My first Mother’s Day was a weekend long celebration and adventure. As mentioned in previous posts, I’m a “vacation-vert”; a phrase my husband came up with to describe my overabundance of energy when it comes to going on vacation. Luckily for me (and maybe unluckily for Michael), our daughter seems to have inherited that trait, which I got from my father.
The first part of the weekend started with picking up my race packet for Running with the Cows 5k. I decided that since the race was further down south and I wanted to have Lizzy with me, we’d stay the night in a hotel. Of course, Lizzy was very thrilled. We had a girl’s night of picking up the packet, going out to eat at a different restaurant, and going back to the hotel to watch the Food Network. I picked the Protein House to eat out at. Lizzy was fascinated with the napkins and shredded them to bits.
Early in the morning it was time to head down to the race to join up with my friend Autumn. We had done the half marathon version of Running with the Cows last year. Let’s just say the 5k was much better, one it was shorter, and two I wasn’t pregnant with Lizzy. We were able to grab the post-race food afterward and sit outside with Lizzy. Lizzy was super excited about everything going on and all the people, but the day had just begun. She and I hurried back to the hotel to meet up with Michael for the next part of the adventure.
The next part of the adventure was a few hours’ drive to Abilene, Kansas for the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad. We were meeting up with Michael’s parents for a special Mother’s Day train ride. Lizzy was thrilled and making huge smiles at everything and everyone. We ate a brunch of quiche, parfait, and chocolate bread dessert. There was a 30-minute layover at Enterprise where we were able to see the Hoffman Mill and shop at the country store that had several varieties of home-ground flour. It was wonderful weather to walk around for a bit before getting back on the train for the ride back. Lizzy was so excited about it all that she fought sleep, but the motion of the train ebbed her for a quick nap.
After a quick stop at Russel Stover’s, Michael and I headed back home. However, on the way into town Michael had spied quite a number of winery signs so picked one at random to stop at. Our random winery was 456 Wineries in Wamego, Kansas. This winery was very unique in that it was not just one winery it was three. 456 Wineries is what is called an incubator for wine businesses. Each of the wineries present has a sperate space and tanks but the other equipment is shared, and they all occupy the same tasting room.
While we were there the wineries present were Highland, Zydeco Meadery (at the time of this post the meadery will no longer be present since the owner is moving out East), and Hiatus Wine. This incubator can hold up to six individual wineries, so there could always be a new winery to try. Highland Vineyards and Winery is fairly new but is also part of the Highland Community College program for Viticulture and Enology. Michael and I each did a tasting but were more interested in how the winery was an incubator.
After our tasting we headed back home. We all were very worn out from the adventure. The next day we went to church and then headed to my parents house to finish out my first Mother’s Day.
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