Beyond the Paintbrush Divide: New York

After the relaxing time in the Outer Banks, we drove up the coast to NY on Thursday to attend Charron Millspaugh's wedding on Friday night. We spent Thursday night at the Grandparent's house (Vinett's) and then met up with Mom and Emma Friday morning to go out to brunch for Grandma's birthday. We went to the Mohonk Mountain House, which is a pretty cool venue on top of the mountains and has a lot of history. We took some pictures, but check out the link, and go there if you get a chance. Brunch was great, and touring the house was a fun experience. The weather was cool and rainy so we didn't do much hiking of the grounds.

Part of the house from the porch

Lake Mohonk

Another view of the house showing the stone construction

After brunch, we rested for a few hours before driving across the Hudson to the Dutchess Manor for the wedding of Charron and Chris. We had a great time seeing cousins and relatives that we do not get to see too often. Unfortunately, we didn't take many pictures so we are looking forward to seeing other people's pictures from the night. The night carried on to the bars along the river, and we called it a night earlier than some of the partying cousins. The next morning we enjoyed post-wedding brunch at Aunt Rachel and Uncle Keith's (Charron's Parents), and then we continued on driving west to lake.

We got to the lake early in the afternoon on Saturday and were welcomed by cool weather.We got situated and then went out to dinner so we could watch the Ranger's playoff hockey game. Unfortunately they lost, so it was back to the cottage for games of fighting solitaire before going to sleep out on the porch... which was a little chilly for the end of May. Sunday involved coffee on the dock, opening season chores, boating around the lake, and general relaxing. It was great to be at the lake again since we didn't make it there last year. Hopefully it won't be as long until our next visit! Monday morning we were up early and on the road for the final leg of the drive back to Milwaukee. Total mileage for the trip was 2,800 miles!