!

We went to Cedar Beach Resort on Saltspring Island, right on St Marys lake. Since we took an early evening ferry over, we went straight to dinner at Moby's Pub Oceanside. The food, music and company were all perfect! The band playing happened to be the same band that played friday nights years ago when I worked downtown Calgary at the Raw Bar - Los Morenos! So random that they were playing at this little pub. These guys create beautiful mood music, their music takes me back to serving couples sharing romantic dates at Raw Bar...

From the restaurant we headed to our campsite, and it was already dark outside. We were shocked when we pulled up to the campsite the camp owners assigned to us - it had a porch with a bistro table, tiki torches all around the fence and a hot tub in the back corner. It was so cute! We were sad though to see that the hot tub had boards on top and couldn't be used. We thought we randomly parked in a communal area, but the owner came by in the morning to assure us we found the right spot. We didn't really make the most out of our cute campsite, because we had big plans for our night & full day on the island. I can't wait to stay at this campground again next summer, or maybe in one of the cabins this winter! This campsite was the perfect getaway.

We had stocked up on all the goods we needed for a successful girls night... wine, more wine, some chocolate and kettle chips. We relaxed and watched some sex and the city on the laptop in bed while we kept warm in tuques and long johns!

In the morning when we woke up we walked down to the lake to explore our campground. The lake was all misty, and we were in love even more with saltspring...

Everything was duey, but the sun was warm and wonderful so early in the morning...

Saltspring Island has quite a few wineries open to the public, and I had it marked in my calendar for almost three months that we should attend the Saltspring Island Wineries Harvest Grape stomp. We came a bit late and didn't have a whole lot of time, so next year I plan to attend with a picnic basket. They had signs saying that they welcome picnics on their lawn, sooo that sounds like a perfect plan for next year. They had their tasting bar open, which was and always is complimentary... while people competed to fill their bottles with the most grape juice. (which was of course made by stomping grapes with their bare feet. )

We had some fun taking pictures in the vineyard! I forgot my camera at home, but Kim was gracious enough to let me steal hers for some shots. Kim set this one up real quick while there were no cars coming... it was slightly scary sitting there waiting for the timer considering her expensive camera was sitting in the middle of the highway!

Julie & her husband Mike moved down the street from us at the end of October. Mike and I couldn't be happier to have such amazing friends so close by! Kim, Julie and I spent our day today sipping tea and playing with Penny in Jewels' living room while we kept toasty by the fire.

Siiiigh... I LOVE being home.

I LOVE these girls!!!!!!

We treated ourselves to breakfast at Kims favorite breakfast place Barbs Buns. It was a busy little bistro, and they had a variety of eggs benedict that did not disappoint. Mine was cooked perfectly, and was absolutely delicious.

We spent the day at the second last outdoor saturday market of the year. We enjoyed sampling delicious goat cheese, listening to music and looking at homemade treasures. The Saturday market on Saltspring is always lovely.

Thanks Kim & Julie for such a fun girly getaway!