This past weekend was Beach Weekend for my book club.  Every summer we caravan out to Virginia Beach, go in together for a couple of hotel rooms, and spend a relaxing weekend on the beach.

We were lucky weather – wise once again: no rain, and it wasn’t brutally hot.

Since we are a book club, we actually do read at the beach.  We didn’t pick a book for August since we didn’t have a formal discussion planned, so everyone read books of their own choosing (though at least half of us had just read The Hunger Games trilogy).

I also made time to try and take pictures using the tips I learned from the photography workshop I took last weekend at the farm (more on that later).

Not bad, right?  The seagulls were right at head level from our room’s balcony.

As if all of this doesn’t sound relaxing enough, one of our fellow beach-goers is an Acupuncturist.

I am very fortunate to be part of such a close – knit wonderful group of women; beach weekend is just the icing on the cake.

What about you? Any fun trips planned with your book/knitting/quilting/etc groups?