Girl's Weekend

Headed off with 8 of my closest girl friends recently to Berkeley Springs, WV. I have driven through that old little town countless times but never bothered to stop. Us girls took off like bats out of hell and left our husbands in charge of all our kids to check out just what all the hype in Berkeley Springs was all about.

Turns out, it really didn't matter if we went to Berkeley Springs or had just planned on spending a weekend together at the local Marriott. Doesn't matter so much where you are but who you are with. Lots of laughs, lots of good food, and lots of good friends would make for an incredible weekend anywhere.

Some of the girls never left the house to check out Berkeley Springs. I was not one of them. Curiosity had the best of me and I had to find out what the town was all about. We did a little shopping and located a little yarn store, convenient since pretty much all of us are knitters.

We also hit up this HUGE antique store. I loved walking around and seeing things that reminded me of items that my grandparents had.


We meandered our way over to the center of town into the park.

The water from the spring was so abundant that it was bubbling up from between the cracks in the sidewalk.

The area used to be an old (like 1700's old) spa and there were remnants around every corner.


We spotted these two ladies in towels inside one building who were really funny and crazy enough to let a stranger take their picture wearing nothing but towels.


After another evening spent in our pj's eating yummy food, watching movies, laughing, and getting to just sit instead of have to tend to our children's' needs, our little girl's weekend away was all too quickly wrapping up. By the following morning, everyone started heading towards home. Except those in my my car. We made a stop at the Roman Bath to see for ourselves just what was so refreshing about the spring in Berkeley Springs. An old fashioned spa it definitely was. Luxury was not necessarily present in the price tag or the antique looking pipework. It was however certainly quite luxurious to end my weekend away by soaking in 102 degree spring water. Ahh...