I found these pictures as I was looking through the archives from past GOA Gatherings. I was updating my FB page to reflect the joy I feel as I prepare to hit the road to meet up with some of my most favorite women! These gatherings are restorative to my soul, are a time of laughter, talk, and love (and the addition of a few pounds after enjoying amazing food and drink). I had just gotten my new camera and I was playing around with macro. Clearly I had then, and I still have, much to learn!
The GOAs are the Girls of August, and they are the women I attended the Medical College of Virginia with 20 years ago. We meet every August for a long weekend and we also meet for a Mid Winter Sanity Check in February.
Today I leave for the Sanity Check and I can not wait. These women have been a part of my life for such a long time and they mean the world to me. And who doesn’t need a little reminder of summer in the middle of February?
It’s GOA Time!
Life on the Bike and other Fab Things 
Looks yummy.
Fabulous to have such long time friends, and how fun is it to have a name you could put on T-shirts!
I read your comment to the GOAs and eyes lit up! A t-shirt! Can’t believe we haven’t thought of that!!!
Hi Laurie, yah yah that’d be a hoot wouldn’t it? or even tank tops. Your girlfriends would flip.