A mother/daughter trip to Wintergreen

My sweet mom and I take a trip together every year- most often, the trip is to NYC, but we have also done Chicago, Miami and other places. This year, due to a variety of factors, we were a little slow to the planning process. All that being said, we decided to take a trip up to Wintergreen and do the tennis academy up there! And it was SO fun!

Truth be told: mom and I could sit on the New Jersey turnpike and have a blast. We are just happy to spend time together! Nothing against New Jersey; I hear it's lovely this time of year....

So we set up Friday morning (a few weeks ago) and headed up to Virginia for a little tennis and a lot of fun!

 We stayed at the Wintergreen Inn, which was fairly run down, but undergoing a face lift. There was one restaurant opened there, so we stopped in for lunch and I had this amazing bloody mary! Isn't it pretty?!?!

 Happy girls!

 After lunch, we did a little exploring and then it was time for our first tennis lesson. I put some water in my new cup (see below) and then we were off!

So there is this huge bubble that covers the courts-- and it is "heated" in there, but I guess when it is super cold outside, it can only get so warm.... 

 We played (HARD) for two hours before heading back to the hotel. Our instructor was adorable- she played at UVA- and was so so sweet. She was determined to "fix" us...hahha

We came home and showered and then ventured out to grab dinner. The only place open was the place where we had lunch, so we went back there- ha! It was sooooo cold out this night....! burrrrrr

 The next morning, we got a call that the bubble didn't heat properly over night so it was SUPER chilly in there when we arrived. I think it was 38 when we got there (inside the bubble!), but we warmed up quickly. We played for two hours, then took a little lunch break (in the car! ha!) and then went back for another two hours. We played so hard and had such a great time- the four hours flew by.

We stopped at a scenic overlook on our way back to the hotel and tried a selfie- haha it didn't turn out great...

We went to dinner that night at a nice little place up the mountain a bit. We sat at the bar and thoroughly enjoyed our meal. We were ready to crash that night.

The next morning, we had two more hours of tennis fun and then we hit the road for home!

It was such a fun little get away- I would love to take my tennis team back there.  I think everyone would love it. While it was a TOTALLY different experience than New York, we had so much fun just being together.

And this next picture has zero to do with anything Wintergreen related, but it uploaded on accident and I don't want to delete it because I love it!