Friends, frolics and giant marshmallow yoga in the Catskills!

So, no sooner have I got back from Cyprus, then am off again - this time for a weekend with friends in the Catskills! There are 6 of us (5 girls and 1 guy - brave soul!) and we've rented this amazing place called Turquoise Barn for the weekend. Its about 3hrs drive from Manhattan (I drove this enormous tan caravan thing but managed not to crash into anything!) and is in the heart of the forest, so we're surrounded by beautifully coloured autumnal trees.

We arrived last night around 5pm after a fairly easy drive up (although Iain and Mandeep got a bit lost in their car!) and Michelle, the owner of the place, met us and showed us around. Its absolutely gorgeous with more space than any of us know what to do with, and is all beautiful wood and rusticness! There's a river and little lake out back (along with a meditation hut - alas, a bit chilly to use right now though!) and this morning, was all covered in a thin layer of frost and looked stunning, with the mist rising up from the ground.

This morning, after Iain manfully chopped more firewood, we headed into the nearby town of Delhi for coffee, breakfast and to buy food for supper tonight. Afterward, we came back to the barn, vegged out for a bit reading the papers before finally rousing our lazy arses to go for a walk along the river. Was a bit of a slog through the quarry and overgrowth first, but we finally found the trail and ambled along quite happily for an hour or so. Found some humungous bales of something whilst walking through this corn field, thus prompting some spontaneous giant marshmallow yoga by Rach, Iain and Mandeep!