Wine, Wildflowers and Friends!

I arrived safely back from a fun and relaxing Girls' Trip 2012! In case you missed it, I have a great group of girl friends who are a mix of sorority sisters and TCU alumna who embark upon the Texas Hill Country Wine & Wildflower tour every spring. We head out Friday morning enjoying wineries along the way, spend the night in Fredericksburg at a B&B and then head out again Saturday.

Friday we toured Solara, Buena Vista and Salt Lick, yes they also have a winery in Dripping Springs. I loved Solara, the view was great and we enjoyed a picnic spread. (ok well more of an indoor lunch since it was pouring down rain)

Next stop was Salt Lick. Most known for its BBQ, it now has a winery in Dripping Springs. The grounds were gorgeous, but the tasting room was very small. Then we ended our tour with a stop at Buena Vista. This was great, though it was not as scenic, they also have olive trees and we did an olive oil tasting as well. I had never done one and let me tell you it was great! I got some blue cheese stuffed olives for the hubs and a great bottle of white!

Then we headed into Fred for a little rest and checked into our super cute B&B. This is part of the fun of this trip, enjoying a different B&B each year. This one was large and we each had our own bed! (how lucky for us).

We enjoyed dinner at a local restaurant and then headed in to bed.

The next day we woke up and just enjoyed out morning. This group of ladies has been friends for quite some time now, and some of them have been friends since childhood. It was fun this time because we now have 4 married among us and one has an 11 month old. My friend Lou's mom joins us and is the tour guide/greatest cook ever and she talked with us in the morning and I think she was amazed and how much we have all grown up. Heck, I think we surprised ourselves. Long gone is the boys/hair/make up and instead the convos ranged from politics/religion/marriage/raising kids, thought I admit we did look up all our names in urbandictionary just for kicks and some MAJOR giggles.

Comfort, TX

The pugs!

Me and S Roz

Saturday included two more wineries and a stop in Luckenbach! Can't miss this place, home of Gruene Dance Hall! One of our stops was Comfort, Texas. Our first stop.... old fashioned ice cream parlor! Yup, we had not even had lunch, but we all got a cone and enjoyed. We then toured the antique shops and even met these super cute pugs who lived in one of the shops. These guys had their own rooms and even performed on command!

We had another fab picnic at Singing Waters where we again enjoyed great conversations and even spotted a couple of cross-dressers. Yes, the definitely led to some great topics of conversation.  The night ended with  later dinner (b/c they lost our reservation) and more great catching up.

Mama C and Me enjoying some live music 

We headed home Sunday and back to reality! All in all, it was a great trip and much needed girl time with some of my best friends. Hope you all had a great weekend, and if you ever get the chance you should head down to the Texas Hill Country and enjoy some Texas wine! ~The Illegal Blonde