November Comes

These pictures were the highlight of a rather disastrous weekend. We had planned to explore an area new to both of us a few hours from home, booked a place to stay overnight, and headed out. What we hadn't counted on was every activity we researched being closed for the season! Boats we wanted to take (to a castle in the middle of a lake) weren't running or available for rent. Abbey ruins were barred by a locked gate (I hadn't even considered that ruins might close for a season!). We were even foiled trying to find lunch with most of the local restaurants on limited evening hours--probably because all of the activities in town were closed for the season! It would have...