AutumnFest at Seven Springs Ski Resort

Today, about ten of us from the local branch of the RCFAA (Roseland Campers for Alternative Activities) had our outing to Seven Springs. Being only an hour a way, it was short enough for us all not to kill each other during the car ride there and far enough away for me to threaten to throw someone out to walk home if they misbehaved. We wanted to partake in the fall foliage, but we also got a glimpse of the first snowfall of the year... apparently they got more last night, but most of it melted already.

After trying to herd everyone together like cattle (we were meeting another group of friends there), we finally got everybody together to go have Bloody Mary's in the Foggy Goggles lounge, slope side. After two drinks, we were all smashed (by 'we', I mean mostly me) and we rode the ski lift up to the top and back down again. Truly the highlight of the day (not counting my buzz, which was more than necessary to cope with my friends). It was like the school bus doors swung open and they decended upon the scene with the ferver of 5th graders... attracted to every shiny object. After that, we shopped around in the fine arts and crafts booths (mostly doilies and whittled stuff), and then had a nice... somewhat Octoberfesty... lunch.

In retrospect, it may have been better to just go with a smaller group... noone being adult enough to wait for this one while they made a sissy... or this one wanted to go here and this one didn't. I felt like a Shetland Sheepdog. I was aptly dubbed "Julie the tour director". Do I look like I do crack, have a bad perm and was thrown off a terrible Aaron Spelling show in the 80's? All in all, it was a good day. It was good to get my friends out of their quadrants to do something different.