Wild Women's Wine Walk

As the leaves up the canyon begin to change into their fiery reds, yellows,and oranges, the workers at Rock Creek Lakes Resort begin to grow restless as the end of the season draws nearer. You might even say a couple of them have gone completely nuts (myself included). This is the best time of season to be on the lookout for a pie lady on a walkabout or a cabin-cleanin' dame wandering around in the forest. They tend to be milder in temper during the evening hours, wine glasses in hand,which is when you're most likely to have a sighting! 

I happen to come across this pack of four, who invited me to join them in what they described as: The Wild Women's Wine Walk. A 1.75 mile stroll around Rock Creek Lake that in order to participate in, you had to fulfill their one requirement: You have to be a woman (with a glass of wine)! 

About half way around the lake, and about halfway through our glasses of vino, our group of pie makin', cabin cleanin' wild women seemed to have deviated from the main trail, and we were forced to wander about a bit confused while trying to find the whereabouts of our dear friend Robin. We never did find Robin, but we did find the window to her cabin to be a creative spot for a photo opportunity! 

Once we found our way out of the trees and back onto the well beaten path, I started to take note of some of the behaviors of these amazing wild women. They all love to laugh and drink and be merry, but once they came across a patch of current bushes, they immediately became silent and began to grab fistfuls of the small, juicy berries and proceeded to stuff their mouths. 

The pie queen falling a ways behind the group while nursing her berry obsession.  

Eventually the group of wild women wine walkers came to the end of the lake trail, frozen fingers gripping empty drinking vessels, content with the success of the evening wine prowl.