tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89057498881848059402024-02-24T21:52:27.890-05:00We Live In The Country!McDowell County, West Virginia, in all its glory! Elkhorn Inn & Theatrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16364735911576701948noreply@blogger.comBlogger256125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905749888184805940.post-24348861253858675862020-12-24T10:47:00.001-05:002020-12-25T22:21:39.346-05:00Road Trip: Colorado or Bust! Part 1: Planning, Prep, and Trip Tips!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZXEcrmiey8ER_h0nnvw8cqe0inhrCow-Z2TxYI85C5zx9znFU8eAm3-4GUsHvayTet1B2SDDyxGo-777CaAKRBTS5DEKYsBohKVieNAeWPAbzQKHTjn9PzjJoK13p-FVplCJoe9UXvg8/s2048/IMG_4174.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZXEcrmiey8ER_h0nnvw8cqe0inhrCow-Z2TxYI85C5zx9znFU8eAm3-4GUsHvayTet1B2SDDyxGo-777CaAKRBTS5DEKYsBohKVieNAeWPAbzQKHTjn9PzjJoK13p-FVplCJoe9UXvg8/s320/IMG_4174.JPG" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnGTuDtBBt87p2ZGQ08iDTv2Oc2ZETig1aclItucguSkRRM4gLYySAcL-CiL4S48_h-weNce4dDAMpVTYgkznKJ5UjjPcicPzVKnHpk7crUfxMlEXmhnvSdLMo5KBRFh2xakgH6jAwQ5s/s2048/IMG_4652.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1438" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnGTuDtBBt87p2ZGQ08iDTv2Oc2ZETig1aclItucguSkRRM4gLYySAcL-CiL4S48_h-weNce4dDAMpVTYgkznKJ5UjjPcicPzVKnHpk7crUfxMlEXmhnvSdLMo5KBRFh2xakgH6jAwQ5s/s320/IMG_4652.JPG" width="320" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7LSaLQh7NZ3QqsPSLHqhylNGzoe7U7BChaMt4xBjosdzeHbr-nsCXczxmyWRJ-Hajpk60WsIxhPwLcXlhb6Ci-SyVanf-_ArdNcIYKM1Jef30_zZTkYnw9_rW6p_Ok2bSkDl37SErCdA/s2048/IMG_4336.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1343" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7LSaLQh7NZ3QqsPSLHqhylNGzoe7U7BChaMt4xBjosdzeHbr-nsCXczxmyWRJ-Hajpk60WsIxhPwLcXlhb6Ci-SyVanf-_ArdNcIYKM1Jef30_zZTkYnw9_rW6p_Ok2bSkDl37SErCdA/s320/IMG_4336.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJH1xCaQA_QwkLmyeY41Bjspj4h_qZce9cf9eJGhqr6g2ALFWHmTjrRW_mx07bjwxoI56lqAROlSSXodOg2xvfc6XapBo7r7d-mb9hZaxjIXD1Gz2P8pNkr3d_Dtazd2TnDlNyh10SitY/s2048/IMG_4346.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJH1xCaQA_QwkLmyeY41Bjspj4h_qZce9cf9eJGhqr6g2ALFWHmTjrRW_mx07bjwxoI56lqAROlSSXodOg2xvfc6XapBo7r7d-mb9hZaxjIXD1Gz2P8pNkr3d_Dtazd2TnDlNyh10SitY/s320/IMG_4346.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Ever since my husband and I returned from our Road Trip across the USA and Canada to Moose Hunt in British Columbia in 2013 (about which I blogged extensively: <b><a href="https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2013/12/oh-canada-british-columbia-moose-madness.html">https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2013/12/oh-canada-british-columbia-moose-madness.html</a> </b>is the post about my getting us our moose), we have been talking and dreaming about doing an elk hunt! That moose provided us with years of THE best meat I think I've ever eaten in my life; we both love elk, caribou, and other delicious game, and Dan, who hunted extensively in Alaska, Canada, Virginia, and other places, has been wanting to do an elk hunt for decades. Although our part of West Virginia, like many other places around the nation, was once Elk Country, (our inn, the Elkhorn Inn, is named for Elkhorn Creek, the great wild trout stream which runs behind our building, and the town of Elkhorn in 5 minutes down the road from us...), the elk population in our area became basically nonexistent many years ago. Elk have recently been re-introduced to West Virginia, but it will be many years before they are huntable again. Elk were successfully re-introduced into Kentucky, just across the border, however, and hunts there are now possible, and so every spring we have plunked down $20 for two elk tag raffle tickets from the <b>State of Kentucky Dept. of Fish & Wildlife: <a href="https://fw.ky.gov/Hunt/Pages/How-to-Enter-the-Kentucky-Elk-Hunt-Drawing.aspx">https://fw.ky.gov/Hunt/Pages/How-to-Enter-the-Kentucky-Elk-Hunt-Drawing.aspx</a>, </b>in the hope of winning at least one hunt there- and every year so far we've been disappointed. Elk hunts are usually wildly expensive, especially “bull” hunts for hunters who primarily want a “rack” for display- bull elk hunts are often in the $20,000 range and up! But we are not trophy hunters at all- we are meat hunters: we wanted to do a “fill the freezer” rifle elk hunt, and cow elk hunts are often much cheaper, as cows don't have a rack- and the meat is more tender, as well. As I learned from all my “Googling” and internet research (I now know enough about elk hunting to be seriously dangerous, LOL), elk hunting, which is often thought to be primarily in western states such as Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nebraska, and Colorado, can be done in many states (<a href="https://metallens.com/elk-hunting-states/">https://metallens.com/elk-hunting-states/</a>), but it isn't “just a hobby”, like, say, deer hunting- it's an absolute passion and an all-consuming lifestyle for many- especially bow hunters! There are many websites and forums devoted specifically to elk hunting, as well as numerous Facebook pages, YouTube videos, online courses, etc. <b>One great (and free) elk hunting course is available online on the Colorado Parks & Wildlife website: “Elk Hunting University”: <a href="https://cpw.state.co.us/learn/Pages/EHU-CH2-L01.aspx">https://cpw.state.co.us/learn/Pages/EHU-CH2-L01.aspx</a> </b><div>Dan and I have also wanted to go to
Colorado for many years: Dan because he was stationed there while
serving in the US Army many years ago and wanted to return, and I, as
my grandfather, the fine artist, Yasha Rivkin, had painted a number
of beautiful paintings at The Garden of the Gods around 1900, making
it a place I have long wished to see in person: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5RpljvoPVx7tqnfEQuxFQZco4D7KDSjgMkSIdgrLT_rnaEC8DxpIjCX1i_1R_0MnXPff3NSnzN9n-aOnpjzoLhw2sBQkwKqf7NjBrDGt6ipU4dWJiF-vZr67XYGiKHfwylvtZm3HTVeM/s733/Yasha_Colorado.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="421" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5RpljvoPVx7tqnfEQuxFQZco4D7KDSjgMkSIdgrLT_rnaEC8DxpIjCX1i_1R_0MnXPff3NSnzN9n-aOnpjzoLhw2sBQkwKqf7NjBrDGt6ipU4dWJiF-vZr67XYGiKHfwylvtZm3HTVeM/s320/Yasha_Colorado.jpg" /></a></div><div>And as we are both
“railfans” who love train travel, we also wanted to take at least
one of the many excursion trains Colorado has to offer, as well as
enjoy some of the state's many wineries, distilleries, and brew pubs,
and unique Colorado things, such as historic gold mines and hot
springs! And so, last year I began collecting tourism publications
on Colorado, and Googling, and signing up on Colorado tourism
websites, and joining blogs and forums, amassing quite the Colorado
Dream Trip File! But the COVID fiasco intervened, and resulted in the
cancellation of some of our travel plans, and Colorado got put on the
back burner... But then, in August, the possibility of a cow elk hunt
in Colorado in December materialized, AND our BFF agreed to stay at
our Inn and care for our pets while we were away, and it truly seemed
like all our Colorado and Elk Hunt stars were aligning... and so we
booked the “once in a lifetime” elk hunt we'd long dreamed of!</div><div><br /></div><div>Oddly and interestingly, although COVID
wreaked havoc on our business this year, and forced us to cancel and
change many things, including travel plans, we had a wonderful
Caribbean cruise on NCL in January (my blog post on “railfanning”
the Caribbean:
<a href="https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/03/railfanning-caribbean-barbados-st-kitts.html">https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/03/railfanning-caribbean-barbados-st-kitts.html</a>)
prior to COVID, a great 9-night West Virginia Road Trip in July: (<a href="https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/07/west-virginia-road-trip-part-4-cass.html">https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/07/west-virginia-road-trip-part-4-cass.html</a>
is my 4<sup>th</sup> post in this 5-part series), and this 3 week
hunting Road Trip out to Colorado in December- <b>so we actually
wound up traveling MORE this year than we ever have before! </b>And
that was a great, good thing, too, as COVID restrictions forcing us
to to turn away guests at our Inn all year was absolutely
devastating, and the trips we were able to take truly helped us keep
our sanity!</div><div><br /></div><div>After speaking with the elk hunt
outfitter and being assured that his cow elk hunts were “99%
successful”, and that a 3-day hunt was “more than sufficient”
for a successful hunt, (and also that the hunt would be largely done
by vehicle, as we're not kids, and hiking for 11 hours a day in the
wild isn't something we can- or want to- do, at this time in our
lives), I booked a 2-cow elk hunt for us for December 4-6, arriving
on Dec. 3, at a cost of just under $6000. Due to my young age, LOL
(I was born in 1959), I had to pay for, take, and pass a certified
Hunter Education Course in order to purchase a Colorado elk tag, and,
thanks to COVID, Colorado is now providing the course online. I took
it and passed it, and got my Orange Hunter Card! (Dan, born in 1946,
was exempt from that requirement). The course was actually quite
interesting, and although I have hunted, successfully, I learned a
lot of things! After I passed the course and got my certificate, the
outfitter then gave me the lot numbers for his land, and I was able
to buy us two cow elk tags from Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) for
$500 each. </div><div><br /></div><div>Our original plan was to take Amtrak
from West Virginia to Colorado, which would have entailed a two-night
trip with a stop in Chicago. Although way more expensive than flying,
at over $2000.00 for two nights in a small “Roomette” that is so
tiny that Amtrak employees refer to it as “the coffin”, I thought
it would be romantic and fun to take the sleeper, and enjoy some
(hopefully) fine dining, as well as the glorious views along the way,
without the stress and aggravation of driving or flying... We thought
we'd rent a vehicle in Colorado, and then either ship the processed,
frozen elk meat from our hunt home and fly or take Amtrak back, or
buy a freezer in Colorado and drive the rental vehicle home. But
after 5 full days of trying to make a reservation with Amtrak, and
being given wrong information by every single Amtrak employee I spoke
to, we realized that Amtrak was, quite apparently and very
deliberately, making it absolutely impossible for hunters to take
their trains. The issue was our rifles, which we had to have for the
hunt, and while Amtrak states on their website that firearms can be
checked as baggage in locked, airline-approved cases (which are not
cheap, and which we bought, specifically for this trip), their
website gives no specifics; when you click the link for more
information nothing happens- it was clear that everything concerning
transporting firearms has been removed from the Amtrak website. Not
one Amtrak employee I spoke with over the course of 5 days, including
Supervisors and Mangers, could or would give me straight, factual
answers, or provide anything in writing stating the rules and
regulations that had to be followed to legally transport a firearm.
Instead, in addition to all the misinformation, I was finally told I
would have to drive 6 hours to an Amtrak station in northern
Virginia, where the firearm information was supposedly posted! After
5 days of calls, and being connected and rec-connected to an endless
number of Amtrak employees, <u>all</u> of whom gave me different and
conflicting information- and refused to provide anything in writing-
I gave up- literally in tears. I then contacted UPS and FEDEX, in the
hope that we could ship our rifles to Colorado, either to one of
their offices where we could pick them up, to the outfitter, or to a
hotel where we would be staying, but that turned out to be
impossible, as well. I then called the airlines, including Delta, and
got the same, loosey-goosey run-around, with no specifics (“contact
TSA” was their answer to everything I asked, and the TSA's website
information is loosey-goosey, as well), and nothing in writing or
online stating actual rules and regulations for legally transporting
a firearm. It became crystal clear that no one wanted our money or
our business, and that the only way we were going to get to Colorado
with our rifles and be able to hunt was if we drove our 230,000 mile
pick-up truck there and back. Which is what Dan wanted to do, anyway.
LOL(This was actually the same reason we
wound up doing a month-long Road Trip across the USA to B.C. Canada
to hunt in 2013, hauling a 7-foot freezer in the back of our pick-up
truck; that turned out to be the only way that we could take our
rifles, and definitely get the meat back home without it spoiling).</div><div>Dan likes to drive- thank goodness- and
we do enjoy Road Trips, which enable us to stop along the way to see
and do interesting things on the spur of the moment, but he was also
convinced that driving would be cheaper. Riiiiiight...</div><div>Once we had decided that we would be
doing a Road Trip to Colorado and back (and would be gone about 3
weeks), the next thing we had to do was buy a “camper top” for
our pick-up truck- which cost the same $2200.00 that Amtrak would
have charged us for a 2-night trip. LOL</div><div>Then Dan had to get the truck checked
out and serviced to make sure it would make the trip (and yes, we
have <b>AAA <a href="https://www.aaa.com/AAA_Travel/Travel/travel.htm">https://www.aaa.com/AAA_Travel/Travel/travel.htm</a></b>- and wouldn't dream of driving anywhere without it), and we
had to buy a freezer for the elk meat we intended to bring home- and
in The Era Of COVID Shortages, that proved to be quite the challenge!
We spent several weeks- literally- trying to buy a freezer, both
online and at an assortment of brick-and-mortar stores, including
Walmart, Sam's Club, and Lowe's, as well as amazon, eBay, and others,
but no one had them in stock! Every time I had one in my online cart,
it would mysteriously vanish the second I pressed the “Buy It Now”
button and be “out of stock”! (There was one seller on amazon who
had a freezer for sale, but he was in the Ukraine, and we wouldn't
get it until Feb. 2021. LOL) We finally snagged a 7-cubic foot chest
freezer for $199.00 at a <b>Rural King <a href="https://www.ruralking.com/">https://www.ruralking.com/</a>
</b>in Wytheville, Virginia: while Dan waited in the parking lot of
the Bluefield, WV Rural King (where they didn't have one in stock), I
managed to buy one online from their Wytheville, VA store, after
which Dan immediately drove there and picked it up! Phew! (And YAY!
for Rural King!)</div><div><br /></div><div>The next thing we had to do was buy a
number of things that the outfitter recommended, such as camo leg gaiters
(which we never used, LOL), rifle scope covers (which we had to ditch
as they kept falling off and getting in the way), a shooting stick
(which broke almost immediately, and which we thus didn't have, and
didn't need), Blaze Orange hats and vests, which are required in
order to rifle hunt elk in Colorado, and some new hunting duds,
including Glommets (glove/mittens), long underwear, socks (<b>Heat
Holders </b>are wonderful!), a new pair of hunting boots for Dan,
targets for practice, eye protection and ear plugs, bullets for both
rifles, and Scent Killer wash and spray... I also bought us two "Ghillie" masks, figuring that if we were forced into wearing masks on this trip at least we'd have really cool (and hilarious) ones... <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7TIyVQ9WM_WGA28NtnQlekFYdZGRFBpPdt6GCCHxTVjdxe7AZe5XFx2FHL_cCXG2_MTq9dytpyBk1pWMYxa88dn_f5Fg9ME2-aSEL6_Uk-BWXLvQtDSq2XDOI9XuUMgC_vOCWcMDxqA/s720/ghill1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="640" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7TIyVQ9WM_WGA28NtnQlekFYdZGRFBpPdt6GCCHxTVjdxe7AZe5XFx2FHL_cCXG2_MTq9dytpyBk1pWMYxa88dn_f5Fg9ME2-aSEL6_Uk-BWXLvQtDSq2XDOI9XuUMgC_vOCWcMDxqA/w178-h200/ghill1.jpg" width="178" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqCN1B76ovUxvo_uhIjX3GzJWVxIAY5EdSWal9jAqkmnc2ZNO6SZxfYDjVGmwuOxMLx111Fp2FeoCrqjZ5OM3ZbLuiMCSgB6z69yfaDKgje2x939R-xqi4v7fI-heGd8Bm1pKcOotXPI/s892/camoPaint.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="892" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqCN1B76ovUxvo_uhIjX3GzJWVxIAY5EdSWal9jAqkmnc2ZNO6SZxfYDjVGmwuOxMLx111Fp2FeoCrqjZ5OM3ZbLuiMCSgB6z69yfaDKgje2x939R-xqi4v7fI-heGd8Bm1pKcOotXPI/w200-h173/camoPaint.jpg" width="200" /></a>I indulged myself in a <b>Boonie Packer Safari Rifle Sling: <a href="https://www.midwayusa.com/product/2262497974/">https://www.midwayusa.com/product/2262497974/</a> </b>, a new pair of spiffy, pink camo sunglasses, and a camo headband, and an absolutely Adorable camo makeup palette that included 5 colors of tan, brown, black, and green AND a little mirror- so I could feel like a Huntress again, and do a “smoky eye” without having to smear my face with real dirt. LOL </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNiX0aXA2Eq_FKoi-surLf1fWvoifdYlUM7b45Wj3FQKMy9QlCQ4u6I_DZ_4QTTPsBJSKDvkt0eeRY86IHO_TLsk5lWXBhsTJ-4gY0gtUUM-0r4Kce9NttKuUpm-GHo_stnnuK6Ha4ZM8/s853/ghill.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="640" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNiX0aXA2Eq_FKoi-surLf1fWvoifdYlUM7b45Wj3FQKMy9QlCQ4u6I_DZ_4QTTPsBJSKDvkt0eeRY86IHO_TLsk5lWXBhsTJ-4gY0gtUUM-0r4Kce9NttKuUpm-GHo_stnnuK6Ha4ZM8/w150-h200/ghill.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>My favorite stores for hunting supplies and gear are <b>Cabela's <a href="https://www.cabelas.com/">https://www.cabelas.com/</a>, Midway <a href="https://www.midwayusa.com/">https://www.midwayusa.com/</a>, </b>and<b> Wing Supply <a href="https://www.wingsupply.com/">https://www.wingsupply.com/</a>,</b> but I often find what I want- especially when it comes to clothing and footwear- on sites like Cabela's first, and then try to score them for cheap on e<b>Bay <a href="http://www.ebay.com/">http://www.ebay.com</a> or Poshmark <a href="http://www.poshmark.com/">http://www.poshmark.com</a>! :-)</b> (That's how I got my lovely pair of Ugg booties for this trip, and Dan's Eddie Bauer flannel-lined jeans and flannel shirts...) I dug out our 2013 hunting clothes, including our camo bibs and jackets, my fur-lined “Elmer Fudd” hat, camo purse and heels, and wonderfully comfy Cabela's She hunting boots, and I found my Lucky Hunting Charm from the moose hunt: my “Hello Kitty with an AK” pendant:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3MDfDmLnbSwOpFnAo_OlZUZo1UlTj3_uBGBBy4FGRKwB047LwgnjUZ95kcAuXxKoZTasmopzNX9sbA785SNPCydV5jZ-aWFqwomzHXJ31Fbcl0TFqrr8XRjC6EuB6tGOJL_hRs-7U-g8/s400/HelloKittydefense.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3MDfDmLnbSwOpFnAo_OlZUZo1UlTj3_uBGBBy4FGRKwB047LwgnjUZ95kcAuXxKoZTasmopzNX9sbA785SNPCydV5jZ-aWFqwomzHXJ31Fbcl0TFqrr8XRjC6EuB6tGOJL_hRs-7U-g8/w150-h200/HelloKittydefense.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The dining room table was now piled so high with Hunting Stuff that we could have opened a branch of Cabela's at the Elkhorn Inn! LOL </span></div></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJb1BdjLs59MRG7zxltKcJvYZU5c83lCI8mXXi_aAvQ087qBJCj8jSwnIWDq8NS95ciFAeiEZ0QGruZNIX15fYv00wGdWXxnEk4yQszeTpv8jEFgAzQ1B-uMzfH3hJarpj1EQBHxGrqXA/s1204/DandE.jpg" style="clear: right; display: inline; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="1204" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJb1BdjLs59MRG7zxltKcJvYZU5c83lCI8mXXi_aAvQ087qBJCj8jSwnIWDq8NS95ciFAeiEZ0QGruZNIX15fYv00wGdWXxnEk4yQszeTpv8jEFgAzQ1B-uMzfH3hJarpj1EQBHxGrqXA/w200-h150/DandE.jpg" width="200" /></a>And then we had to practice target
shooting with our rifles, as we hadn't used them since the 2013 hunt! </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT299YYO4TT0ey-dAeGi6PlCmJdHg2eqBC5g9BBT_TIK6tg8tmpqzuUxGQIvLif_8Q2OHIJV4sIUPj5akeQbF7G668bFffAkR1mPTR1v6BdVzHuTcnh-8ckDIjDpSFl3ecGJxNR2BeJMg/s565/e3.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="467" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT299YYO4TT0ey-dAeGi6PlCmJdHg2eqBC5g9BBT_TIK6tg8tmpqzuUxGQIvLif_8Q2OHIJV4sIUPj5akeQbF7G668bFffAkR1mPTR1v6BdVzHuTcnh-8ckDIjDpSFl3ecGJxNR2BeJMg/w165-h200/e3.jpg" width="165" /></a></div></div></div><div>As we live in the Extremely Rural
mountains of southern WV where there are no ranges, we did what we,
and everyone else around here, does, to practice target shooting:
drove up into the mountains, found a place in the middle of nowhere
with a good backstop, taped up our targets, paced back 200 yards, and
shot, standing, kneeling, or prone- after which I posted my good,
“center mass” targets (I had bought a couple of elk targets to
augment the standard, circle ones) on Facebook to impress my friends. LOL Yessiree, ma'am: after 18 years here, this NYC-born gal is now a Real West Virginian! </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfWXpkmRojC5DRq8Z4KVohidRH8cpZq8WK5wLixDk4bke5FKRFgeIyPc1yG98QRG2tOx3UozmAK2SZ3HxhWeREyb26io_9wX_dH4AkzMS_xdAJx0dP0IThUvZTl56OO63-IZbULDC1hs/s1104/LastTarget2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1104" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfWXpkmRojC5DRq8Z4KVohidRH8cpZq8WK5wLixDk4bke5FKRFgeIyPc1yG98QRG2tOx3UozmAK2SZ3HxhWeREyb26io_9wX_dH4AkzMS_xdAJx0dP0IThUvZTl56OO63-IZbULDC1hs/w200-h150/LastTarget2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><div>(Side note: When we arrived at the outfitter,
and asked to sight our rifles to make sure nothing had messed up in
transit, he took us to his “shooting table”, which was a table
with an attached bench and a gun rest, about 300 yards from a target.
I had No Clue how to shoot from a shooting table, having never done
so, and I squirmed about, trying to find a comfortable position from
which to shoot accurately, while the outfitter acted like there was
something wrong with me, and got a Very Concerned Look on his face. I
tried to explain to him that in the Army (I was a Sgt. In the IDF,
1984-1986) I always target shot prone, resting on sandbags, and at
the range or in the field, always standing up or kneeling, without a
gun rest or a shooting stick, and that I thus had no clue how to
shoot sitting at a table, but I don't think he believed me. LOL)</div><div>Then we had to pack- and I, as usual,
took WAY too many pairs of shoes. LOL Our bulky hunting gear filled
one entire suitcase, and we each had a suitcase of other clothes and
shoes, a giant bag of toiletries, and boots and coats! Dan was
actually concerned that, along with the freezer, we wouldn't be able
to get it all into the truck. LOL</div><div>And then I had to map out our road trip
to Colorado- which for me is The Fun Part!</div><div>Having both Hilton and IHG
hotel-branded credit cards had enabled us to accrue a lot of points,
and I used the IHG points, and points we had accrued on our Capital
One credit card, to book all six nights of our trip out to Colorado,
saving us well over $1000! We couldn't leave until Nov. 27, and had
to be at the outfitter near Meeker, Colorado on Dec. 3, so I planned
our six-night trip there using <b>mapquest <a href="http://www.mapquest.com/">http://www.mapquest.com</a></b>,
as I usually do, with approx. 4 - 5 hours of driving each day,
basically taking I-70 due west. (Yes, you can do it a lot faster than
that, but that's no fun- especially as you get older- and we like to
be able to stop when we discover cool things along the way, such as
historic sites and museums, as well as wineries and distilleries, and
nice restaurants!) I only booked hotels for the 6 night trip out to
Colorado, as after the hunt there were things we wanted to see and do
in Colorado, such as take an excursion train, and go to the Garden of
the Gods, an historic gold mine, and the hot springs, and we didn't
know exactly how long it would take us to get home. On the way back,
I was able to use our Hilton Honors points to book hotels as we
needed them, using my iPhone. <b>:-) </b></div><div>Packed up and ready to go, I went to
the salon (<b>Beauty Concepts in Bluefield, WV <a href="https://www.beautyconceptswv.com/">https://www.beautyconceptswv.com/</a> </b>is my new favorite salon here) to have my
hair cut, and treated myself to a pedicure, and Dan went to the
barber. Thus made suitably Vacation Spiffy, we celebrated
Thanksgiving with our BFF and his son, and the next morning, with the
freezer, our rifles, and suitcases loaded on the truck (and yes,
everything fit, LOL), we kissed our dogs and kitty on their noses and
headed west!</div><div>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">Next: First stop: Kentucky and the
Distillery Trail!</span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Road Trip Tips:</span></b></u></p>
<ul>
<li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Use your hotel point credit cards
to accrue points- and use them! </b>Don't let them sit there until they
expire!! We are primarily loyal to Hilton properties (Hilton, Hilton
Garden Inn, Hampton Inn, Embassy Suites, etc.), and IHG (Holiday
Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Intercontinental, etc.) at this time, as
we have enjoyed many years of using their frequent guest programs
and credit cards for free hotel stays all over the world, as well as
throughout the USA, and have credit cards for both, which allow us
to accrue points even when we're not traveling. Hotel-branded credit
cards often give sign-up bonuses, too: the American Express Hilton
card gave us a sign up bonus of 100,000 Hilton Honors points, which
covered 5 nights of hotels rooms on this trip! We also used points
we had accrued on our Capital One credit card for two lodgings in
Colorado: a fine, “boutique” hotel in Denver, and a lovely B&B
in Grand Junction.
</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>As you plan your trip (I use
<a href="http://www.mapquest.com/">http://www.mapquest.com</a>, and I make an old fashioned "calendar chart" on paper with a pen, Luddite that I am),
look up the places where you will be stopping online, and do
internet searches for unique, independent lodgings, such as
bed-and-breakfasts, historic inns, hot spring hotels, etc., as well
as cool things to see and do.</b> We stayed at two hot spring hotels in
Colorado, as well as a lovely B&B. TripAdvisor, airbnb, and many
other sites list unique lodgings. One of the sites I love to peruse
is <b>“Roadside America”: <a href="https://www.roadsideamerica.com/">https://www.roadsideamerica.com/</a>
</b> which has tons of cool, and “off-the-beaten-path” things to see
in every state! TripAdvisor and Yelp are great for finding
attractions and restaurants on the road. State and city tourism
websites are excellent sources, as well, and many states have
winery, brewery, and distillery websites <b>(Distillery Trail is a good
one, too: <a href="https://www.distillerytrail.com/">https://www.distillerytrail.com/</a>)
</b> and maps, as well as special pages and sites for music, the arts,
outdoor activities, history, etc. Researching your trip takes time,
but this really is The Fun Part- you basically start enjoying your
trip the minute you start planning it!</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Have TWO map apps on your cell
phone. </b>One for the route to where you are headed that day (such as
your lodging), and one to find cool stuff along the way, such as
historic sites, museums, wineries, distilleries, breweries and great
restaurants! While Dan drives, I “ride shotgun” and hunt for
cool things to see and do on my iPhone!</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Take “old-school” paper maps
of where you will be going, and paper copies of <u>all</u> your
hotel reservation confirmations, etc.</b> Do this even if you have
“everything” on your cellphone. You WILL find yourself in places
with no cell phone reception and no internet access. Trust me!</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Take a notebook or a journal, and
a pen. </b>Trust me!
</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Have at least $200 in cash, as
well as credit cards.</b> While paying by credit card is often the best
bet, there are times when it isn't, or isn't even possible, and you
will want and need cash for tolls, tips, parking meters, and other
things. Trust me!</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Get AAA coverage for your vehicle,
(this is non-negotiable as far as we are concerned), and then get
the free AAA Guide Books for all the states you will be traveling
through.</b> They have great information, list excellent restaurants,
and provide hotel ratings and details, such as if the hotel has an
electric outlet for plugging in a freezer... something that even
hotel staff don't often know! The AAA books were absolutely
indispensable for our Canadian Road Trip, as our GPS surprised us
and didn't work in Canada! Many hotels and attractions also give
discounts for AAA members, as well. Whenever we pay for something I
always as if they have a discount for seniors, military, or AAA
members- and most do!</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">In addition to your toiletries,
vitamins, medications, etc., <b>buy, and take with you, every OTC (over
the counter) medication you think you Might possibly want or need,</b>
such as Pepto-Bismol, Imodium, Senokot, Advil, Benadryl, iodine,
tea tree oil, etc., as well as bandages, duct tape (a MUST for any
road trip!), a sewing kit, etc. That way you won't need any of it.
<b>:-)</b>
</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Given the COVID situation and the
constantly changing rules and regulations, openings, and closings,
CALL every place you want to go, and speak to a Real Person before
you book!</b> Do NOT rely on website information, as many websites are
not being kept updated, and the information on them is often
inaccurate.
</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>My best Travel Beauty Tip is to
use the sugar packets you will find everywhere in lieu of sugar
scrub! </b>Sugar is an excellent and gentle exfoliator, and it's one
less thing to pack!</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Buy things you can eat and drink as souvenirs to take home. </b>That way you can extend the fun of your trip by eating and drinking them, remembering all the cool stuff you did while gaining weight. LOL Wine from wineries, booze from distilleries, local honey, oils, hot sauces, condiments, candies... you get the idea! My other favorite souvenirs are books, and locally made art and crafts, especially by artists and craftspeople we meet and get to know...</p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Yes, you can do a road trip wearing a pair of sweatpants, a fleece, and booties every day, but that's no fun! <b>Take (and wear) the nice clothes you rarely get to wear, and makeup, and have some fun dressing up for dinner- and reminding each other of why you fell for each other in the first place! :-)</b></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Once you get home, take the time
to review all the wonderful places you've been, and all the great
things you've done, eaten, drank, or seen on TripAdvisor, Yelp, and
other review sites. </b>As we know, having an historic inn in West
Virginia for 18 years, great reviews can truly help businesses,
especially small businesses, many of which are
literally struggling now simply to keep their doors open. <b>Do NOT
bother to review places you didn't enjoy. Let it go!</b> <b>If we
have a problem somewhere, we take it up with the manager or owner of
the property right then and there, and almost always get
it resolved.</b> If not, when we get home I contact the owner in
writing, and again, almost always get the issue resolved. For that
reason, I have well over 100 reviews on Trip Advisor and they are
<u>all</u> 4 and 5-star ones, with photos, to prove we really did
the things we reviewed!
</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Travel with an open mind and as
few preconceived notions as possible, remain flexible and
optimistic, don't live in fear or sweat the small stuff, and- most
importantly- HAVE FUN! </b>Once you hit 50, almost everything you do
seems like a “bucket list” event, so we try to glean as much fun and joy as possible from all our trips!</p></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">What are your best Road Trip Tips? </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Tell me in the comments so we'll know for next time! :-)</span></b></div></div>Elkhorn Inn & Theatrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16364735911576701948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905749888184805940.post-3708540619287070062020-11-24T03:26:00.001-05:002020-11-24T03:27:41.969-05:00 I did the “Curl Keeper Challenge”- check out my curls!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrA2RAC56c5A3HFXsbu2J_l9ys87WmyObqGBB85W5nii9w-fh5gkySFhIPSViEhQK_-9_0zgbZ2M3eS9aTHCepIAuOzWMhqCzGO5N9a0U8p7ws9BZnW_TU71nkW2bAYwtaJJ_4iY46WY/s1010/curl1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1010" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrA2RAC56c5A3HFXsbu2J_l9ys87WmyObqGBB85W5nii9w-fh5gkySFhIPSViEhQK_-9_0zgbZ2M3eS9aTHCepIAuOzWMhqCzGO5N9a0U8p7ws9BZnW_TU71nkW2bAYwtaJJ_4iY46WY/w320-h259/curl1.jpg" title="Curl Keeper "Style & Refresh" Kit" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Thanks
to </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.tryazon.com" target="_blank">Tryazon</a></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">,
the great sampling program I belong to that enables me to try and
review excellent products (and you should join, too! Go to
</span><a href="http://www.tryazon.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>www.tryazon.com</b></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
to sign up), I recently had the opportunity to take part in the 3-day
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>#CurlKeeperChallenge</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
using two <b><a href="http://www.frizzoff.com" target="_blank">Curl Keeper</a></b> Products: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>The
Original Curl Keeper Liquid Styler</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">,
and their new </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Refresh
with Hold Styling Spray</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">,
and host a Facebook Live Party to show off my results! I was sent
<b>Curl Keeper's “Style & Refresh” Kit,</b> which includes the
<b>Original Liquid Styler, Refresh with Hold Styling Spray</b>, a <b>water mist
spray bottle</b>, a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Flexy
Brush</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">,
and samples of the Original Liquid Styler for my Party attendees!</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWYW5Negv2Aynm9QBFcmpmRNyuVPTemAZRVk8Mgz7Tpyzt3GODJuJl8Dzdz7VK9nxX9D5OcoJmj4xgm6xvnor3NQSMmT-dE0q49yFF3-aMUTaYnvn-7jseA8CtknoIQc7X1s0fd3Vdg5o/s763/TERB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="763" data-original-width="642" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWYW5Negv2Aynm9QBFcmpmRNyuVPTemAZRVk8Mgz7Tpyzt3GODJuJl8Dzdz7VK9nxX9D5OcoJmj4xgm6xvnor3NQSMmT-dE0q49yFF3-aMUTaYnvn-7jseA8CtknoIQc7X1s0fd3Vdg5o/w168-h200/TERB.jpg" title="Plopping in a Turbi Towel!" width="168" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">I
started the Curl Keeper Challenge by washing my hair on Friday as I usually do,
and then combing the <b>Original Liquid Styler</b> thru my hair using the
<b>Flexy Brush</b>. Then I “scrunched” my hair into curls, and styled it
as usual, which, for me, meant simply “plopping” it in a Turbi
Twist and sleeping on it! And yes, I woke up the next morning to curls!</span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrXe6ZcfhP-MQi02WCbn1VbITdrY0MGwTz4tfKBv0CxX7UDUjKdygPiioMud5RIgckjRSrO8WtNnBw2ZERDxO0VtLQdosv7z30kQ68Xx1THV3xB3e0OCYVasrtTjbXNfpU3281KDcCy8/s810/hair7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="602" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrXe6ZcfhP-MQi02WCbn1VbITdrY0MGwTz4tfKBv0CxX7UDUjKdygPiioMud5RIgckjRSrO8WtNnBw2ZERDxO0VtLQdosv7z30kQ68Xx1THV3xB3e0OCYVasrtTjbXNfpU3281KDcCy8/w149-h200/hair7.jpg" width="149" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>For
the next three days, all I did was spray my hair with water and
Refresh Spray, comb it thru with the Flexy Brush, and scrunch it back
into curls... and yes, as you can see from the photos below of my Facebook Live Party on Sunday, my curls lasted for 3 days, without my having to shampoo again!</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>The
water and Refresh sprays reactivate the Curl Keeper Liquid Styler,
and enable you to keep those curls going without having your hair
turn into a mass of unruly frizz!</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I
have always been a pretty “low maintenance” gal with regards to
hair styling: Even in my “heyday”, when I had an art gallery in
NYC in the mid-1990s, and had to be pretty darn chic every single day,
I had my curly hair cut short and chic so I could literally wake up,
shake my head, and dash out the door! And although I have Lots of
hair styling tools, including blow-dryers, a curling iron, a flat
iron, and a straightening brush, I almost never use them... because
1) I am lazy as sin, and 2) I stink at using them. LOL I have friends
who have been blow-drying their hair since 1975 and can do it in
their sleep, but I stank at it in 1975 and I still stink at it. LOL I
am convinced that you have to be double-jointed to be able to
properly blow-dry or iron the hair at the back of your head. LOL When
I go to a salon I always ask for a cut that can be worn curly AND
straight, and I always have them blow and iron my hair into
glass-like smoothness, as I know I will almost never do that at home.
LOL</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4YNxDzBeNAgBv3XIUlilPjsX7SnbKCNF8DN1nOriEkrPQ0BfXjwtEJ-17cn8x8uT0kmldOKZlFCTPJHXeZ5_5MGme9uqu8_hIE0PS_BC1SU0SjbgShHCHz0Comhqft7Exc8cb-BhiQ0/s635/1975.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="440" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4YNxDzBeNAgBv3XIUlilPjsX7SnbKCNF8DN1nOriEkrPQ0BfXjwtEJ-17cn8x8uT0kmldOKZlFCTPJHXeZ5_5MGme9uqu8_hIE0PS_BC1SU0SjbgShHCHz0Comhqft7Exc8cb-BhiQ0/w139-h200/1975.jpg" width="139" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">How
I got my Naturally Curly Hair is another Story... I was not born with
curly hair. My hair was always straight as a board and fine, and wouldn't
even hold a curl set with rollers and Dippity-Do. So when I hit my
teens in the 1970s, I did what my mom had been doing since she was a
child in the 1920s and Shirley Temple's curls were all the rage: I
got it permed. If you are my age (61) you will well-recall that Big
Curly Hair was very “in” ca. 1975: everyone from Disco Queen
Donna Summer to Barbra Streisand had Big Curly Hair- and so did I! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">And
then when I was 29, in 1988, I got really sick with Pancreatitis and
almost died... and lost my hair. All of it. I had no hair, no
eyelashes, no eyebrows, nothing- for 6 truly ghastly months. For 6
months I wore a wig and penciled in my eyebrows and prayed my hair
would grow back... And when it grew back- which, thank G-d, it did-
it grew in CURLY! I was over the moon! I felt like the little girl in the Peanuts cartoon boasting about her Naturally Curly Hair! I didn't have to ever even Think
about getting a perm again! I called this “G-d's Thank You Present”
for my having survived that mess...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>And
I loved my curls... most of the time. </b></span><p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMlNUgWBjAMR2t9QgUYCKXmv1GRHBOXprpa9xvClW2WO5fbtPTebJIpq2ebg6pUCWoJ2txDX9rafhKvHQuuyTibNlCDpIWeL6ZTN_xcP9vO6fFBxx0C-kZCEhb-Yr1qJF0lZ5etOLcE9Q/s817/curly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="817" data-original-width="603" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMlNUgWBjAMR2t9QgUYCKXmv1GRHBOXprpa9xvClW2WO5fbtPTebJIpq2ebg6pUCWoJ2txDX9rafhKvHQuuyTibNlCDpIWeL6ZTN_xcP9vO6fFBxx0C-kZCEhb-Yr1qJF0lZ5etOLcE9Q/w148-h200/curly.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">For, as all curlies know, curly hair has a Mind of Its Own, and is not always the easiest thing to live with and deal with. The slightest hint of dampness made it frizz to the point where I looked like I'd stuck my finger in a light socket. If it got even a little bit too long it went flat and limp, and wouldn't curl properly. And it changed back and forth from Wavy to Curly to Something In-Between to Totally Out Of Control... So, for the most part, for the next 20 years, I kept it fairly short, and easy-to-manage curly. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXF5gQ9fbXg7JIfxPycs6si55o8_bVQ2MRku24jkc21nTXJ7nrHklmsiYmdTgEFOXVrm-mIzlfouzEVOkCtYc05KhsGWSoxTu1CExOY7qswuon-gvoL_cR2OXsnthjeg0iPsWblIkQ6xs/s604/straightSanD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="604" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXF5gQ9fbXg7JIfxPycs6si55o8_bVQ2MRku24jkc21nTXJ7nrHklmsiYmdTgEFOXVrm-mIzlfouzEVOkCtYc05KhsGWSoxTu1CExOY7qswuon-gvoL_cR2OXsnthjeg0iPsWblIkQ6xs/w320-h194/straightSanD.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">But, as you know, you always want what you don't have, and so, when I let it grow out a bit, I often got it blown and ironed into silky-straight, glass-like smoothness- which lasted for a day or two at most, and for a minute or two if it was damp outside, or- heaven forbid- raining. </span><p></p><p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">When my husband met me in NYC in 2001 I was a Seriously High Maintenance Double-Process Blonde, which I often wore in a salon-done, blow-dried bob... But when we moved to West Virginia in 2002 and opened our Inn, Low Maintenance Hair became a necessity. The nearest good salon to us was over an hour away, and I almost never got there... and, as I have stated, I am definitely no hairstylist. But I had to look good for our guests! So I went back to my Naturally Curly (usually short) Hair- and my natural Mousy Brown color... periodically augmented with highlights or lowlights... and remained forever on the internet lookout for the Holy Grail Product(s) that would enable me to keep the ringlet curls I love, and stop them from turning into a mass of OOC frizz.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVyPk6L0OD8zGdOearedQLQ_630UBGlqem5swRdUsGUKLdq5Jouq6YXKp6rEB1NHqoxDEkXJtzCVozlL2lJbmXM2gVl-LmQvslM6QLJ0ZtWmOONvdBiAJy9992QQv3-lK3DEC6k1moyI/s748/NYChair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVyPk6L0OD8zGdOearedQLQ_630UBGlqem5swRdUsGUKLdq5Jouq6YXKp6rEB1NHqoxDEkXJtzCVozlL2lJbmXM2gVl-LmQvslM6QLJ0ZtWmOONvdBiAJy9992QQv3-lK3DEC6k1moyI/s320/NYChair.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFon-7ayq2nb1iVheOMQxDkAh42YkN44l_dKg8xX_GneIp7OXY91Lv6mOQLiCFk8FEuKRpiSsq0pDKoTpUor0oCiZK0z_N7y67B79vduVoBbjlCSht9AgFR2WGrxjYEe-8vAd2N3sB57s/s899/curly1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="763" data-original-width="899" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFon-7ayq2nb1iVheOMQxDkAh42YkN44l_dKg8xX_GneIp7OXY91Lv6mOQLiCFk8FEuKRpiSsq0pDKoTpUor0oCiZK0z_N7y67B79vduVoBbjlCSht9AgFR2WGrxjYEe-8vAd2N3sB57s/w200-h170/curly1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I have thus tried LOTS of curl styling products over the years, and my bathroom looks like a Sephora Outlet, LOL. I have also had several very expensive “curl cuts” at various salons, but wasn't particularly impressed by any of them. <b>I had used <a href="https://www.frizzoff.ca/collections/all-products" target="_blank">Curl Keeper Original Liquid Styler, and Tweak</a>, their cream hairspray, and I liked them, which is why I applied to do this "Curl Keeper Challenge"- I had never tried their “<a href="https://www.frizzoff.ca/collections/all-products/products/new-refresh-spray" target="_blank">Refresh with Hold</a>” Spray, and I wanted to see if these two products, used together, would be my “Holy Grail” hair duo for lasting curls- and it actually is!</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #741b47;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I no longer have to use tons of hairspray to </b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>lacquer</b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> my curls into permanency in between shampoos!</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Facebook Live Party was a lot of fun to do, as I got to "see" some of my Curl Friends who I haven't seen in person in years!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhee5qlHQM7c-DnPy6m5n-9EGAz5fxRez85zvRMK_R4nGBHX569_4hsOYd0OFR68iOPSddAKunH8Hrexq8p9t8SB3yKLSRx7Y4n1_SWnFYm0GIhVE4DycF4wria9I81dfjcOgaiwid7WRo/s1230/curlkeeper3.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="1230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhee5qlHQM7c-DnPy6m5n-9EGAz5fxRez85zvRMK_R4nGBHX569_4hsOYd0OFR68iOPSddAKunH8Hrexq8p9t8SB3yKLSRx7Y4n1_SWnFYm0GIhVE4DycF4wria9I81dfjcOgaiwid7WRo/s320/curlkeeper3.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><p></p><span style="font-family: arial;">I got to demonstrate the products and how I use them, we shared "curly hair horror stories", LOL, and then I sent off samples of Curl Keeper Original Liquid Styler to them so they can try it! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">You can watch it here:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ElkhornInn/posts/10158731937889730">https://www.facebook.com/ElkhornInn/posts/10158731937889730</a><br /></b></span><p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTU2ItrEaoXF6brimunSuf3L-A1EV-o5Uw1W_TeEhB1ZnwhJScV-5gfHaCBB1s-ETNZZW7X-qvSDD-0ZNLT6bnnXz9LCulIoT7yOXdsHaGsdR9OaSDLDHXenTL9u0wfo-Yqw0D-Ed1Lw/s1240/curlkeeper6.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="1240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTU2ItrEaoXF6brimunSuf3L-A1EV-o5Uw1W_TeEhB1ZnwhJScV-5gfHaCBB1s-ETNZZW7X-qvSDD-0ZNLT6bnnXz9LCulIoT7yOXdsHaGsdR9OaSDLDHXenTL9u0wfo-Yqw0D-Ed1Lw/s320/curlkeeper6.png" width="320" /></a></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNQocLZ-Y5W3md8kD1GNRzTILfbX6B1Av-GioiPXioEmM7u9KqW7ACSJTHtBrMETPQvKMGQjlFpd1jOUbwY4-_4T0aOO36mEcNAt2WdUw6lKy33Gmhjbiv5QdT1FLebvMqiW5NoAKXOE/s1217/curlkeeper4.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="1217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNQocLZ-Y5W3md8kD1GNRzTILfbX6B1Av-GioiPXioEmM7u9KqW7ACSJTHtBrMETPQvKMGQjlFpd1jOUbwY4-_4T0aOO36mEcNAt2WdUw6lKy33Gmhjbiv5QdT1FLebvMqiW5NoAKXOE/s320/curlkeeper4.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I ordered the <b><a href="https://www.frizzoff.ca/collections/all-products/products/curly-hair-solutions-treatment-shampoo" target="_blank">Curl Keeper Treatment Shampoo</a></b>, as it has <b>"ColorKeeper Technology"</b> and is safe for colored and chemically treated hair, and it strengthens hair, and I want to use it in conjunction with the Liquid Styler and Refresh Spray, as I continue on my "Learning to Love My Curls" journey!</span><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Curly Hair Solutions has a lot of great products, both for adults and kids, which you can check out here: <a href="http://www.frizzoff.com" target="_blank">www.frizzoff.com </a></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Have you tried <a href="http://frizzoff.com" target="_blank">Curl Keeper</a> products? What are your faves? </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Do you have any styling tips for curly hair?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Any hilarious horror stories?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Tell me in the comments!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>#CurlKeeperChallenge #tryazon #curlkeeper</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div>Elkhorn Inn & Theatrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16364735911576701948noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905749888184805940.post-64395074853464656632020-10-13T11:28:00.002-04:002020-10-13T11:28:40.520-04:00Loving the Ritual of (Good!) Karma from Rituals Cosmetics!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjykgYfscSABkUkqi34SaZl5CmgwlfvSTGgMJCoBdB_DMwKzBvd2DFwJ4D_SmA-BxwT8icXoHXkguBNbJegE5W83R4nNh3iSPYgkD7Zz3-_vh3k3P5mvTYHdW6JJjNvReylyHjFEQmJEk8/s891/r6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="891" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjykgYfscSABkUkqi34SaZl5CmgwlfvSTGgMJCoBdB_DMwKzBvd2DFwJ4D_SmA-BxwT8icXoHXkguBNbJegE5W83R4nNh3iSPYgkD7Zz3-_vh3k3P5mvTYHdW6JJjNvReylyHjFEQmJEk8/w320-h277/r6.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">"Ritual of Karma" TryaBox</span></b><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As a member of <b>Tryazon: <a href="http://www.tryazon.com/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">www.tryazon.com</span></a></b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">,</span> the really excellent sampling program, I have been privileged to enjoy several <b>"TryaBoxes" of Rituals Cosmetics </b>bath products, and I think this one – the <b>“Relaxation at Home” Ritual of Karma</b> set- is my favorite! I actually learned about Rituals through Tryazon, and was first able to enjoy testing their Ritual of Sakura, with its delightful light cherry blossom scent that really brought back our Honeymoon days in Kyoto, Japan for me, and then their Ritual of Dao set, and I thoroughly enjoyed them both- and reviewed them on this blog: <b>Ritual of Dao: </b></span><b><a href="http://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2019/11/rituals-for-holidays-creating-dao-spa.html" style="font-family: arial;">http://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2019/11/rituals-for-holidays-creating-dao-spa.html</a> </b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ritual of Sakura: <a href="http://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2019/09/rituals-sakura-collection-delicious.html">http://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2019/09/rituals-sakura-collection-delicious.html</a> </b></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">T</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>his time I had the opportunity to try the</span><span><b> Ritual of Karma </b></span><b><a href="https://www.rituals.com/en-us/collection-story-karma.html">https://www.rituals.com/en-us/collection-story-karma.html</a></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>,</b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> and I was seriously quite excited, as heaven knows we could all use some Good Karma right now, right?! But I Was wondering: what does Karma (the good kind, naturally) smell like?! </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><b>Spoiler Alert: Good Karma smells GREAT!</b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><b>Scented with Holy Lotus and White Tea,</b> the Ritual of Karma fragrance is in the floral category, but way more interesting than “just” a floral scent. All the products truly smell delicious, and I truly look forward to getting into the bath with them!</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The philosophy behind the “Ritual of Karma” products is that, “according to ancient Hindu belief, living with good intent attracts good karma. Say good words, think good thoughts, do good deeds, and keep the circle positive, because ultimately, you reap what you sow!” Sounds like just what we all need right about now, yes?! </span><b style="font-family: arial;">The Ritual of Karma collection aims to help you immerse yourself in the positive vibes of summer all year round, instantly enhancing your mood, and making you radiate "positive vibes", as well as a great scent!</b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There's a delightful little video on You Tube that shows how the Ritual of Karma can make you feel: <a href="https://youtu.be/B-YfvlRp7p0">https://youtu.be/B-YfvlRp7p0</a></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9H6xP8ygprQsDhUJglA8iUke7cYzL7qSdpVHhicuhejA_9m0gjjm2ER6rqcr4f5CMqecI9voa9Xy31b6uyPIlHRqP1o0ol2FamdCAtnKfU59FrgJ4aRVOpBT50J4jaK8HD0EDLmcBp84/s1111/r+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="1111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9H6xP8ygprQsDhUJglA8iUke7cYzL7qSdpVHhicuhejA_9m0gjjm2ER6rqcr4f5CMqecI9voa9Xy31b6uyPIlHRqP1o0ol2FamdCAtnKfU59FrgJ4aRVOpBT50J4jaK8HD0EDLmcBp84/s320/r+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ritual of Karma Sugar Scrub<br /></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span>I have especially grown to love Rituals' Sugar Scrubs and Foaming Bath Gels, so I was delighted to be able try the </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span><b>Ritual of Karma Sugar Scrub: <a href="https://www.sephora.com/product/rituals-the-ritual-karma-body-scrub-P463648">https://www.sephora.com/product/rituals-the-ritual-karma-body-scrub-P463648</a>, </b>and<b> Foaming Bath Gel: <a href="https://www.sephora.com/product/rituals-the-ritual-karma-foaming-shower-gel-P463647">https://www.sephora.com/product/rituals-the-ritual-karma-foaming-shower-gel-P463647</a>, </b>as well as the<b> Body Cream: <a href="https://www.sephora.com/product/rituals-the-ritual-karma-body-cream-P463649">https://www.sephora.com/product/rituals-the-ritual-karma-body-cream-P463649</a>, </b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span>and the three products really make for a delightful “spa” experience at home! It is “relaxation in a box”! </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Add a bath tub pillow, a scented candle (and yes, there is a Karma Candle...), and a glass of wine, and you are All Set!</span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>This would be a GREAT gift for a good friend, too- I can't imagine anyone not loving this- and as Rituals products are not overly expensive, you can afford to treat friends, as well as yourself! </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Ritual of Karma Sugar Scrub</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">, which is enriched with holy lotus, almond oil, and jojoba, is an absolute delight! I not only use it on my body- especially feet and knees and elbows- but as an exfoliator on my face and neck- it's that good! I MUCH prefer sugar scrubs to salt scrubs, as they never burn the way salt can, and so I truly enjoy Rituals' sugar scrubs. The scrub is made with fine sugar that has just enough exfoliating power to be effective without being rough, and it dissolves into your skin quickly and leaves it feeling silky smooth.</span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6BIJ_Kwsmveqm2Ql71KifX5NxSOV0Nx-rjzZKQqJvtV_vxeJF7s6wIdrboibIdOspbeZDk0Omep1UmJNFpzm0RNZujJOt3r31gKMcfL2yZQe2stkazQLcXpE-zKipQtfYxAiWuEQclLA/s586/r3+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6BIJ_Kwsmveqm2Ql71KifX5NxSOV0Nx-rjzZKQqJvtV_vxeJF7s6wIdrboibIdOspbeZDk0Omep1UmJNFpzm0RNZujJOt3r31gKMcfL2yZQe2stkazQLcXpE-zKipQtfYxAiWuEQclLA/s320/r3+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ritual of Karma Foaming Bath Gel</b></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span>The </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span><b>Ritual of Karma Foaming Bath Gel </b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span>is super creamy and deliciously sensual! I have used a lot of bath gels in my time, and I have to say that Rituals makes the ones I like best! Their </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span><b>gel-to-foam technology is truly unique, </b>and their foaming bath gels are the creamiest, and most luxurious ones I've ever used!</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Ritual</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> of Karma Body Cream</b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> is rich and luxurious, but not greasy, and it absorbs super-fast. I use it all over, immediately on getting out of the tub (I'm a Total Tub Soak Gal...), and I especially like to use it on my feet, and then put on comfy socks to help it absorb...</span></div><div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0Fu-x-H8i4XjAysuahSjYHXkPZq3QUnupzwD8vdzL0PTS-zy2wWeq1qunYIofEXiUouvq8m-4I50wvzkDzQ7BxeXyOnQlPjsDgVAkYXTgGTSIHOSdspLae1T2IOmN3udkPiPwHcqTyE/s1104/r4+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="1104" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0Fu-x-H8i4XjAysuahSjYHXkPZq3QUnupzwD8vdzL0PTS-zy2wWeq1qunYIofEXiUouvq8m-4I50wvzkDzQ7BxeXyOnQlPjsDgVAkYXTgGTSIHOSdspLae1T2IOmN3udkPiPwHcqTyE/s320/r4+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ritual of Karma Body Cream</b></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>I love to layer scented products, to make the fragrances last as long as possible, and so I am planning to treat myself to more products in this line: I especially want to get the </span><span><b>Karma Candle</b></span><span>, </span><span><b>Hair And Body Mist</b></span><span>, and the golden </span><span><b>Body Shimmer Oil,</b></span><span> which looks amazing!</span></span></p></div></div><p>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Rituals
products just launched on <b>Sephora</b> in September:
<a href="https://www.sephora.com/brand/rituals"><b>https://www.sephora.com/brand/rituals</b></a>, but if you want to see ALL the products they have, and ALL the
different Rituals (and there are lots!), go to the <b>Rituals website:
<a href="https://www.rituals.com/en-us/home">https://www.rituals.com/en-us/home</a>,
</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">which also has an </span><b>Outlet page</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">
with discounted products from lines that they no longer have on the
regular site: </span><b><a href="https://www.rituals.com/en-us/outlet">https://www.rituals.com/en-us/outlet</a></b></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another
great thing to note is that <b>Rituals products are happily </b></span><b style="font-family: arial;">free of the
bad stuff, </b><span style="font-family: arial;">such as sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehydes,
formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl
palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, triclosan, and
triclocarban, and they contain less than one percent of synthetic
fragrances. And their products are also cruelty-free!</span></p>
<p style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I
can honestly and highly recommend Rituals products, as well as
Tryazon- its a Lot of fun being a member, and getting discover and try
great new products like these- and share them!</b></span></p>
<p style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Have
you tried any Rituals products or given them as gifts? </b></span></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>What are your
favorites? Tell me in the comments!</b></span></span></p>
<p style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">And
if you're not yet a member of Tryazon, you can sign up here:
</span><a href="http://www.tryazon.com/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">www.tryazon.com</span></a></b></p>
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</span></p><br /><p></p>Elkhorn Inn & Theatrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16364735911576701948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905749888184805940.post-2879075421188257702020-09-15T04:36:00.002-04:002020-09-15T04:38:27.821-04:00Foodie Fun with the Vasta Vegetable & Fruit Sheet Slicer- and RECIPES!<div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrmcLTR4HLkz0VF0PX1Ea9BGHUJ52y2pdH7msHTyaTBcYvGqXN7vsEJcwuvp5uA4u-dHkvS4wGksUMsEMEP2V2Tp0EJeS33xm7WQUR0WgdzuXWG0oYMoYJNqnVPMKCwywg7IjkZDqh1k/s604/vasta7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="453" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrmcLTR4HLkz0VF0PX1Ea9BGHUJ52y2pdH7msHTyaTBcYvGqXN7vsEJcwuvp5uA4u-dHkvS4wGksUMsEMEP2V2Tp0EJeS33xm7WQUR0WgdzuXWG0oYMoYJNqnVPMKCwywg7IjkZDqh1k/s320/vasta7.jpg" /></a></div></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-family: arial;">Thanks to being a member of </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.tryazon.com" target="_blank">Tryazon</a></b><span style="font-family: arial;">, the great sampling program, I was selected to do a Facebook Live Party for the </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.getvasta.com" target="_blank">Vasta Vegetable and Fruit Sheet & Noodle Slicer</a></b><span style="font-family: arial;">! The Vasta is an inexpensive, fun, and easy-to-use kitchen tool that enables you to make “sheets” from both fruits and vegetables, as well as “Fettuccine”-style noodles, and Chef Dan and I have been having a lot of fun making some delicious dishes with it for dinner guests at the Elkhorn Inn, as well as ourselves! </span></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>RECIPES BELOW!</b></span></div>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here
is a link to my <b>Facebook Live Vasta Cuisine Party,</b> where you can see me
demonstrating the Vasta, and showing some of the things we made with it,
including <b>Cucumber “Maki” rolls filled with Tuna Ceviche, Apple
and Potato Puff Pastry Roses</b>, and <b>Zucchini "Fettuccine" Agli Olio! </b>At
the end of my presentation I did a giveaway, and raffled off a Vasta
to one lucky attendee! </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ElkhornInn/videos/10158563561804730/" style="font-family: arial;">https://www.facebook.com/ElkhornInn/videos/10158563561804730/</a></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivUtK-90esoOLefV4oNWq8KWXNqHLAnhILn0E_zGW7AxKAXrQMCJ0rrxJdez_71z5d8xU3j5bFpeXLH0f216tdb-6jZg0fJvxYz7X8xdx-AtmyFylkn4yAlWeDa6lyY4VlDadbI6-5tB4/s1207/v1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="1207" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivUtK-90esoOLefV4oNWq8KWXNqHLAnhILn0E_zGW7AxKAXrQMCJ0rrxJdez_71z5d8xU3j5bFpeXLH0f216tdb-6jZg0fJvxYz7X8xdx-AtmyFylkn4yAlWeDa6lyY4VlDadbI6-5tB4/w320-h230/v1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><div><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></b></div>The Vasta is different from a Mandoline or a Spiralizer, in that it makes thin sheets of your fruits and veggies, not slices, and it makes flat “fettuccine” style veggie noodles, rather than spirals. So if you're on a Keto or Vegan or Vegetarian diet, and looking for new foodie ideas, or just trying to get your kids or grandkids to eat more veggies, the Vasta gives you lots of new ways to enjoy your fruits and veggies! </span></span></b><div><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">With the Vasta you can make fruit and vegetable crepes, burritos, lasagna, noodles- all sorts of things! </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">So far, we've used it with cucumbers, zucchini, apples, and potatoes, but you can use it with pears, squash, and lots of other things, too! </span></b><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">I love to make Apple Roses for Rosh Hashonna (Jewish New Year) which is coming up shortly, and the Vasta makes it fun and easy to do!</span></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAdpM1j1MMMGscP72dOaMGMJEZRRG14qyIWYGnnzVf284kPUtWYu3qMpx_F2K68LsQrernvjvi6dzigvykRrAPw38ExaDwltbmFwmyi-p6AA6rDPUtZbcRFfwlPKrc0HhRyJ42wDKvkUs/s1242/v8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="851" data-original-width="1242" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAdpM1j1MMMGscP72dOaMGMJEZRRG14qyIWYGnnzVf284kPUtWYu3qMpx_F2K68LsQrernvjvi6dzigvykRrAPw38ExaDwltbmFwmyi-p6AA6rDPUtZbcRFfwlPKrc0HhRyJ42wDKvkUs/w200-h137/v8.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>As you can see in my Facebook Party Video, the Vasta is really easy to use, and SAFE, too, as the blade is protected. If I can demonstrate it live while watching Facebook at the same time, you know it's REALLY easy and a safe to use!</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicaAVtCwwMGxTEi5uMrasRdF95EDORkDATiNkgCf_ytyUf8tBGpkSoDFr3TiRVQeaP8cz_jZ80WGBsIsjFsv-VYJu-rIWAxI9p_5PQelRzYmiPaRil0XBmjQiTk7oIb-WRTuEWH_Tiqy0/s1238/v9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="1238" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicaAVtCwwMGxTEi5uMrasRdF95EDORkDATiNkgCf_ytyUf8tBGpkSoDFr3TiRVQeaP8cz_jZ80WGBsIsjFsv-VYJu-rIWAxI9p_5PQelRzYmiPaRil0XBmjQiTk7oIb-WRTuEWH_Tiqy0/w200-h141/v9.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <img border="0" data-original-height="873" data-original-width="1228" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57Dzwq1-dKjmhdvJtHLhq4up1khVFAYApdzXhyphenhyphenMH5Ng1rxqWqzU92Uh3_Mn5ajogJXzz6gRHVQsove7nc0Cikm2yDgYEWze1NfKMRskdOP5diIpcqRQuT0wDacamOfxk4CS8c01dMmH8/w200-h142/v11.jpg" width="200" /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">There are lots of recipes on the Vasta website: </span><a href="https://www.getvasta.com/" style="font-family: arial;"><b>https://www.getvasta.com/</b></a><br /><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Vasta also has tutorials on YouTube: </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span><span>How to make Veggie Noodles with the Vasta Veggie Slicer: </span></span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/fOblP2NHYXI">https://youtu.be/fOblP2NHYXI</a> </b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span><span>How to make veggie sheet noodles using the Vasta Veggie Slicer: </span></span></span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FGGsbfvzrVlI%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0yNPIllH3V2m8JWIWczQWUd3NSXWCCtmhB2Bezh4a3BkConFKb_HA5E4Q&h=AT25F642GW26pta-FadtCb986dvUEEy5KHsebQ-0a7rX-4VTySKo4RFGvewVnkvCwHrzIZHjpQ72678bWkByTl6bxASt4OigGCVTniHP8t6sCBNO6fdds01EaKpgubx69w&__tn__=R]-R&c[0]=AT2iG8g6Fc1hgw2vg9rGoysHYu5flCVEYkTxWeEddQ4Q4YDtzElNJaHiR8vpZuEq6GKyTeGpLhIMpbGRTdLGPsb8BIPM9TtU3GevXIiwRT88JX0EVUvjz0k9Kr1QKO06utMiQwRC_8KH9x-RQ75gtE1AyLhV3bqp" target="_blank"><u><span style="background: rgb(240, 242, 245);">https://youtu.be/GGsbfvzrVlI</span></u></a></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: arial;">My step-by-step on making
Cucumber Roll Appetizers with the Vasta:</b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/677509623110760/permalink/685631542298568/">https://www.facebook.com/events/677509623110760/permalink/685631542298568/</a></b></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCHCXspQZp4WeK8BhqPt_dr0yxutgJwBqAixXXpI6zkNftc9v1SbU1S3l3QpyghJtPcSDQYuYAiYW0fPORbn5G6t5FVTbMuxjUWrPwFw_brSk1j_Aa148ceCv6jkaUgPBIjCPNPm5wEY/s859/v6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="711" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCHCXspQZp4WeK8BhqPt_dr0yxutgJwBqAixXXpI6zkNftc9v1SbU1S3l3QpyghJtPcSDQYuYAiYW0fPORbn5G6t5FVTbMuxjUWrPwFw_brSk1j_Aa148ceCv6jkaUgPBIjCPNPm5wEY/w266-h320/v6.jpg" title="Cut the cucumber to size, using the guide on the skewer" width="266" /></a> <img border="0" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="613" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQkULd00LkV-P9Hu7lIcyCS5KewiSWwnsDIW6eW1i01YUftuxz7Bhnj0rLVGf7JKizH25vUOOHWYyqbknZTt7lCLfj2H7E2BM8d9VUMa7XSx3x4pqG4AsJulU0RO7jCxvYTc6T57mVYE/w143-h200/v7.jpg" width="143" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="616" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWPhaJIdBEHUqTTwlIcBnV6FJn9jAJpPHqYuotsnKuLP3mHLugEnLXs5peMUMJYx1SbySJ1NkY1uoDlOlCQ7jVIdK23JTkPUTHQV0kEWnDpfZH7NK-3ppMVE8Ja25t4IUwtz80LrJZObU/w144-h200/v9.jpg" width="144" /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">First you cut the cucumber to size, using the guide notch on the skewer. TIP: You want cucumbers or zucchini that are as straight and even as possible, so you get even sheets. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Then you place the cucumber on the Vasta, insert the skewer in the top, and push it down through the cucumber until it locks into place. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="729" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgSNmc0Sg3AJbRf8pgG3XUBHb4Ck-Pk9NNAoROlVdmRERWHz3P-SQzG-YTACbKH4vWFN1M2xG1RydfXwS5LHkMjfZlTLkjPD3a5w6Q2CzQx6Ka3QiB7OuOMBXX2-U5olInzpkTpIWOMY/w170-h200/v10.jpg" width="170" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="1060" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTWedRismBu5bHCEKZBw48TivUU4mMXXeeIBZr20E-uIF3z4l3fJF7VwxFuIyLielwSaCwyLRzLzpWCHERebwcFCTvwFkQ00iGzlR4BQ1GbiWQZ7DKEAgnq2J6BaS79AFNVabTdd6E3-M/s320/v1.jpg" width="320" /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><span style="font-family: arial;">Then you turn the Vasta on its side and snap in the handle. Then you start turning the handle...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="1164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimi_QsFFin0iANtkemd0C8rGU1l1OoMcMO9jHCpx9uZMxYLAvTj7LTUgTUU0VlvISO9sRkIz8o08fUjiCT3yUMoj-6qg-Mns_IzvXpWAzmJxstMQI1f9tciSw5MUc6E8bIeDIxGCixzn8/s320/v2.jpg" width="320" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="1056" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3z1hC83A53VYLBTVcmzkupfuZ6vNeruffQD69y3J5YCUpzaFQ57jv-Q7kJ1ZuJ7wEE6U4d_sJ0iVS88aW10uGAQ_ljTFCB5Rjknzk7JFz_9WQRLLhorurShhl4dMftnpEwNVvzFixpUM/w200-h163/v3.jpg" width="200" /> <div><span style="font-family: arial;">And out comes your thin sheet of cucumber!! You can then used the smaller pieces of cucumber you cut to make additional strips. </span></div><div><img border="0" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="967" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4dUkFH4YoN7hV5C4U60FfBKLIe4mVPNMdAvRkWrc-i2qn4MA7Tr8zZ6qxPbnkCrAKb19cv7LfmtmkZawqju6pwaDbWhkqKc-CL4xpwMoI8jV_ZDhRwL6OQdBcI3_iSU3wajGkWbDtGc/w320-h285/v5.jpg" width="320" /> <span style="font-family: arial;">Here you see the two sheets of cucumber I was able to get from one cucumber. I then cut the sheets into 1" strips, approx. 5" long, and rolled them around circles of Mozzarella cheese and secured them with toothpicks. I then topped each one with a dab of Basil Pesto and a small roll of Prosciutto. I used this same technique to make the cucumber rolls I filled with Tuna Ceviche - recipe below.</span><br /> <br /><img border="0" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="873" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2rncbgBD6Yy60kkpEINXawGFaexj0vviHouYK-JhT7snR7pPqUiP4vVdx-WaZ5kSf4mS0hrNy4mg22paRyfNQSpSXD-GVlWihA3n2RoREKRZuMuNVwdv6cewRfHhVwWXAgM1XKZIPuRI/s320/VRolls1.jpg" style="font-family: arial;" width="320" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><u style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u style="font-family: arial;"><b>My Vasta
Recipes:</b></u></div><p style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><u>Vasta
Cucumber Rolls filled with Tuna Ceviche, served with a spicy
Asian-Style Dipping Sauce</u> </b></span></span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;">(Adapted from Chef Ruth Van Waerebeek, Mapuyampay Gastronomic Hotel, Chile)</span></p><p style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1172" data-original-width="2048" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwIkAslEYyN5c52VrgcoF4M-lOQbpli3DvdJClj03xXBJ89-CBd08SmxQD3iweR6x_4Xx22UrdvB7iB7ICNOXhgYUt0Xgw6VozSyC2JtuqTbQ1lnD2kjQMNXdswdWql0MmFd6o6egce_w/w400-h229/IMG_3418.JPG" width="400" /></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><u>Ingredients:</u></span></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">6
cucu</span></span></span><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">mbers, as </span></span></span><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">stra</span></span></span><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">ight a</span></span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;">s possible</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Kosher Salt</span></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Paper towels</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">¼
cup red union, finely chopped</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">1
tablespoon fresh ginger, finely grated</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">½
lb. sushi-quality fresh tuna</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">½
cup pink grapefruit juice (approx. one grapefruit, squeezed)</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">3
tablespoons olive oil</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">2
tablespoons fresh cilantro, finely minced</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Kosher
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste</span></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Toothpicks</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><u>Dipping
Sauce:</u></span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">2
tablespoons hot chili sauce (Chinese chili sauce, Sriracha, or
similar)</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">3
tablespoons brown s</span></span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;">ugar</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">3
tablespoons rice vinegar</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">2
tablespoons dark sesame Oil</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">1
tablespoon soy sauce</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">1 tablespoon black sesame seeds</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">1
tablespoon white sesame seeds, toasted</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">¼
cup red, green and yellow bell peppers, very finely diced</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">1
tablespoon fresh cilan</span></span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;">tro, finely chopped</span></p><p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><u>Directions:</u></span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Slice
the cucumbers into sheets using the Vasta.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Lay
the cucumber strips on paper towels and sprinkle with Kosher Salt, and let sit for a max. of 30 minutes.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Prepare
the Ceviche: Dice the tuna into ¼ inch cubes and place in a non
reactive bowl (glass or ceramic). Add all the other ingredients.
Mix to combine, and place the bowl in the refrigerator to marinate. (The lime juice "cooks" the tuna, so it has the taste and texture of cooked tuna!)</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Make
the Dipping Sauce: Mix all the sauce ingredients in a bowl and whisk
to combine.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Rinse
the salt off the cucumber sheets and dry them with paper towels.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Cut
the cucumber sheets into strips approx. 1” wide and 5 inches long,
and roll them, securing each one with a toothpick.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Set
the rolls on a serving plate. Fill each roll with the Tuna Ceviche.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Spoon
the dipping sauce on top & drizzle it around the rolls, or serve
it in a bowl on the side.</span></span></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: center; widows: 2;"><u style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;"><b>Appetizer:
Cucumber Rolls with Mozzarella, Basil Pesto, & Prosciutto</b></u></p><p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><u style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;"></u></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0jSafcK8sbRtDfZSrgtieqs0JZhPLXtZMGaaf3IMN5WDaV-Pum8cpMjoGqMa3wpS3hJrfTu1qfrCi2rw_YmrMW4_LscsfROFLRrvUL1wOUNfFo9htiYD9DraWP46kpg2mFn1Gm4szA5U/s873/VRolls1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="873" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0jSafcK8sbRtDfZSrgtieqs0JZhPLXtZMGaaf3IMN5WDaV-Pum8cpMjoGqMa3wpS3hJrfTu1qfrCi2rw_YmrMW4_LscsfROFLRrvUL1wOUNfFo9htiYD9DraWP46kpg2mFn1Gm4szA5U/s320/VRolls1.jpg" width="320" /></a></u></div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;"><p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;"><u>Ingredients:</u></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;">Cucumber - as straight as possible</span></p><p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;">Mozzarella Cheese - the good stuff! </span></p><p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Basil Pesto</p><p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;">Prosciutto, cut into small pieces and rolled, as in the photo</span></p><p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;">Toothpicks</span></p><p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;"><u>Directions:</u></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Use
the Vasta to make cucumber sheets. Cut into strips into pieces approx
1” wide and 5” long.</p></span><p></p>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Cut
the mozzarella into 2” circles.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Roll
the cucumber strips around the mozzarella circles and secure each
with a toothpick.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Top
each one with a dab of pesto, and then a small roll of prosciutto.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><u><b>Vasta
Apple (or Potato) Roses in Puff Pastry - 12</b></u></span></span></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I love to make Apple Roses for Rosh Hashonna (Jewish New Year) which is coming up shortly, and the Vasta makes it fun and easy to do!</b></span></span></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><u></u></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><u><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOW0IANVoGJQtCV3svjbby1c2n1YHPvh391yolcAPJwdSj39tUAKOeb4HpfoPcv_5lrvngIgIHXS9G4QtezYhU2kLukvU4IXNPc-YklE7D5eo4fspDxo75lhzW-O2M0Ibx8Tny4j8Ygeo/s2048/IMG_3452.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1702" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOW0IANVoGJQtCV3svjbby1c2n1YHPvh391yolcAPJwdSj39tUAKOeb4HpfoPcv_5lrvngIgIHXS9G4QtezYhU2kLukvU4IXNPc-YklE7D5eo4fspDxo75lhzW-O2M0Ibx8Tny4j8Ygeo/s320/IMG_3452.JPG" /></a></u></span></span></span></div><p></p><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><u>Ingredients:</u></span></span></span><p></p>
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<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">One
package of Frozen Puff Pastry (Pepperidge Farm)</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">3
Apples or 3 Potatoes (I used Adirondack Blue Potatoes, and they came out great!)</span></span></span></p>
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<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Apricot
or other fruit preserves if you are making Apple Roses</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Pesto
or other savory spread if you are making Potato Roses (or you don't
have use anything)</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">2
tablespoons of lemon juice if you are making Apple Roses</span></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Melted butter or vegetable oil and a brush, or vegetable oil spray</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Cinnamon-Nutmeg
Sugar for Apple Roses</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Chopped
herbs of your choice for Potato Roses</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><u>Directions:</u></span></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Preheat
oven to 375 F.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Butter 12
porcelain baking ramekins or a muffin pan. (Or spray them with vegetable
oil spray).</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Remove
Puff Pastry from the freezer and thaw according to package
directions. It should be cold.</span></span></span></p>
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<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Use
the Vasta to slice the apples or the potatoes into long strips:</span></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_StxOBjVN2yqia_u-V2VD7oBI3fKanoJVg_h87nvT3Dhi40QplCnTbsib8Wco79gMu5c4YUqT49HxxsSTq5oajPZ2-Ixbzfnsi01LuYtq73suutwm_btYWZWCzkEtMQUBiF28_m9pwuc/s2048/IMG_3427.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_StxOBjVN2yqia_u-V2VD7oBI3fKanoJVg_h87nvT3Dhi40QplCnTbsib8Wco79gMu5c4YUqT49HxxsSTq5oajPZ2-Ixbzfnsi01LuYtq73suutwm_btYWZWCzkEtMQUBiF28_m9pwuc/w150-h200/IMG_3427.JPG" style="color: #050505;" width="150" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lGtnW0vWYhSmD3OsqiFhj-sdA2zVZLgPazd5nmnsDinpKKyDRQgPhbwbPWczK407941UjMy0LKg2apDUN-TPxPtlzsp7ESEv8xiUNdevc0cOQQYTWTi59pzSAJ7TQv9xJkEfuivmVlQ/w150-h200/IMG_3428.JPG" width="150" /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1IBfgK5ZJySu7GG0ZZUV4SiHtdiua_EZ4TTjRjtz4Sfy-JlcRUVpkVBNiQAtLi3rw3uxucjtCDfDIEUurpjLfx5hTycta3w1r1RSBamc6q3DpSFPVouufRqOrs81Hdvn1_rmGQh-aEuY/s2048/IMG_3429.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1IBfgK5ZJySu7GG0ZZUV4SiHtdiua_EZ4TTjRjtz4Sfy-JlcRUVpkVBNiQAtLi3rw3uxucjtCDfDIEUurpjLfx5hTycta3w1r1RSBamc6q3DpSFPVouufRqOrs81Hdvn1_rmGQh-aEuY/w150-h200/IMG_3429.JPG" width="150" /></a></span></span></div><p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;">If
you are using apples, put the apple sheets into a bowl of water with
the lemon juice, so they don't turn brown.</span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk98Tyl7oQRxAkr31SZi44RtGwxKS_C05xRX5DyhyphenhyphenzMF0kLb5qPszJj0W2P1nXGTL7olZhUGZyXorj9FAB6gj_bwVv-Wzqq8AN7fFfVN6lP8kkYhZtC3DmG3_p7bYRioexpewch_hxUgo/s2048/IMG_3440.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk98Tyl7oQRxAkr31SZi44RtGwxKS_C05xRX5DyhyphenhyphenzMF0kLb5qPszJj0W2P1nXGTL7olZhUGZyXorj9FAB6gj_bwVv-Wzqq8AN7fFfVN6lP8kkYhZtC3DmG3_p7bYRioexpewch_hxUgo/w150-h200/IMG_3440.JPG" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEaIyIAVN8q9eA0CFkzGhDK3RJeu4ZJKk0Tg1vGepJUkGZwrhRdY55yLAmhVkB5f7uDpmjuXF_PReNyECP2Rqj95wgUqBJersnod0iW8PCAKpEOqoXoO0s5G4RQy4pLX3pvCnhWfER6WQ/s2048/IMG_3441.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEaIyIAVN8q9eA0CFkzGhDK3RJeu4ZJKk0Tg1vGepJUkGZwrhRdY55yLAmhVkB5f7uDpmjuXF_PReNyECP2Rqj95wgUqBJersnod0iW8PCAKpEOqoXoO0s5G4RQy4pLX3pvCnhWfER6WQ/w150-h200/IMG_3441.JPG" width="150" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5kvfR1VyW7Sh4m9SepYevpS-nysm8fzwS-bWfh234K93AKU2J5HhlKn57myHS5KJzCJ3WTboLRHTp5DA1pc6TB-H4uzv10R66f2vl6hos9JRH3WzVJiL9PJQniI9Yafpb7rGJhHiOMlQ/w150-h200/IMG_3442.JPG" width="150" /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I then used the Vasta to slice an Adirondack Blue Potato into long sheets for potato roses.</span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;">Place
one sheet of puff pastry dough on a floured surface and roll it out a
little thinner with a floured rolling pin.</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Cut
the dough into 6 even strips.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Spoon
the apricot preserves or pesto onto the bottom half of each dough
strip.</span></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;">If you are making apple roses, remove the apples from the lemon-water and bot them dry with paper towels.</span></p><p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjecDnfTbHD9AQ9GENrCCqL-_uCA4l55MNANNbCfXC-jT9atGIvjB8r1yH3-ne38rzHZkDmq5yOJLjYEkOMSv-S1XyHmtSTdPhZf4bTChQEihdYVYHmro5zW8RmTs8b7R25bSOzOhPfKso/s2048/IMG_3433.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1089" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjecDnfTbHD9AQ9GENrCCqL-_uCA4l55MNANNbCfXC-jT9atGIvjB8r1yH3-ne38rzHZkDmq5yOJLjYEkOMSv-S1XyHmtSTdPhZf4bTChQEihdYVYHmro5zW8RmTs8b7R25bSOzOhPfKso/w106-h200/IMG_3433.JPG" width="106" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGY9sLBtBiU8OKWfhg5MKuN50pv2iNl9EGAmgYZSZacDOHPDVtlDgKvsirIgl7pPGS4c1dBzBHpYyY4_BZ4wuDTy9GsG94lRS8O5-9e4yEVJsi0SOK3I2E1s-4jxu7De3wR4ElZHqLX54/s2048/IMG_3434.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1358" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGY9sLBtBiU8OKWfhg5MKuN50pv2iNl9EGAmgYZSZacDOHPDVtlDgKvsirIgl7pPGS4c1dBzBHpYyY4_BZ4wuDTy9GsG94lRS8O5-9e4yEVJsi0SOK3I2E1s-4jxu7De3wR4ElZHqLX54/w133-h200/IMG_3434.JPG" width="133" /></a> <img border="0" data-original-height="2522" data-original-width="1247" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ30UU5Sj-1GkYmBUk67Y3y349sLTXFq_8hZ6j9y2gomeABQTV5p13-4vnxH046QfuvNsZIK87yIX1juQFbpYHmK0kQrChcsEbVfzU0D47VVqwqQEIwozkjUsYULNsgL-Y5fGXmdNk5iE/w99-h200/IMG_3436.JPG" width="99" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="1097" data-original-width="2048" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsR5q_Hz17rPeYhWSgfKOGB6dicJjddw6Xb9En8takAhqgJRzZfaVfo7pa9Q94TOAI8LeLYyUGrBMeVg4cXGQpNQCN7huX6dcCp1CA_FVoTh3tFBhIc4tpWGixbEuP9cHnwYn1Cz8eOQ/w200-h107/IMG_3438.JPG" width="200" /></span></span></div><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrLKmidx5qIEBl5mm9r5yRwgyYMc0myxLQOe57cuDJ1LDcG16e06Bt8m8vYW5H8ohNE7IEUj23YG8WEcTDMaTWVSvwdgmCUaHpjHyI3rua_1Jfjj5BPazGbCtw6-bqBjfMjpbaN6Kgts/s2048/IMG_3439.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1655" data-original-width="2048" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrLKmidx5qIEBl5mm9r5yRwgyYMc0myxLQOe57cuDJ1LDcG16e06Bt8m8vYW5H8ohNE7IEUj23YG8WEcTDMaTWVSvwdgmCUaHpjHyI3rua_1Jfjj5BPazGbCtw6-bqBjfMjpbaN6Kgts/w200-h162/IMG_3439.JPG" width="200" /></a> </span></span><p></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Place
the apple (or potato) strips on the dough, sticking up above the edge
of the dough:</span></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3KZl8_A2UmIpyxOCFDw9UkXpDgQ1F0J3SPPROlScjYq2cuyxg8t_Hz2kRqnvsM8ZTYiPUCZ5noNtIxHBlWZItANV7F3BGn8nJpeMKL1xUCbn6fheaGFca0vnCsx6LiEVHLfNeOLXEDF4/s2048/IMG_3443.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1117" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3KZl8_A2UmIpyxOCFDw9UkXpDgQ1F0J3SPPROlScjYq2cuyxg8t_Hz2kRqnvsM8ZTYiPUCZ5noNtIxHBlWZItANV7F3BGn8nJpeMKL1xUCbn6fheaGFca0vnCsx6LiEVHLfNeOLXEDF4/w109-h200/IMG_3443.JPG" width="109" /></a> <img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1595" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6V1QTmnYQ53fQYPTGgzozDb79SC4XcU0OqR6Hdfg1bk2lI9PxYp9f37ociJlEP5c4coxPui-RaBBmAZeA8hEOFYusKQknbUJXswxBYYdDLrxwu_WrVTe7-QKFZMnjqyQ4mI9mkg0SUGc/w156-h200/IMG_3444.JPG" width="156" /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZjIwINfA1eDg35nNm5l_qVRSmGGBW63AgRwFB2_Lkou8vDerHV7h21gE1YO325YH3Mm0aHzqjHObYFTNMnZNeTsKrXxtMkkR6Gzjc02HTaMLSpPqhzKRzkwIztGyJz3p-J4CGIHjlL8Q/s2048/IMG_3445.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1604" data-original-width="2048" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZjIwINfA1eDg35nNm5l_qVRSmGGBW63AgRwFB2_Lkou8vDerHV7h21gE1YO325YH3Mm0aHzqjHObYFTNMnZNeTsKrXxtMkkR6Gzjc02HTaMLSpPqhzKRzkwIztGyJz3p-J4CGIHjlL8Q/w200-h157/IMG_3445.JPG" width="200" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;">You can fold the bottom over the edge of the apple or potato strip if you like. I didn't here, and they turned out fine. Then roll
each strip up into a “rose” and place into the buttered ramekins
or muffin pan.</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">Do
the same with the other sheet of puff pastry dough. </span></span></span>
</span></p><p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">Brush each one with melted butter or vegetable oil spray. You can sprinkle the apple roses with cinnamon-nutmeg sugar if you like. </span></span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Place
a pan of water on the bottom rack of the oven so the bottom of the
pastries don't burn.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Bake
for 40-50 minutes at 375 F until the pastry is golden brown.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Sprinkle
the apple roses with cinnamon-nutmeg sugar, and the potato roses with
chopped herbs, and serve!</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;"><b><u>Zucchini
Fettuccine Agli Olio (with Garlic and Oil)</u></b></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><u></u></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><u><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizD6WF4M7A7hrgRwYk3KABG_DMLpeIrRgvzGl-xUj8rtoqop9RQ0sercLjDPwESCEMrCDR0R1hML6k50-LVTmtzwwsA4GRD2N3giDrkZQQF-okxqKxTk_7rTSGiW5Q7lPG6oMPa8fagDI/s1122/din.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="691" data-original-width="1122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizD6WF4M7A7hrgRwYk3KABG_DMLpeIrRgvzGl-xUj8rtoqop9RQ0sercLjDPwESCEMrCDR0R1hML6k50-LVTmtzwwsA4GRD2N3giDrkZQQF-okxqKxTk_7rTSGiW5Q7lPG6oMPa8fagDI/s320/din.jpg" width="320" /></a></u></span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Make
“fettuccine” noodles from zucchini using the Vasta!</span></span></span></p>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Heat
olive oil in a pan with chopped fresh garlic.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Saute
the zucchini “noodles” in the oil for a max. of 2 minutes and
serve!</span></span></span></p>
<p style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #050505;">These
“zoodles” are delicious served with shrimp scampi, or with Asian
sauces as pictured above- or 100 other things!! I tossed them with tomato sauce, sausage, and minced, fresh herbs, and they were delicious! </span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Pasta without the carbs!</span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: center; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Have
you tried the Vasta yet?</b></span></span></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: center; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> Have any great recipe ideas for the Vasta? </b></span></span></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: center; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Please share
them in the comments!</b></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p></div></div>Elkhorn Inn & Theatrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16364735911576701948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905749888184805940.post-55760887933429684212020-07-24T00:40:00.001-04:002020-07-24T00:40:18.125-04:00West Virginia Road Trip! Part 5: Summersville & Fayetteville: wine & food with a view!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="color: blue;">West Virginia is open for business and #vacation #travel fun! Come on down!</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><u>NOTE:</u></span> Due to possible COVID-19 restrictions, which seem to be changing daily, before you travel or book Anything, <span style="color: blue;">CALL every place you want to go and make SURE they are open and operating! </span>I have included phone numbers for almost every place we went to and enjoyed in this post. </b><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Although I have also included website hotlinks, do NOT rely on websites and online reservation sites- they are often not kept up to date! </b><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="color: blue;">Every place we stayed at was spotlessly clean, and we had NO negative issues whatsoever! Dan and I are not kids- he is 73, and I am 61- and we had a fabulous West Virginia getaway!</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Our 9-night Road Trip loop thru West Virginia first took us from the </span><a href="http://www.elkhorninnwv.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #6699cc; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>Elkhorn Inn & Theatre</b></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> in the southern mountains of Landgraff, in McDowell County, up to </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Romney,</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> in </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Hampshire County</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">, to ride the Potomac Eagle Dinner Train (see this post: </span><a href="https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/07/west-virginia-road-trip-come-on-down.html" style="background-color: white; color: #6699cc; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/07/west-virginia-road-trip-come-on-down.html</b></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">). Then we drove a little farther north to </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Berkeley Springs,</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> in </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Morgan County,</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> to "take the waters" at America's First Spa: </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/07/west-virginia-road-trip-part-2-taking.html" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;">https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/07/west-virginia-road-trip-part-2-taking.html</a> </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">We next drove south to </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Shinnston</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">, in </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Harrison County,</b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">to stay at Gillum House Bed-and-Breakfast, meet Punjab the Camel, and sip some great whiskey: </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/07/west-virginia-road-trip-part-3.html" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;">https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/07/west-virginia-road-trip-part-3.html</a> </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">We then drove south to <b>Cass,</b> in <b>Pocahontas County, </b>to take the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Cass Scenic Railroad, enjoy a Kissing Bridge, and see the Ice Age Forest</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">: </span><a href="https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/07/west-virginia-road-trip-part-4-cass.html"><b>https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/07/west-virginia-road-trip-part-4-cass.html</b></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><u>West Virginia Road Trip! Part 5: Summersville & Fayetteville for wine & food with a view!</u></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Our
final stops on this trip before heading home were </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Summersville
</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Fayetteville,</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> specifically to go to the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Kirkwood
Winery and Isaiah Morgan Distillery: </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://kirkwood-wine.com/">https://kirkwood-wine.com/</a> </b></u></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>
Tel: 1-888-4WV-WINE </b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">r</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ight</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">outside
Summersville,</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">the
first winery and distillery we visited in West Virginia, back in
2002! At that time Dan was deployed to West Virginia by FEMA, following the floods that had devastated southern West Virginia, and we
were staying in Beaver, WV. On Dan's days off we went and did all the
fun, "t</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ouristy" things
one does in West Virginia, including white water rafting, ATVing, taking train excursions, camping, fishing, and
horseback riding, and although Dan was no lover of wine back then, I
convinced him to "h</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">umor" me
and go to the nearby Kirkwood Winery. Kirkwood is famous for their
fruit and uniquely West Virginian vegetable wines, and we both fell
in love with them the first time we visited, when we met the late
Rodney Facemire who founded it. Among their truly unique West
Virginia wines are </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Ramp
Wine, </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">which
Chef Dan uses to marinate meat and to make reduction sauces, </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Ginseng,
Dandelion</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">,
and </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Rhubarb
Wines! </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">They
also have a large variety of grape and fruit wines made from the bounty of their vines and orchards. In creating the Isaiah Morgan Distillery, Rodney
Facemire brought the "n</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">aughty" Appalachian
tradition of the illegal moonshine still into the legal daylight,
obtaining </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">the
license for the nation's smallest still in 2002. He conceived the
vision of mini-distilleries, formed a team of government and business
leaders, and created what has truly become a fabulous industry for
the state of West Virginia, now nationally famous for our </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">legal</b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
'shine! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Isaiah
Morgan makes Moonshine, Rye Whiskey, Grappa, and now a fine, aged
Bourbon</b>, and after indulging in another yummy tasting, we bought a
selection of their wines, as well as their Bourbon, and a bottle of Grappa
for our Italian Inn-Sitter! We had Kirkwood wines at our wedding at
the Elkhorn Inn, and our guests all loved them, and a few years ago
we went to one of their fun, fall <b>Grape Stomping Festivals, </b>where
we got in the vat and stomped grapes with our bare feet like Lucy and
Ethel did on I Love Lucy! (Unfortunately the Grape Stomping Festival
has been canceled for this fall, but we are trusting it will be back
next year- it's truly another West Virginia "M</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ust-Do"!)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whine and Whiskey Tasting at Kirkwood Winery</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kirkwood Winery</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Tooling
around Summersville and Fayetteville, we drove across the f</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">amed
</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>New
River Gorge Bridge </b>several times: </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/nrgbridge.htm">https://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/nrgbridge.htm</a></b></u></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">, and at one point finally stopped to get a look at it from
afar!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New River Gorge Bridge, peeking thru the trees!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
Bridge has spectacular views of the river on both sides, but it's
impossible to get a good photo while driving across it, as all you
can see from a car window is the darn barricade!</span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>The
Bridge is on Route 19, just north of Fayetteville, </b>and when it was
completed, in 1977, it turned a harrowing, 40-minute drive down narrow
mountain roads and across one of North America's oldest rivers into a
one minute drive! <b>The Bridge is famed for being both the longest
steel span in the western hemisphere, and the third highest in the
United States, and it even has a day of its own: Bridge Day- the 3</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>rd</b></span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>
Sat. in October! </b> On Bridge Day, the bridge is open to pedestrians
and hosts a wide variety of activities, including BASE jumping,
rappelling, music, and more, but unfortunately it has been cancelled
this year: </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://officialbridgeday.com/">https://officialbridgeday.com/</a> </b></u></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<b>You CAN, however, take a</b> <span style="color: black;"><b>Bridge
Walk, </b></span><strong><span style="color: #08090e;">which
is a guided tour of the New River Gorge Bridge from the catwalk 25’
beneath the Bridge:</span></strong><span style="color: black;"><b>
</b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://bridgewalk.com/">https://bridgewalk.com/</a> </b></u></span></span></span>
<b>Tel: (</b></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">30</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">4)
574-1300 - something we intend to go back and do!</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We
stayed in Fayetteville for two nights at </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Historic Morris
Harvey House:</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://www.morrisharveyhouse.com/">https://www.morrisharveyhouse.com/</a> </b></u></span></span></span></span> <b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Tel: (304) 250-7090, </span></b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">a very pretty, 3-story Queen Anne-style house dating from 1902 that is
on the National Register of Historic Places. We stayed in their
</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Harvey
Room, </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">one
flight up, which has a half-bath within the room, and a full bath
with an antique claw-foot tub next door.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxaRxI3tKWvd9XMcRR7LZ-tHUuLfjvbRyAnI4NyawBUk3jWaI2vUxopRsY1NenpvmH3U-LfsVcFk8uXWiVqXzAodATrk5SoJPaTO0IxPOEUURjMTeSp_Srl4L2DV2ll0CUEL3kz3dt74/s1600/IMG_3113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxaRxI3tKWvd9XMcRR7LZ-tHUuLfjvbRyAnI4NyawBUk3jWaI2vUxopRsY1NenpvmH3U-LfsVcFk8uXWiVqXzAodATrk5SoJPaTO0IxPOEUURjMTeSp_Srl4L2DV2ll0CUEL3kz3dt74/s320/IMG_3113.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Historic Morris Harvey House</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyEP2BxjbBh89ZGQkuQl-MwXPZyOcs2v45qzTSOh0VenBwOHrcTh6pG3KUUaygIPL-6FSkRMg9lyUDyjRutVSpv27RU0ZNv-ttZ9noHdEiktEhNpcHMZJFs3eKMAE53Cmh6FYqQ7rKWs0/s1600/IMG_3088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1119" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyEP2BxjbBh89ZGQkuQl-MwXPZyOcs2v45qzTSOh0VenBwOHrcTh6pG3KUUaygIPL-6FSkRMg9lyUDyjRutVSpv27RU0ZNv-ttZ9noHdEiktEhNpcHMZJFs3eKMAE53Cmh6FYqQ7rKWs0/s200/IMG_3088.JPG" width="139" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Harvey Room</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Our
first evening in Fayetteville we popped into </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Southside
Junction Tap House </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">for
a beer: </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SouthsideJunctionTapHouse/"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">https://www.facebook.com/SouthsideJunctionTapHou</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">se/</span></a> </b></u></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>
Tel: </b><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><b>(304)
574-2222:</b></span><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Southside Junction Tap House</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">and then had dinner at </span><span style="color: black;"><b>Smokey's
on the Gorge</b></span><span style="color: black;">
at </span><span style="color: black;"><b>Adventures
on the Gorge: </b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://adventuresonthegorge.com/dining/smokeys-gorge/">https://adventuresonthegorge.com/dining/smokeys-gorge/</a> </b></u></span></span></span>
We remembered Smokey's from years ago when we went ziplining at
<span style="color: black;"><b>TreeTops:</b></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://adventuresonthegorge.com/adventures/zip-line-aerial-adventures/treetops-zip-line-canopy-tour/">https://adventuresonthegorge.com/adventures/zip-line-aerial-adventures/treetops-zip-line-canopy-tour/</a> </b></u></span></span></span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(totally awesome and wonderful, and an Absolute "M</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ust-do"!),</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and
it was still a relatively small operation; Smokey's was rather
elegant, with fine dining... It's now a huge operation, and the new
Smokey's is a humongous, family-style restaurant... Dan had their
ribs, and I had their Brisket, with two tasty sauces, including a
novel White Alabama BBQ Sauce, and we ate outside on their deck and
enjoyed the beautiful sunset view over our plastic cups of wine, and it was very nice... but it wasn't as we remembered... Is anything, ever? </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>;-) <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfiUwJWWCy1ZlcgK5T42qypzxx8wHpJRpfJ7TFDMHn_HfmAQWEPw9CG2TjNikIk1p18V7b8GzkyIqzXQJP1fuN5vYqxHuDiqnDUl7xF_IsF4Jc9QB2VmhHZbsIMGMVRMahvSMVa0JksMM/s1600/IMG_3092.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="1600" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfiUwJWWCy1ZlcgK5T42qypzxx8wHpJRpfJ7TFDMHn_HfmAQWEPw9CG2TjNikIk1p18V7b8GzkyIqzXQJP1fuN5vYqxHuDiqnDUl7xF_IsF4Jc9QB2VmhHZbsIMGMVRMahvSMVa0JksMM/s200/IMG_3092.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dinner at Smokey's on the Gorge</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
next day we went sightseeing, driving to see beautiful </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Summersville
Lake, and the Dam that created it, </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">dedicated
by President Lyndon Johnson in 1966</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>:
</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="http://www.summersvillecvb.com/summersville-dam.html">http://www.summersvillecvb.com/summersville-dam.html</a> </b></u></span></span></span></span> </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summersville Lake</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbklww05KItDpbhYHKBZbVYlKVqWUBl8kQGUucs5cQ06HqokeMU9rrfhUXRfd3QKOKIxgdtVZ9VUI0mOJ70j8v8inHcOzioDQHSsSveJnGwer4ouWc7oBTWYLWNP7unZTj2NmKsZsxgA/s1600/IMG_3096.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbklww05KItDpbhYHKBZbVYlKVqWUBl8kQGUucs5cQ06HqokeMU9rrfhUXRfd3QKOKIxgdtVZ9VUI0mOJ70j8v8inHcOzioDQHSsSveJnGwer4ouWc7oBTWYLWNP7unZTj2NmKsZsxgA/s320/IMG_3096.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summersville Lake</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4zqHeGlF_nf9XAUmSHHSia17s-RUOAX8MqWRNyjNpL_vBa2R-R9TeVdcEKk1UOTfm4pXTr_d0MggaW-0qWS_j65vgdUQgBOJaqYzEz5XwsT5y9w27Aw85ye5c0hyphenhyphenRKdDOeWU_vqYKDM/s1600/IMG_3097.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1600" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4zqHeGlF_nf9XAUmSHHSia17s-RUOAX8MqWRNyjNpL_vBa2R-R9TeVdcEKk1UOTfm4pXTr_d0MggaW-0qWS_j65vgdUQgBOJaqYzEz5XwsT5y9w27Aw85ye5c0hyphenhyphenRKdDOeWU_vqYKDM/s200/IMG_3097.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Above Summersville Lake</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARJTyjeBCkHINCz6O0FxJsNb4OVkdecBt1MMDx6CIcqjm-VVrouIO4nsG6bwp_ue2mTGFsbVPY_fx5JJb_BVUh07AmhtWK6Rjuyf6QqgK7XtfFHyWYbOck4UClBAj10qedxsyIqLPp58/s1600/IMG_3098.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="1600" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARJTyjeBCkHINCz6O0FxJsNb4OVkdecBt1MMDx6CIcqjm-VVrouIO4nsG6bwp_ue2mTGFsbVPY_fx5JJb_BVUh07AmhtWK6Rjuyf6QqgK7XtfFHyWYbOck4UClBAj10qedxsyIqLPp58/s320/IMG_3098.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summersville Dam</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbHjknzZ1PtTeC6unITHu7Gc9rnjSc5MLBxDGWLaJ1cgNGp34AMliaFntK4mDqKOqxdDvrreiG4nAzHaqlh1Hkm1L1cCumj7b2aC71XeTC7nLYc53rQ29US2tm0sctffIA-J7tuMY-p0/s1600/IMG_3099.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1503" data-original-width="1600" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbHjknzZ1PtTeC6unITHu7Gc9rnjSc5MLBxDGWLaJ1cgNGp34AMliaFntK4mDqKOqxdDvrreiG4nAzHaqlh1Hkm1L1cCumj7b2aC71XeTC7nLYc53rQ29US2tm0sctffIA-J7tuMY-p0/s200/IMG_3099.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Above Summersville Dam</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We then Had to go see the
amusing </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Summersville
Lighthouse </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">at </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Summersville Lake Retreat:</b></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="http://summersvillelakeretreat.com/summersville-lake-lighthouse.html">http://summersvillelakeretreat.com/summersville-lake-lighthouse.html</a> </b></u></span></span></span></span> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i><b>Yes,
Virginia, there is a real lighthouse in the mountains of West Virginia!</b></i></span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7iT6t1g2nY3UH0ptEtqxKcqUjBEcMQC4utwOM3Z_cgdk18bUkcKDJ9rDgVOAFeAFo7mZyrF-66DdDP2smbeq7e_wASODYhr9Eg1kelCPm14CjOmcaTfpr5pXdKYbbc5JkzOayz8JHdTQ/s1600/IMG_3100.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="883" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7iT6t1g2nY3UH0ptEtqxKcqUjBEcMQC4utwOM3Z_cgdk18bUkcKDJ9rDgVOAFeAFo7mZyrF-66DdDP2smbeq7e_wASODYhr9Eg1kelCPm14CjOmcaTfpr5pXdKYbbc5JkzOayz8JHdTQ/s320/IMG_3100.JPG" width="176" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summersville Lighthouse</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZVvOhzGS7Pn1DLgbwx8qUcOaOpy4mxAiB2deuB863xpeD20JhEK1BKetghHyvGnKicISytruddYwcYYwB9ni8W3eZV9SrLoso5_sTzhb9bmJq7hp-hSr66zSekzkKDJbZqcJl6oIt2Y/s1600/IMG_3120.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1223" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZVvOhzGS7Pn1DLgbwx8qUcOaOpy4mxAiB2deuB863xpeD20JhEK1BKetghHyvGnKicISytruddYwcYYwB9ni8W3eZV9SrLoso5_sTzhb9bmJq7hp-hSr66zSekzkKDJbZqcJl6oIt2Y/s320/IMG_3120.JPG" width="244" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A doe and her fawns!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">While
many of the roads we traveled were devoid of cars, and we often felt
like the only people out and about, we did see a Lot of deer on this
trip- basically everywhere we went! And they were fearless deer,
totally unafraid of people, and several posed for photos, too!</span></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzLzMSxdQzVnZsn4OLgmEjg63W6laWH31Ryw62fl5-ZfO_y7bJZsxZMsWmFmdrM4rd5vHfpMiUFOaa8HIPXC3i5RAErF-WENns-qUurDVOxuHKPdMIx41j4Z4-M5puhQ81zBIMWLzvSN4/s1600/IMG_3102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1447" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzLzMSxdQzVnZsn4OLgmEjg63W6laWH31Ryw62fl5-ZfO_y7bJZsxZMsWmFmdrM4rd5vHfpMiUFOaa8HIPXC3i5RAErF-WENns-qUurDVOxuHKPdMIx41j4Z4-M5puhQ81zBIMWLzvSN4/s320/IMG_3102.JPG" width="288" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deer!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">That afternoon we found a fun “private club” bar in Fayetteville: </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Jaybird
and Charlie's Pub: </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jaybirdandcharliespub/">https://www.facebook.com/jaybirdandcharliespub/</a> </b></u></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Tel: </b></span><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>(304)
574-0822</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and
had drinks at their bar and outside on their patio, as well. Jaybird was
really nice, and we were made to feel very welcome; his bar has pool
tables and foosball, and this is definitely the place that would be
our "C</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">heers" if
we lived in Summersville! We'll definitely return if we get back to
the area!</span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73gXanyreSw3AkAA2y1QrnSLEA2kOYdUBGrCBLvpIZTz7Aq0VQD52wWlrXyGTTJ_yyvPUBvQiTjoTDUat-zpvkQ52hxXCo9opKmrsh1QvOHEdzbdDH-tKTgTHU2g_cR20Hnc5a7csI7g/s1600/IMG_3108.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1162" data-original-width="1600" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73gXanyreSw3AkAA2y1QrnSLEA2kOYdUBGrCBLvpIZTz7Aq0VQD52wWlrXyGTTJ_yyvPUBvQiTjoTDUat-zpvkQ52hxXCo9opKmrsh1QvOHEdzbdDH-tKTgTHU2g_cR20Hnc5a7csI7g/s320/IMG_3108.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">G&Ts at Jaybird & Charlie's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Our "f</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>oodie
find"of this trip</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
was that evening, when we had dinner at </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Wanderlust
Creative Foods </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(formerly
New River Curry): </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/newrivercurry/">https://www.facebook.com/newrivercurry/</a> </b></u></span></span></span></span>
<span style="color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Tel: (304)
574-3111</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in
downtown Fayetteville, a charming, informal, friendly, not expensive,
chef-driven restaurant serving inventive, international,
gourmet-level cuisine! Dan and I shared three yummy appetizers for
dinner and left stuffed: their <b>Samosas, served with an excellent
Mango Chutney</b>, delicious <b>Sisig, caramelized pork belly sauteed with
ginger, garlic and Thai Chilies and topped with a fried egg</b>, and
scrumptious seared <b>Gulf Shrimp in a Sherry Reduction Sauce, garnished
with seasonal microgreens.</b> I had a unique and delicious Thai fruit
drink, as well, that included gelled basil seeds, which I'd never
seen in West Virginia before, and it was so good that I got one to
take with me! </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>If
you get to Fayetteville, THIS is where you want to eat!</b></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sisig - Carmelized Pork Belly</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shrimp in a Sherry Reduction Sauce</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We
did a leisurely drive home the next day, taking the “back roads”
through the mountains, stopping to see pretty places, historic sites, and fun things along the way...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">West Virginia...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWlwTwKwiqCPJaqvormrwmuAZbgPpDlpc9cggGSX6tx3Ur3qeLuYBuoGocWZl-AXtFta4CxVIaDODBOAw6gSlC745ptQ8kcUVNhyseN2BRCmtFXWIgoGR_vMoYO2lLZVZ_sHKcevkSFk/s1600/IMG_2911.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1464" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWlwTwKwiqCPJaqvormrwmuAZbgPpDlpc9cggGSX6tx3Ur3qeLuYBuoGocWZl-AXtFta4CxVIaDODBOAw6gSlC745ptQ8kcUVNhyseN2BRCmtFXWIgoGR_vMoYO2lLZVZ_sHKcevkSFk/s320/IMG_2911.JPG" width="292" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cutest playhouse!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEthy6cgzG_gbVOcVPI96dipxJULBgIXHXO1lt8TLaYDZJuf6eHQAbMH4zM-qQfafcZnDl4tTiEAQTlYWZNbwZDtM4MmRvdg_FM5v_WKGsi51QO7CFs0Y79JPj2uGhlwcx-2Jwngum1w/s1600/IMG_2913.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1479" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEthy6cgzG_gbVOcVPI96dipxJULBgIXHXO1lt8TLaYDZJuf6eHQAbMH4zM-qQfafcZnDl4tTiEAQTlYWZNbwZDtM4MmRvdg_FM5v_WKGsi51QO7CFs0Y79JPj2uGhlwcx-2Jwngum1w/s200/IMG_2913.JPG" width="184" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Lime</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greenbrier County</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif1bUNJ7pwhoutEy0VGO7oKbf_Kj4XlCwYiyI67LP5j3txjOyu6uP8BbbTNq89JDqGJFcPiuZTUZLQw-3W9CxLO1KSfGfLwvjo0sHv81d5yS2WPnp5qyh2oJrVFS3FPT7p2QuI37npcjs/s1600/IMG_3076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="883" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif1bUNJ7pwhoutEy0VGO7oKbf_Kj4XlCwYiyI67LP5j3txjOyu6uP8BbbTNq89JDqGJFcPiuZTUZLQw-3W9CxLO1KSfGfLwvjo0sHv81d5yS2WPnp5qyh2oJrVFS3FPT7p2QuI37npcjs/s320/IMG_3076.JPG" width="176" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chainsaw Sculpture Adorableness!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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</tbody></table>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Beaver Creek</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Camp Jones</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6ysk75guuI92S5066qITE_dEhQVDQw1hzqMYPwthxG-W1tXEhoOGauJU-IlundDXEq46pdYo7xYMtXV4ahfBaHM3ZJGsepjbGbcRPLVrBQXrajgTCC5Kx0Vdn-qqElHl6x0nWL9OpSo/s1600/IMG_3116.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1133" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6ysk75guuI92S5066qITE_dEhQVDQw1hzqMYPwthxG-W1tXEhoOGauJU-IlundDXEq46pdYo7xYMtXV4ahfBaHM3ZJGsepjbGbcRPLVrBQXrajgTCC5Kx0Vdn-qqElHl6x0nWL9OpSo/s200/IMG_3116.JPG" width="141" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Napoleon Bonaparte French</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Engagement at Falls Mills</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">...and
passing through </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Oak Hill </b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Fayette County,</b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> whose claim to
fame is apparently as the place where Hank Williams was pronounced
dead...</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdAGmoRwHeDNPTUFQUQjnMQ6psazI_CPZ9W0wdJrI2ZPTBjaxyGqIhKYgGHjrCeg5v0MvP-g3s32nGu2fkTd6pdGnxStx3-YpHVcMZubvvPwuk7cJPNLnaDRqnR7bLhX8-wTbdG-V-msE/s1600/IMG_3104.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdAGmoRwHeDNPTUFQUQjnMQ6psazI_CPZ9W0wdJrI2ZPTBjaxyGqIhKYgGHjrCeg5v0MvP-g3s32nGu2fkTd6pdGnxStx3-YpHVcMZubvvPwuk7cJPNLnaDRqnR7bLhX8-wTbdG-V-msE/s320/IMG_3104.JPG" width="263" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hank Williams Memorial</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqog8mwsq1SzSVZ5kazXLC5EV4NhbZIJPPIi5hOyV-4DogRkF7YW2M8SXIIwIyQXTSOcjEbru2DLFMhggFbzUgQG6q6Arti5FkJhST4t-hv9VuGjS22Bry1y-Yx1AIS7qAI7KCmsrj-o/s1600/IMG_3106.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1590" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqog8mwsq1SzSVZ5kazXLC5EV4NhbZIJPPIi5hOyV-4DogRkF7YW2M8SXIIwIyQXTSOcjEbru2DLFMhggFbzUgQG6q6Arti5FkJhST4t-hv9VuGjS22Bry1y-Yx1AIS7qAI7KCmsrj-o/s320/IMG_3106.JPG" width="318" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hank Williams Memorial</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We
stopped for lunch at </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Kimono
Japanese Seafood & Steak House </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in
</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Princeton,
WV in Mercer County: </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Kimono-Japanese-Seafood-Steak-House-157785594261594/">https://www.facebook</a></b></u></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Kimono-Japanese-Seafood-Steak-House-157785594261594/">.com/Kimono-Japanese-Seafood-Steak-House-157785594261594/</a> </b></u></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Tel: </b></span><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>(304)
487-8008. </b></span></span><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Kimono
is our</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
fave local restaurant, and we ended our WV Road Trip with an epic
seaweed salad-sushi-sake feast! We Love this place, still amazed,
after 18 years, that our landlocked southern West Virginia mountains
boasts a sushi bar that beats every place we've eaten at in the USA,
including NYC, where I'm from!</span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht7Y_f1wlMmoqSnyfEar4QFWiavBPkmmN0_7tFBStrdFDTcK4X09ZOaID0Qr4TQ9Ay0Eic1kBkMFhuMe7czqsGnpEGTVDx2VsLLdTur1TiEparynCV2tNlEt1wHoFbMTQutu-OKCHvgPg/s1600/Kimono.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="833" data-original-width="625" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht7Y_f1wlMmoqSnyfEar4QFWiavBPkmmN0_7tFBStrdFDTcK4X09ZOaID0Qr4TQ9Ay0Eic1kBkMFhuMe7czqsGnpEGTVDx2VsLLdTur1TiEparynCV2tNlEt1wHoFbMTQutu-OKCHvgPg/s200/Kimono.jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sushi-Saki feast at Kimono!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We
then drove through </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Bramwell,
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">famed as “Home
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and stopped to photograph the train trestle, and again to photograph
a Norfolk Southern train chugging 'round the bend through </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Keystone</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">... </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and before we knew it, we were back home in </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Landgraff,</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> at the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Elkhorn Inn: </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><b><a href="http://www.elkhorninnwv.com/" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">http://www.elkhorninnwv.com</a></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Tel: 304-862-203</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1</span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, and unpacking all the wine and booze and foodie treats we'd picked up along the way! <span style="color: black;"><b>:-) </b></span></span><br />
<b style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">West Virginia is open for business, and #vacation #travel fun! Come on down!</b><br />
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<br />Elkhorn Inn & Theatrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16364735911576701948noreply@blogger.com0Nicholas County, WV, USA38.3307714 -80.765780437.5334659 -82.056673899999993 39.1280769 -79.4748869tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905749888184805940.post-58706636305496037482020-07-23T22:02:00.000-04:002020-07-23T22:04:12.971-04:00West Virginia Road Trip! Part 4: Cass Scenic Railroad & The Ice Age Forest!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="color: blue;">West Virginia is open for business and #vacation #travel fun! Come on down!</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><u>NOTE:</u></span> Due to possible COVID-19 restrictions, which seem to be changing daily, before you travel or book Anything, <span style="color: blue;">CALL every place you want to go and make SURE they are open and operating! </span>I have included phone numbers for almost every place we went to and enjoyed in this post. </b><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Although I have also included website hotlinks, do NOT rely on websites and online reservation sites- they are often not kept up to date! </b><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="color: blue;">Every place we stayed at was spotlessly clean, and we had NO negative issues whatsoever! Dan and I are not kids- he is 73, and I am 61- and we had a fabulous West Virginia getaway!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b><u>Part 4: Cass Scenic Railroad, a Kissing Bridge, and the Ice Age Forest!</u></b></span><br />Our 9-night Road Trip loop thru West Virginia first took us from the <a href="http://www.elkhorninnwv.com/"><b>Elkhorn Inn & Theatre</b></a> in the southern mountains of Landgraff, in McDowell County, up to <b>Romney,</b> in <b>Hampshire County</b>, to ride the Potomac Eagle Dinner Train (see this post: <a href="https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/07/west-virginia-road-trip-come-on-down.html"><b>https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/07/west-virginia-road-trip-come-on-down.html</b></a>). Then we drove a little farther north to <b>Berkeley Springs,</b> in <b>Morgan County,</b> to "take the waters" at America's First Spa: <b><a href="https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/07/west-virginia-road-trip-part-2-taking.html">https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/07/west-virginia-road-trip-part-2-taking.html</a> </b>We next drove south to <b>Shinnston</b>, in <b>Harrison County,</b><br /> to stay at Gillum House Bed-and-Breakfast, meet Punjab the Camel, and sip some great whiskey: <b><a href="https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/07/west-virginia-road-trip-part-3.html">https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/07/west-virginia-road-trip-part-3.html</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Die-hard <b>"railfans" </b>(train-lovers, often called "foamers", LOL) that we obviously are, we went to <b>Cass</b> to ride the <b>Cass Scenic Railroad: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://mountainrail.com/tour/CassScenicRailroad/">https://mountainrail.com/tour/CassScenicRailroad/</a> </b></u></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Cass Scenic Railroad is the same line built in 1901 to haul lumber down from the mountain</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> to the mill in Cass, and the locomotives are the same, huge </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shay locomotives</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> used in Cass during that time! Many of the passenger cars are old logging flat cars that have been refurbished, as well, and the little red cabooses are downright adorbs! Cass is home to the world's largest fleet of geared Shay locomotives: five Shays, one Heisler, and one Climax happily reside there- it's </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">railfan heaven! </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>The legendary turn-of-the-century class C-80 Shay, #5, has been toiling up Cheat Mountain for nearly 115 years, making it one of the oldest engines in continuous service on its original line, and the oldest operable Shay in existence!<span style="color: blue;"> </span></b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Cass is another, total "Must-Do" for any railfan, </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and with its fabulous, loud train whistle and billowing steam smoke as it chugs up the mountain, tons of fun for kids of all ages!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We took a Cass steam train excursion in the summer of 2002 when we first came to West Virginia, and really enjoyed it; we bought our first piece of art in West Virginia- </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">our wonderful "Little Bear" chainsaw sculpture- </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">from a man who was carving tree trunks into magnificent statues with a chainsaw in his driveway right outside </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of Cass! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> At that time, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">we took the Cass excursion up to <b>Whittaker Station,</b> where we enjoyed an outdoor </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">picnic lunch and live music. This time we took the longer, 4.5 hour, 22 mile excursion all the way up to <b>Bald Knob, </b>and had a tasty </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Hobo Lunch" of sandwiches on board. We spent about 1/2 hour at Bald Knob, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and got to stretch our legs in the sunshine, take in the magnificent view, and shoot lots of cool photos of the fabulous Shay locomotive! Railfan guests of our inn did a "Castaway Caboose" overnight there years ago, and Dan and I both hope we can get back to do that! We arrived at the station an hour early, at 11am, so we had time to see the movie about the history of Cass and the diorama of the town in its hey-day, and visit the Museum, which adjoins their Last Run Restaurant and Company Store. After the excursion we returnedk to the store and </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">bought West Virginia </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">artisan salt from J.Q. Dickinson Salt Works: <a href="https://www.jqdsalt.com/">https://www.jqdsalt.com/</a>, </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">moonshine praline pecans, and locally-made jams, including a fab and zingy Jalapeno-Cherry Jam!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chugging up the mountain!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caboose!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caboose!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Up the mountain!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Up the mountain!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Railfans Dan & Elisse!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from Bald Knob</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Bald Knob</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Bald Knob</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maintenance at Bald Knob...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the way down the mountain...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oiling the engine...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cass</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exhibit of Logger ID Tags</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cass Loggers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An Immigrant's Story...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A really cool ride on the rails!</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Although Cass Scenic Railroad State Park now has <b>restored Company Houses available for lodging: </b></span><a href="https://reservations.wvstateparks.com/products/lodging" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>https://reservations.wvstateparks.com/products/lodging</b></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>, </b>they are quite large, with three bedrooms, and so we chose to stay for our two nights at the </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Morning Glory Inn </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">in </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Slatyfork, </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">a lovely B-&-B near the Snowshoe Ski Resort, as well as Cass: </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="https://www.morninggloryinn.com/">https://www.morninggloryinn.com/</a> Tel: (304) 572-5000. </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Morning Glory currently has a "no contact" check-in and check-out procedure in effect, and breakfast was provided for us in our guest room.</span></div>
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dinner we drove about 20 minutes in</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">to </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Marlinton,</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">
where we found the</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>
Greenbrier Grille and Lodge: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://www.greenbriergrille.com/">https://www.greenbriergrille.com/</a></b></u></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b> </b></u></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">, a </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">nice
restaurant with an outdoor deck overlooking the <b>Greenbrier River</b>
where we could enjoy our dinner and a glass of wine, and throw corn
down to feed the ducks and geese their dinner! </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Geese & ducks at Greenbrier Grille</td></tr>
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Feeding the geese & ducks at Greenbrier Grille</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">Leaving
Slatyfork the next morning, we stopped</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> at </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Sharp's
Kissing Bridge </b></span><span style="color: black;">on</span><span style="color: black;"><b>
US 219</b></span><span style="color: black;">,
the red covered bridge across from the cool and fun </span><span style="color: black;"><b>Sharp's
Country Store </b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://sharpscountrystore.com/Welcome/">https://sharpscountrystore.com/Welcome/</a></b></u></span></span></span>,
a place we discovered years ago on another </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">railfan
road trip thru West Virginia to Elkins, and kissed again on the
bridge! The red covered bridge across the Big Spring Fork of the </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Elk
River was built in 2005 by Ken Gibson for his great uncle, Dave
Sharp. Dave had wished to one day own a red covered bridge, as he
remembered sneaking a kiss in such a bridge! Unfortunately the store
wasn't open when we were there this time, but at least we got to kiss
on the bridge! Sharp's Kissing Bridge is on </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Roadside
America, </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">a
site that lists all sorts of cool things to see across the nation:
</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://www.roadsideamerica.com/">https://www.roadsideamerica.com/</a> </b></u></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sharp's Kissing Bridge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After kissing on the Kissing Bridge!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We drove the <b>Highland Scenic Highway: </b><br /><b><a href="https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/regions/eastern/HighlandScenicHighway/index.shtml">https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/regions/eastern/HighlandScenicHighway/index.shtml</a> </b>through this area, which is a world-famous and gorgeous "Must-do" drive in West Virginia. There is truly magnificent scenery to enjoy, hiking trails along the way, geological and vegetative wonders, trout streams, and wildflowers out the wazoo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cool info from<br /> <b><a href="https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/scenic-drive-in-west-virginia-highland-scenic-highway-ga.htm">https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/scenic-drive-in-west-virginia-highland-scenic-highway-ga.htm</a>:</b> "As an isolated area with abundant natural resources, the wilderness of the Highland Scenic Highway was an early haven for Americans seeking to avoid the horrors of the Civil War. Families who moved to the area at this time maintained their seclusion for decades. In the 1960s, the descendants of these families experienced a visit from people researching for the Smithsonian Institution. As the researchers studied and recorded the oral histories of the families in this area, they discovered that the language spoken was still the Elizabethan English of the early U.S. settlers. Tradition and folk tales of the area have been recorded and are a remnant of the mountain cultures of the East".<br />The center of West Virginia is also home to a unique <b>"tundra"</b> climate in some places, where high elevation, cold weather, and geology combined to create areas with <b>plants and animals usually only found in the arctic, such as Red Spruce Trees, the Canada Mayflower, and the Snowshoe Hare,</b> and we were able to see a bit of that on this trip: <b>Black Mountain</b> and <b>Cranberry Glades,</b> and the <b>Ice Age Forest, </b>a relic of the last Ice Age!</span><br />
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Elkhorn Inn & Theatrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16364735911576701948noreply@blogger.com0Cass, WV 24927, USA38.396785 -79.914782612.874750500000001 -121.2233766 63.9188195 -38.606188599999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905749888184805940.post-53427009993102528732020-07-23T18:39:00.000-04:002020-07-23T18:52:59.514-04:00West Virginia Road Trip! Part 3: Shinnston & Punjab The Camel! <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="color: blue;">West Virginia is open for business and #vacation #travel fun! Come on down!</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><u>NOTE:</u></span> Due to possible COVID-19 restrictions, which seem to be changing daily, before you travel or book Anything, <span style="color: blue;">CALL every place you want to go and make SURE they are open and operating! </span>I have included phone numbers for almost every place we went to and enjoyed in this post. </b><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Although I have also included website hotlinks, do NOT rely on websites and online reservation sites- they are often not kept up to date! </b><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="color: blue;">Every place we stayed at was spotlessly clean, and we had NO negative issues whatsoever! Dan and I are not kids- he is 73, and I am 61- and we had a fabulous West Virginia getaway!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Our <b>9-night Road Trip loop</b> <b>thru West Virginia</b> first took us from the <b><a href="http://www.elkhorninnwv.com/" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Elkhorn Inn & Theatre</a></b> in the southern mountains of <b>Landgraff, </b>in<b> McDowell County, </b>up to <span style="color: black;"><b>Romney, </b>in<b> Hampshire County</b></span>, to ride the Potomac Eagle Dinner Train (see this post: </span><a href="https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/07/west-virginia-road-trip-come-on-down.html" style="background-color: transparent; color: #6699cc; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/07/west-virginia-road-trip-come-on-down.html</b></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">). Then we drove a little farther north to <b>Berkeley Springs, </b>in <b>Morgan County</b>, to "t</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">ake the waters" at America's First Spa- see this post:<b> </b></span><b style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/07/west-virginia-road-trip-part-2-taking.html" style="background-color: transparent;">https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/07/west-virginia-road-trip-part-2-taking.html</a></b></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">From Berkeley
Springs we drove 2.5 hours down to </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Shinnston, </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">in <b>Harrison County</b>, so we could see our good friend Kathleen Panek and stay at her B-&B,
</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Gillum
House Bed-and-Breakfast: </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><b><a href="https://gillumhouse.com/">https://gillumhouse.com/</a> </b></u></span></span></span></span></span>
<b>Tel: </b><a href="tel:(304)%20592-0177"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>(304)
592-0177</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></a>.<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b> </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Kathleen
has been to our inn several times, but in all our years here we had
never been able to get up north to see hers! <b><a href="https://gillumhouse.com/" target="_blank">Gillum House</a></b> was built
in 1912; Kathleen and her husband John purchased it in 1994 and
opened it as their B-&-B in 1996. Kathleen was the President of
the West Virginia Bed-and-Breakfast Association, and one of the first
people we met when we decided to buy our historic property and create
the <b><a href="http://www.elkhorninnwv.com/" target="_blank">Elkhorn Inn & Theatre</a>; </b>she gives an excellent <b>Aspiring </b></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Inn-Keeper</b></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>
Course</b> which we took prior to opening the Elkhorn Inn. I made
Kathleen promise to take us to experience two special things in Shinnston that
she can arrange: to meet </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Punjab
The Camel </b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">and
feed him carrots, and to see the </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>historic</b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">
</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>1770s
Levi Shinn Log House! </b></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Shinnston
is named for Levi Shinn, who settled in that area with his brothers
and cousins circa 1772. By 1778 Levi had built a 2-story log house
for his wife (nee Elizabeth Smith), and their 9 children. The original log
house, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, still stands on the original site, and Kathleen has the
permission of the Shinnston Historical Association to take her guests
inside! A two-story Log House is quite rare- for its time it was
definitely a mansion! Occupied until the 1970s and wonderfully
maintained, it was super-cool to be able to go inside and look at all
the furnishings and historic items! (</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>A
note to lovebirds: Kathleen arranges Elopements, and she can arrange
for you to be married in the Shinn Log House!
</b></span><a href="https://gillumhouse.com/elope" style="font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b>https://gillumhouse.com/elope</b></u></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">In the Levi Shinn Log House</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the Levi Shinn Log House</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Upstairs Bedroom</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Log House Chinking </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Upstairs in the Levi Shinn Log House</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the Levi Shinn Log House</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Upstairs Bedroom</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">The Levi Shinn Log House</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Dan and
I loved meeting </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Punjab the Camel </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">and his horse, zebra, and
burro friends, and feeding them carrots! This was another truly
unique WV experience, as I don't think anyone expects to find a camel-
much less a truly sweet and good-natured, carrot-eating one- in the
mountains of West Virginia!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and Punjab!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Punjab's Burro Buddy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomHm1bxWKyAnlVcGsMOr18p1cHSU8AxfEzXfl6Iv96eX9HedT_vZmB0q2z5Yvz3Mn8qUOj6_scQ9FYTZYrlT-m3EM6VKDS7cv9CrGj3LC2tJMhvZSvqTWfv0XZH5NkxzJmoo1w7MN7ao/s1600/IMG_2821.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomHm1bxWKyAnlVcGsMOr18p1cHSU8AxfEzXfl6Iv96eX9HedT_vZmB0q2z5Yvz3Mn8qUOj6_scQ9FYTZYrlT-m3EM6VKDS7cv9CrGj3LC2tJMhvZSvqTWfv0XZH5NkxzJmoo1w7MN7ao/s320/IMG_2821.JPG" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Punjab loves carrots!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feeding the horses carrots...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dan feeding Punjab a carrot!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgByaUkmtqk33eLfNnR0p8cMOY9-u4b4OEsRb7Lu4dO-cl8_KkIP2ZYREjx1tdFy3-5sA78CizmnckzhHP6o2U4XWL8siYk2ZvTl9-xBNje9n81zezaUan_bmtaT4S75fp4J8CqiLx8PZk/s1600/Kofi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="578" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgByaUkmtqk33eLfNnR0p8cMOY9-u4b4OEsRb7Lu4dO-cl8_KkIP2ZYREjx1tdFy3-5sA78CizmnckzhHP6o2U4XWL8siYk2ZvTl9-xBNje9n81zezaUan_bmtaT4S75fp4J8CqiLx8PZk/s200/Kofi.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me, Kofi the Zebra, & Punjab's Butt!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">That
night we all sat on the Gillum House front porch, ate pizza delivered
from the new </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>East of Chicago
Pizza: </b></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/EOCShinnston/" style="font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b>https://www.facebook.com/EOCShinnston/</b></u></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">
drank West Virginia wine, and caught up on a million things- a lovely
evening! We stayed in Gillum House's </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Gillum
Room, </b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">which has a private
bath with an antique claw-foot tub- which I loved! You can see all
the guest rooms here: </span><a href="https://gillumhouse.com/rooms-rates" style="font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b>https://gillumhouse.com/rooms-rates</b></u></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gillum House Guest Room</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gillum House Guest Room</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJYKpn4ojGeNOZGRttIcBjhS6oTR1AaOWB9an2sjhpUUlBkIWkslDg9ABL05Wm9Tqa86H_ppnmXUlWPB6CBrvC3xlLEcuto22QWgINYKD6SArFFdl2X1CVGOciLI3_-F_w9u-4fzKQgY/s1600/IMG_2851.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJYKpn4ojGeNOZGRttIcBjhS6oTR1AaOWB9an2sjhpUUlBkIWkslDg9ABL05Wm9Tqa86H_ppnmXUlWPB6CBrvC3xlLEcuto22QWgINYKD6SArFFdl2X1CVGOciLI3_-F_w9u-4fzKQgY/s200/IMG_2851.JPG" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Claw-Foot Tub!</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Kathleen's B-&-B
is famous for her </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>world-wide
selection of coffees, which she roasts fresh for her guests</b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">,
and for her </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>scrumptious
breakfasts</b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">,
which we were privileged to enjoy! I especially loved her </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Blackberry
Cobbler, which she makes from her garden's blackberries, and tops
with her sinfully rich "M</b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>ock
Devonshire Cream"!</b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> When we left she gave us a "t</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">ake-away" box
of cobbler, which we happily devoured on the road!</span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6-Qg-ylp07lO4Z67raWkvaJ5HL19gkgcPZIcpamD0Xz-WG_z_7ZoMLMuMAag_LeyRJQ-D8VcAdmkHfToV42jqzInXEc5uloNTU5LWPOlf2LZYJqpAucroUalhokJT4FnsWL4x-QZNOY/s1600/IMG_2854.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1271" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6-Qg-ylp07lO4Z67raWkvaJ5HL19gkgcPZIcpamD0Xz-WG_z_7ZoMLMuMAag_LeyRJQ-D8VcAdmkHfToV42jqzInXEc5uloNTU5LWPOlf2LZYJqpAucroUalhokJT4FnsWL4x-QZNOY/s200/IMG_2854.JPG" width="158" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simpson Creek Covered Bridge</td></tr>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">From
Shinnston we headed south towards Cass, but at Kathleen's suggestion
we first stopped at the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Simpson Creek Covered Bridge</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">,
which dates from 1881, and is one of only 16 covered bridges left in
West Virginia, and then the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>MannCave
Distillery</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">
and </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Lambert's
Winery! </b></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simpson Creek Covered Bridge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ducks at the Covered Bridge...</td></tr>
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<b style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">MannCave Distillery: </b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://www.manncave.com/"><br />https://www.manncave.com/</a></b></u></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">
<b>Tel: (681) 533-1001 </b></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">in</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>
Weston, WV </b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">is
a brand new and truly unique distillery with an amazing backstory!
Stephen and Wendy Mann are crafting and selling excellent whiskies,
vodka, and gin, that literally won medals right after they opened in
2019! What makes <b>MannCave </b>so unique and truly West Virginian is that
</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>their
spirits are </b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>made
from the crystal-clear Artesian spring water that lies beneath two
abandoned 1930s coal mines! Their successful creation of the MannCave
Distillery is an incredible and truly West Virginian story of
ingenuity, grit, and perseverance that really hit home with us, given
our experience creating the Elkhorn Inn:
</b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://www.manncave.com/our-story/">https://www.manncave.com/our-story/</a> </b></u></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>We
were treated to an excellent tasting by Stephen, followed by a tour of the
distillery by his daughter, and we bought their superb gin and
whiskey. Check out their Facebook page and give it a “like”: </b></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/spikeworld"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><b>ht</b></u></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/spikeworld">tps://www.facebook.com/spikeworld</a> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif;">(One
of the great things about MannCave is that it's actually <b>easy to
find,</b> thanks to 8 bright blue signs at literally every turn along the
way- something truly unique in West Virginia, where directions
often start with “turn left at the Chevy up on blocks” and end
with “turn right where the old schoolhouse used to be”. LOL) </span></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At MannCave Distillery with Stephen Mann</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MannCave Distillery Tour</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MannCave Distillery Tour</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dan checking that corn mash!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MannCave Distillery</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">We
then drove to </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Lambert's
Winery </b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="http://lambertswinery.com/" style="font-size: 14.85px;">http://lambertswinery.com/</a> </b></u></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">
<b>Tel: (</b></span><b><span style="color: #252525; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">304)
269-4903</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">,</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">
a beautiful winery also in </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Weston,
WV, </b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">had
a tasting, and bought several bottles of wine to take home!</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tasting at Lambert's Winery!</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">As we headed south towards Cass, history-buffs that we are, we stopped to see a number of historic sites, including the log cabin
at </span><b style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Jackson's Mill,</b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> the site of the boyhood home of Stonewall
Jackson, which is now a 4-H camp, and the </span><b style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Weston Colored School, which is now also a Veteran's Memorial. </b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">There's truly gorgeous scenery to enjoy, barns with cool, old ad signs, deer and wildlife all over the place, wildflowers out the wazoo, and 1000s of fun street signs all over West Virginia, from Country Girl Road to Moo Cow Lane, and we enjoyed more than a few of all of the above on this road trip! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Jackson's Mill</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jackson's Mill</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Weston Colored School</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Weston Colored School</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Battle of Middle Fork Bridge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Herman Guy Kump, 19th Gov. of <span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-align: start;">W</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-align: start;">V</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Along the way...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pocahontas County on one side...</td></tr>
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Elkhorn Inn & Theatrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16364735911576701948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905749888184805940.post-48879128397551947612020-07-23T16:19:00.003-04:002020-07-23T16:37:26.701-04:00West Virginia Road Trip! Part 2: "Taking The Waters" at America's First Spa!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDO_jlkkKzxaAT7c9j2MiSQRGpY_x6SCK1mV965LJBEF7aoDzpzaxTCY8n6L3LUgWvaFK7AgiREX1RNyU7DlfWAeLvtM8E-8O590kpNcUeKK1I1ra-7L7Z8SyAifdpZEc7FtIQqRLgy88/s1600/IMG_2721.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1185" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDO_jlkkKzxaAT7c9j2MiSQRGpY_x6SCK1mV965LJBEF7aoDzpzaxTCY8n6L3LUgWvaFK7AgiREX1RNyU7DlfWAeLvtM8E-8O590kpNcUeKK1I1ra-7L7Z8SyAifdpZEc7FtIQqRLgy88/s200/IMG_2721.JPG" width="147" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Berkeley Springs Spa!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Live Music & Dinner!</td></tr>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><u>NOTE:</u></span> Due to possible COVID-19 restrictions, which seem to be changing daily, before you travel or book Anything, <span style="color: blue;">CALL every place you want to go and make SURE they are open and operating! </span>I have included phone numbers for almost every place we went to and enjoyed in this post. </b><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Although I have also included website hotlinks, do NOT rely on websites and online reservation sites- they are often not kept up to date! </b><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="color: blue;">Every place we stayed at was spotlessly clean, and we had NO negative issues whatsoever! Dan and I are not kids- he is 73, and I am 61- and we had a fabulous West Virginia getaway!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Our <b>9-night Road Trip loop</b> <b>thru West Virginia</b> first took us from the <b><a href="http://www.elkhorninnwv.com/" target="_blank">Elkhorn Inn Theatre</a></b> in the southern mountains of <b>Landgraff, </b>in<b> McDowell County, </b>up to <span style="color: black;"><b>Romney, </b>in<b> Hampshire County</b></span>, to ride the Potomac Eagle Dinner Train (see this post: </span><a href="https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/07/west-virginia-road-trip-come-on-down.html" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b>https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2020/07/west-virginia-road-trip-come-on-down.html</b></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">). Then we drove a little farther north to <b>Berkeley Springs, in Morgan County</b>, to "t</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">ake the waters" at America's First Spa! </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> Berkeley Springs is only about an hour north of Romney, and being a die-hard "spa babe", I have wanted to "</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "lucida sans unicode"; font-size: 14.85px;">t</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">ake
the waters" there Forever! Being history buffs, when Chef Dan and I do road
trips we stop to read the historic signs we encounter along the way
whenever we can, and we pulled over to see the cool <b>1932</b> <b>Pinoak
Fountain:</b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pinoak Fountain</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">We
also pulled over to see the gorgeous view looking down into the
valley where the </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Civil War Battle of Great Cacapon</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> took place
in January, 1862:</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prospect Peak</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Overlook of Cacapon Valley</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Overlooking the site of the Civil War Battle of Great Cacapon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Civil War Battle of Great Cacapon</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Berkeley
Springs is known as "Am</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>erica's
First Spa", as George Washington bathed there </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">(as
did we!), and it's the ONLY spa in a State Park! We stayed right next
door to the spa- literally- at the historic, 1933 </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Country
Inn of Berkeley Springs:</b> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.thecountryinnwv.com/" target="_blank">https://www.thecountryinnwv.com/</a> Tel: (304) 258-1200,</b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>
</b>and it truly was one of the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">loveliest places we stayed on this trip.
History buffs that we are, we chose to stay in their </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Queen
Deluxe Room,</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">
which is pictured on their website:</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://www.thecountryinnwv.com/queen-deluxe">https://www.thecountryinnwv.com/queen-deluxe</a>,</b></u></span></span></span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">in the historic
main building, even though that meant walking upstairs; our room was
lovely, I loved the old political cartoons they have framed in the hallway (which proved, conclusively, that nothing ever changes...), and I found an enjoyable 1930s book to read in their
library: </span></span><span style="background-color: #f8f8f8; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Silver-Flute-by-Lida-Larrimore-1931-1st-Edition-Fair-Condition/154013249385" target="_blank">The Silver Flute, by Lida Larrimore</a>... </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhryguMstCs1JEhO3GY-8VhS4eSHGTFRvmapx2O2WelQ1SGc43P21gJiJVL9QzTHS4n58_iT3LTu-HK2Iz8gd8972q_mfBjTobIrEgVIfRIV1iZ-mRIbN_XIYoUNmhlPzPpsSg5GrJ7raQ/s1600/IMG_2708.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1248" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhryguMstCs1JEhO3GY-8VhS4eSHGTFRvmapx2O2WelQ1SGc43P21gJiJVL9QzTHS4n58_iT3LTu-HK2Iz8gd8972q_mfBjTobIrEgVIfRIV1iZ-mRIbN_XIYoUNmhlPzPpsSg5GrJ7raQ/s200/IMG_2708.JPG" width="155" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Queen Deluxe Room</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Country Inn of Berkeley Springs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old political cartoon...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old political cartoon...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old political cartoon...</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">When I called to book and learned that they had live music
the evening we arrived, I immediately made us reservations for </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">dinner
on their patio so we could enjoy the music- and it was great! The
band was </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Matt
Otis and the Sound</b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">
</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="http://www.mattotismusic.com/">www.mattotismusic.com</a></b></u></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">from
Pennsylvania, and it was standing room only, with every seat taken,
as they have quite the fan base! They played a variety of music (the
violinist is superb!), including covers of classic rock and their own
songs, and they were so good that we bought two of their CDs! We had
a great table outside right near the bandstand, and enjoyed a
delicious dinner of steak and seared tuna, and several G&Ts,
while listening to the music.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">G&T and Great Music!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhqRNcTMsMSmp6V2Dlliuc_L28B2DOrTpgA5oYkyKu7_CpMW6D7_hr3OGdMez36ZpwqQz0pt0moc8M85p9O5uo4wIRmmG_9-JU3VcNY_w_K3AMBPUf9mCZid_bnQ-uZ1Mb-YAqI5UJnA/s1600/IMG_2758.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1293" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhqRNcTMsMSmp6V2Dlliuc_L28B2DOrTpgA5oYkyKu7_CpMW6D7_hr3OGdMez36ZpwqQz0pt0moc8M85p9O5uo4wIRmmG_9-JU3VcNY_w_K3AMBPUf9mCZid_bnQ-uZ1Mb-YAqI5UJnA/s200/IMG_2758.JPG" width="161" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">YUM! Dinner and Music!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCHwp6J9UrgVRVFg7BUtn52jhWT-VuBKs8VtAPjmCSNmmg7SF84YR7Svuh4FFKh9XPXkMb4O3uoYwcIrAgC4t6r8EKlSzuoZla-YmwvNjdRC2jUP6gIcG_nZROsqtzgYT61Fmc-183at4/s1600/IMG_2762.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCHwp6J9UrgVRVFg7BUtn52jhWT-VuBKs8VtAPjmCSNmmg7SF84YR7Svuh4FFKh9XPXkMb4O3uoYwcIrAgC4t6r8EKlSzuoZla-YmwvNjdRC2jUP6gIcG_nZROsqtzgYT61Fmc-183at4/s320/IMG_2762.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Music at night out on the Inn's Patio...</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">We
went to the</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>
Berkeley Springs State Park
</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://wvstateparks.com/park/berkeley-springs-state-park/">https://wvstateparks.com/park/berkeley-springs-state-park/</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></b></u></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
<b>Tel: (304) 258-2711 </b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">hortly
after we arrived and checked into the hotel, literally walking next
door, and it was SO cool! It was SO great to see families and
children enjoying the waters, frolicking in the swimming pool, and
taking in the historic sites, such as "G</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">eorge
Washington's Bathtub", which I, of course, had to dip my feet in for
a photo!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8XnZiLVlZu8acAOtJfXIiVthxpj1E9UpjrJRoZUubhvZQ2gH1Pq_qLoaUbPvYwa1LukPY751AejP4Zybxu3I4OQx8HxNKfrfcBpTSu4SQ2xmS_3k7a6jGflQGkh6plBdMbChNtETbuY/s1600/IMG_2709.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1600" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8XnZiLVlZu8acAOtJfXIiVthxpj1E9UpjrJRoZUubhvZQ2gH1Pq_qLoaUbPvYwa1LukPY751AejP4Zybxu3I4OQx8HxNKfrfcBpTSu4SQ2xmS_3k7a6jGflQGkh6plBdMbChNtETbuY/s320/IMG_2709.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roman Gath House at Berkeley Springs State Park</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5V0Rz7NlCAXMoMUUgyRCXYO_xSDJZrT80qW-b0pHrxH_AhZpjez7Pq7qh7vBswksqpnSr-_UREgjszVBtMZSNsQta2tUGK5ANhbYcJhvPIO6slh8Y5l2ujo_j3euk-jB3da1dBEn9Lk/s1600/IMG_2712.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1247" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5V0Rz7NlCAXMoMUUgyRCXYO_xSDJZrT80qW-b0pHrxH_AhZpjez7Pq7qh7vBswksqpnSr-_UREgjszVBtMZSNsQta2tUGK5ANhbYcJhvPIO6slh8Y5l2ujo_j3euk-jB3da1dBEn9Lk/s200/IMG_2712.JPG" width="155" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Berkeley Springs State Park</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMOQ8GXgDxXIn-uhTECPnpyddpdXk4sE1EdOQMXCn6jCpeiPLZm6sNBt1QE_DuEYNZQLQRKWVvrWP83_Reu7sQK9hyphenhyphenDvAB1E3zvoixACo8cZqQ2QdxVLX7BVRGrliQyccgzhMaHQMsSU/s1600/IMG_2721.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1185" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMOQ8GXgDxXIn-uhTECPnpyddpdXk4sE1EdOQMXCn6jCpeiPLZm6sNBt1QE_DuEYNZQLQRKWVvrWP83_Reu7sQK9hyphenhyphenDvAB1E3zvoixACo8cZqQ2QdxVLX7BVRGrliQyccgzhMaHQMsSU/s320/IMG_2721.JPG" width="236" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Taking The Waters"!</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxWhmnXmbxYTtvGE5b_q47K5YFS3fpAY1kEIBUPS_fDge4XHVk3Ox3wCez2kOgvrPErER6_v4Osl39lI60eozY3oXXY3k9z2BUqKVa0UbJsS5Mh97_pkXq4MdyC4qZkL1vCqhZmAVX84/s1600/IMG_2719.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1281" data-original-width="1600" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxWhmnXmbxYTtvGE5b_q47K5YFS3fpAY1kEIBUPS_fDge4XHVk3Ox3wCez2kOgvrPErER6_v4Osl39lI60eozY3oXXY3k9z2BUqKVa0UbJsS5Mh97_pkXq4MdyC4qZkL1vCqhZmAVX84/s200/IMG_2719.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Berkeley Springs State Park</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMrUUjxXGPM_imcl2KI8yfaFIFLSDexGH32oWfqqtudM4JFtrVT5kaayq0vgUZur5goELdlHRgZFWY5r_cp8tFDKgbX0tWSEWYVum8wjbWI8tkb00AbnYWMUxldf_qJQ7ouyedTuFE63Y/s1600/IMG_2743.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1266" data-original-width="1600" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMrUUjxXGPM_imcl2KI8yfaFIFLSDexGH32oWfqqtudM4JFtrVT5kaayq0vgUZur5goELdlHRgZFWY5r_cp8tFDKgbX0tWSEWYVum8wjbWI8tkb00AbnYWMUxldf_qJQ7ouyedTuFE63Y/s320/IMG_2743.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">George Washington's Bathtub!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4DNzyGmkOSgAgvOp4Gr9EyqwawHRzPhFvnSvuRICRqtWizDDzsfFvnM-TX9gfXXuJhRrzmGAncF5KRof_mfoHGsJn_Vb0a-ZErGdd0AZ-fYOdBQr90LBZo0R7rpp2qpqi7vypLULqLHA/s1600/IMG_2726.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1106" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4DNzyGmkOSgAgvOp4Gr9EyqwawHRzPhFvnSvuRICRqtWizDDzsfFvnM-TX9gfXXuJhRrzmGAncF5KRof_mfoHGsJn_Vb0a-ZErGdd0AZ-fYOdBQr90LBZo0R7rpp2qpqi7vypLULqLHA/s320/IMG_2726.JPG" width="221" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Private Bath at Berkeley Springs</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Berkeley
Springs is a mineral spa that has been in use since before colonial
times. It's renowned for its warm spring water, which flows at a constant temperature of 74.3 degrees, and the park’s Old Roman and
Main Bathhouses offer a wide selection of spa services, </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">including
massages, </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">saunas, baths, and showers. Dan and I took a private room
in the <b style="color: black;">Roman Bath House </b>for a ½ hour bath, soaking in the warm,
relaxing water, and then we filled a gallon jug with drinking water
from the <b style="color: black;">outside taps at the “Gentleman's Spring”,</b> before I went to
dip my toes in <b style="color: black;">George Washington's Bathtub!</b><span style="background-color: white; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i><span style="color: blue;">From
the Park website:</span></i> </b>"</span>L</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">ong
before the first Europeans discovered the warm waters of Berkeley
Springs, it was already a famous health mecca which attracted Native
Americans from the St. Lawrence Seaway in Canada and the Great Lakes
to the Carolinas. Those first settlers, who came in 1730, learned the
uses and value of the springs from the Native Americans and began
spreading the word of its benefits throughout the settlements of the
east. </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Perhaps
the most notable and influential advocate of the curative powers of
the springs was George Washington, who, at 16, visited them as a
member of a survey party. </b>As the party, which was surveying the
western limits of Thomas Lord Fairfax's</span><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode";"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">lands,
camped there for the night, young Washington noted in his diary: "M</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">arch
18th, 1748, We this day called to see Ye Fam'd</span><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode";"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Warm
Springs". For many years afterwards, George Washington visited the
springs regularly, and it was largely through his efforts that its
fame as a health spa grew throughout the colonies. At the urging of
the Colony of Virginia and in the public interest, Lord Fairfax
conveyed his land holdings at the springs and fifty adjacent acres to
the Colony of Virginia in 1776. Shortly thereafter, the land was
offered for public sale. George Washington, three signers of the
Declaration of Independence, four signers of the Constitution, seven
members of the Continental Congress and five Revolutionary generals
were among the prominent colonists who made initial purchases there.
Hence, the spring's reputation as a health resort became firmly
established. Borrowing the name of a famous counterpart in England,
the General Assembly of Virginia formed the town of Bath on this
location in 1776 and created a board of trustees to govern the new
town. James Rumsey, who later invented the first successful
steamboat, was then contracted to construct five bathhouses and
several other public buildings. This officially established the
springs as a resort facility". </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">More
interesting historic info on Berkeley Springs:
</span><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://berkeleysprings.com/oddities-and-legends/secret-destiny-of-berkeley-springs/">https://berkeleysprings.com/oddities-and-legends/secret-destiny-of-berkeley-springs/</a> </b></u></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">The
Inn and Park are right in the middle of the downtown Historic
District, and after we "</span><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode";">t</span></b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>ook
the waters", we found a GREAT bar with yummy, small foodie plates: The Naked
Olive Lounge! </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://www.nakedolivelounge.com/">https://www.nakedolivelounge.com/</a> </b></u></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Tel: 304-500-2668 </b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">The Lounge is chic, friendly, lively, and fun, and Dan and I shared a
delicious <b>Smoked Salmon Charcuterie Board made with locally-smoked salmons</b>; he had a glass of wine,
while I had a yummy <b>Honey Ginger Bourbon Cocktail.</b> They also have </span></span><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">The
Naked Olive Sho</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">p </span></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.thenakedolive.com/"><b>https://www.thenakedolive.com/</b></a><span style="color: black;"><b> </b>right </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ne</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">xt
door, which sells a variety of fine olive oils, Balsamic Vinegars
from Modena, Italy, and condiments, so of course we had to go in and buy some to take
home, including Truffle and Pepper Oils, and their <b>Blackberry Ginger Balsamic</b> for cocktails!
(Unfortunately, they can't do tastings at this time).</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Smoked Salmon Charcuterie Board at The Naked Olive</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At The Naked Olive</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">The
next day we went "</span><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode";">s</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">ightseeing", stopping first outside the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Berkeley
Castle,</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">
which Dan actually bid on many years ago when it came up for
auction! (At that time, the bidding opened at $10,000, LOL, and the
castle sold for about 100K; it recently sold for $1.4 million...)
Closed now to the public, it has a very interesting history, and I
would have loved to see it inside, as Dan had, when it was still
filled with the original furnishings- it even has a dungeon! Berkeley
Castle is perched on a hill overlooking the town of Berkeley Springs,
and was built back when the town was called Bath, after the town of the same name in England also famed for its waters,</span></span><span style="color: #121212;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">
</span></span><strong><span style="color: #121212;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">the
name given to it by George Washington and pals when they formed a
town around the springs in 1776</span></span></strong><span style="color: #121212;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">.
Bath is still the official name of the tiny municipality that
surrounds the mineral springs, as well as the Historic District,
which was established in 2009. The castle </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">was
designed in the English-Norman architectural style and built by
Colonel Samuel Taylor Suit, who was quite a guy: </span></span><span style="color: #382c14;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">a
successful whiskey distiller, Civil War Veteran, honorary Kentucky
colonel, and a wealthy, well-connected landowner, businessman, and
politician. He built it </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">between
1885 and 1891, entirely for love... and then his widow partied hearty
and lost it all... From</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/west-virginia/medieval-castle-wv/">https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/west-virginia/medieval-castle-wv/</a> </b></u></span></span></span></span>:<br />
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Suit,
a veteran of the Civil War, met 17-year-old Rosa Pelham, the daughter
of a congressman, when he was 46. He fell in love with her and
proposed marriage. She refused, and the two parted ways. Five years
later, the two ran into each other once again, and once again he
proposed marriage. This time she accepted, perhaps due to his solemn
pledge to build her a castle in the town of Bath. Later that day, the
couple walked up the hill to Warm Springs Ridge and decided it was
the perfect spot to build their castle. So, Suit purchased the land
and married Rosa a few days later. Construction began in 1885 by 100
German masons. Each stone was hand cut from the silica sandstone
mined in the area. It took them until 1891 to complete the castle.
Unfortunately, Suit did not live to see his vision completed. He died
just short of the castle's completion in 1891. As stipulated in his
will, in order for Rosa to receive her inheritance, she must see the
castle to completion. So that is exactly what she did. The elite of
high society would come to the castle from D.C. and around the
country. Each event had a full orchestra and catering. She would even
rent entire train cars to bring people in, and further pay for hotels
and spas in which they could stay, sometimes for longer than a</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> week.
This lavish spending eventually caught up with her, and she
was broke by the time she was 50 years old. As a result, the castle
was sold at a public auction in 1909, and Rosa moved to a small
cottage to raise chickens”. <i><b>You can't make this stuff, up, kids! </b></i></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Castle on the hill!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Berkeley Castle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Gate of Berkeley Castle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outside Berkeley Castle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The original Gate Post, now in the valley below</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dan at the castle he once bid on!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">We
then Had to go to the </span><span style="color: black;"><b>Berkeley
Springs Brewery</b></span><span style="color: black;">:
</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://www.berkeleyspringsbrewingcompany.com/">https://www.berkeleyspringsbrewingcompany.com/</a> </b></u></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Tel: (304) 258-3369</b> </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for
a </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">beer sampler, as all their beers are made with that special
Berkeley Springs spa water, and I just Had to try them! All the beers
we tried were tasty, and some of the names were hilarious- such as "H</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">er
Dirty Bathwater"! If we can get back, I would Really like to try
their <b>Boozy Brisket on a Brioche Bun, </b>and<b> Beer Cocktails! </b></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Berkeley Springs Brewery</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Berkeley Springs Brewery Beer Sampler</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">We
then discovered a winery- the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Cold
Run Valley Winery- </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">which
makes fruit wines from fruits grown on their farm:
</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/Cold-Run-Valley-Winery-104159694368012">https://www.facebook.com/pg/Cold-Run-Valley-Winery-104159694368012</a> </b></u></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Tel: <span style="color: #1c1e21;">(304)
258-2828</span><span style="color: black;">
</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Dale
Carlisle, the owner, gave us a </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">tasting
of all their wines, and we bought their yummy<b> Strawberry, Blueberry,
</b>and <b>Apple-Blueberry-Strawberry wines</b> to take home! </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Cold Run Winery</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cold Run Winery</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sir John's Run</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">overs Leap!</td></tr>
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Elkhorn Inn & Theatrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16364735911576701948noreply@blogger.com0Berkeley Springs, WV 25411, USA39.626990200000009 -78.227195739.602530200000011 -78.2675362 39.651450200000006 -78.1868552tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905749888184805940.post-5463461633490176662020-07-23T13:18:00.000-04:002020-07-23T13:36:30.738-04:00West Virginia Road Trip! Come on down for #travel #vacation fun! Part 1: Wine, Moonshine, & Trains!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Virginia is open for business and #vacation #travel fun! Come on down!</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><u>NOTE:</u></span>
Due to possible COVID-19 restrictions, which seem to be changing
daily, before you travel or book Anything, <span style="color: blue;">CALL every place you want
to go and make SURE they are open and operating! </span>I have included
phone numbers for almost every place we went to and enjoyed in this
post. </b><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Although
I have also included website hotlinks, do NOT rely on websites and online reservation sites- they are often not kept up to date!</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">After Chef Dan and I had arranged for a friend to inn-and-pet sit so we could have a "B</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">ucket
list" vacation in July and had it canceled on us at the last minute, we were brutally disappointed- I was actually in tears!
We decided that we HAD to get away, no matter what, and so I went
into serious Trip Planning Mode and mapped out a great <b>9-night
Road Trip loop</b> <b>thru our very own West Virginia!</b> Our route
would take us from the mountains of <b>Landgraff, McDowell County,
</b>the southernmost county in West Virginia, where we have our Inn,
the <a href="http://www.elkhorninnwv.com/" target="_blank"><b>Elkhorn Inn & Theatre</b></a>, up to <span style="color: black;"><b>Romney, in Hampshire County</b></span>, to ride the Potomac Eagle Dinner
Train, then a little farther north to <b>Berkeley Springs, in Morgan
County</b>, to "t</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">ake
the waters" at America's First Spa. Then we'd drive down to <b>Shinnston, in
Harrison County,</b> to stay at <a href="https://gillumhouse.com/" target="_blank"><b>Gillum House Bed-and-Breakfast </b></a>and "sightsee", and then to <b>Cass, in Pocahontas County,</b> to take the Cass
Scenic Railroad. Our last stop before driving home would be <b>Summersville, in Nicholas County,</b>
to visit the Kirkwood Winery and Isaiah Morgan Distillery, a favorite
of ours from when we first came to West Virginia in 2002! Then we'd drive home through <b>Princeton and Bramwell, in Mercer County</b>. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Along
the way we'd get to drive the </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Highlands Scenic Highway,</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> see a
bit of tundra in the </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ice Age Forest, </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">stop at historic sites
and covered bridges, stay at some unique and special places, and do
tastings at every winery and distillery we could find! Not wanting to
be disappointed yet again, I called EVERY place we wanted to go and
made SURE they were open and operating BEFORE I booked- and I
strongly advise you to do the same! And then we jumped in our pick-up
truck and took off for places known and unknown! </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Every place
we stayed at was spotlessly clean, and we had NO negative issues
whatsoever! Dan and I are not kids- he is 73, and I am 61- and we had
a fabulous West Virginia getaway!</span></b></div>
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<b style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><u>Part 1: To Rommey for the Potomac Eagle Dinner Train!</u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">The
first day we drove from our Inn, the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Elkhorn
Inn & Theatre: </b></span><a href="http://www.elkhorninnwv.com/"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b>www.elkhorninnwv.com</b></u></span></span></span></a>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">in </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Landgraff</b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">,
WV, up to </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Romney, WV</b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">,
about 5.5 hours, to take the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Potomac
Eagle Dinner Train: </b></span><a href="http://www.potomaceagle.com/"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b>http://www.potomaceagle.com/</b></u></span></span></span></a>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Tel: (304) 424-0736.</b> T</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">his excursion
had been on our "r</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">ailfan
bucket list" for years, as Dan did it many, many years ago (30!)
when they first started these excursions, but we had never done it
together!</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">We
took their </span><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Sunset
Trough Dinner Trip </span></span></strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">which
leaves the Wappocomo Station</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> at 6pm and returns at about 9pm, going southbound through the
famed Trough to Sycamore Bridge and back, approx. 35 miles
round-trip. We chose to do their "t</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">op
level" excursion, with seating and dining in the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Superior
Club Car </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">($120.00/per
person), and enjoyed a fine, chef-prepared, 4-course dinner,
including Beef Tenderloin, in a beautifully maintained 1940s car, but
there are several alternatives that are less expensive, starting as
low as $54.00 per person. The excursion was a delightful experience,
as the scenery in this area is truly gorgeous, but just as we
prepared to go upstairs to enjoy the Trough in the outside car and
hopefully see some eagles, we got hit by furious rainstorm and had to
content ourselves with continuing to enjoy the gorgeous views from seats
inside our car!</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the Potomac Eagle Dinner Train!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">On the Potomac Eagle Dinner Train!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Dan
and I love to stop at wine</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>ries
and distilleries whenever we travel, so we can do tastings and buy
wine and booze to take home to extend the vacation!</b> As you may recall
from earlier blog posts, we brought back many dozens of bottles of
wine, booze, foodie condiments, and spices from our trips to Israel,
China, Vietnam, Korea, Chile, and the Caribbean, as well as from our
USA road trips, and this trip was no exception- we stopped at Every
winery and distillery we could find along the way! We've found a good
GPS to be indispensable for locating wineries on our road trip
routes! Driving north up to Romney took us thru<b> Staunton, VA, </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">and
thanks to a sign on the highway, we peeled off for our first break at
the </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Ox-Eye
Winery Tasting Room: </b></span></span><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.oxeyevineyards.com/" target="_blank">https://www.oxeyevineyards.com/</a> </span></b><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Tel:
540-849-7926</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">in
</span><span style="color: black;">downtown
Staunton’s historic Wharf District, </span><span style="color: black;">and
happily found it open!</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>
</b>Ox-Eye's focus is</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> on crafting high quality, food-friendly wines from
grapes well-suited to the soil and climate of their farm in Virginia's</span><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode";"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Shenandoah
Valley, and after our wine tasting and a snack of stuffed grape
leaves, we bought several bottles to take with us! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We
stayed for two nights at the <b>South Branch Inn in Romney</b>, which was
okay, but nothing special:<b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.southbranchinn.com/">www.southbranchinn.com</a></u></span></span></span>
</b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Tel: 304-822-2444</b>. If we get back to Romney we will definitely stay
at the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Koolwink
Motel: </b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.koolwink.com/" target="_blank">https://www.koolwink.com/</a> Tel: 304-822-3595,</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">which
has been family owned since 1936 and is thus historic:
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://www.koolwink.com/">https://www.koolwink.com/</a><a href="https://www.koolwink.com/">our-history</a></b></u></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">,
looked absolutely darling, and was highly recommended to us by a
number of local residents!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">My
US Army Ret. husband and I are both history buffs who stop to read the historic marker signs we find along the way (so you're going to see a lot of them in my posts!), and very interested in </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Civil War history, specifically, and so
we were delighted to find the </span><span style="color: #474747; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Taggart
Hall Civil War Museum and Visitor's Center: Tel: (</b></span><a href="tel:+1%20304-822-7477" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><b>304)
822-7477</b></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> in a local
guide we were looking at while having breakfast at the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Romney
Diner: </b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="http://romneydiner.com/">http://romneydiner.com/</a></b></u></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
- </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">which is still
known by everyone in town as </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Shirley's</b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - and is THE place to have breakfast in Romney! We called the museum
and learned that we needed an appointment to see the collection, so
we made one for right after breakfast, and thus got to have a private
viewing of their small but very interesting collection of artifacts
from the Civil War in Romney. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Historic Marker Signs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Horses along the way...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More horses! Fun things seen along the way...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mechanicsburg Gap</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oriskany Sand</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Romney: WV's First Town!</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">The
museum also functions as the Romney Area Chamber of Commerce, and so had a
rack of tourism brochures; the helpful staff lady recommended a local
winery and a local distillery, and so off we went to both! Our first
stop was </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Flying
Buck Distillery, </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">20
minutes away in </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Augusta,
WV: </b></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/flyingbuckdistillery/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/flyingbuckdistillery/</a> Tel: </b></span><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(540)</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">
550-5480,</span></b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>
</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">at</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>
Bigg </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Riggs Farm: </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://biggriggsfarm.square.site/">https://biggriggsfarm.square.site</a></b></u></span></span></span></span>
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tel: </span></b><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(304</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">)
359-1120, </span></b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">where
we got to do a tasting of their yummy moonshines! We bought a jug of
their aged </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Naughty
Oak Spirit Whiskey,</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">
as well as </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Apple
Pie Moonshine</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">
and </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Raspberry
Starshine,</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">
and Mason Jars full of </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>strawberries
and melon in 'shine</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">!
Calvin Riggleman of Bigg Riggs Farms is USMC; they have farm stands
selling excellent produce, and they make a lot of really delish
condiments and sauces; their Ramp Salad Dressing, which, sadly, they
no longer make, was the House Dressing at our Inn for years! (We now
have to make our own from the ramps we dig in the spring near our
Inn!)</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">YUM! Flying Buck 'Shines!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tasting at Flying Buck Distillery!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flying Buck's Still</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flying Buck Distillery</td></tr>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">After
our tasting and shopping at Flying Buck, we drove 20 minutes in the
other direction to the </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Flying Squirrel Ranch and Farm </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">and </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Rada
Appalachian Spirit Craft Distillery:</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="http://flyingsquirrelranch.com/">http://flyingsquirrelranch.com/</a></b></u></span></span></span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">up on the
mountain in</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>
Rada, WV. </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">The
owner was delightful company, and let us taste everything, including
a yummy </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Nocino
</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">he
made from Black Walnuts that's not for sale! He offers two <b>"G</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>lamping"</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">
sites there, as well, one Forest, and one Meadow, which are listed on
airbnb, and he has </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>The
Indie On Main Arts House </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">in
Keyser, WV, too: </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="http://www.theindieonmain.com/">www.TheIndieOnMain.com</a></b></u></span></span></span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">(Don't laugh,
but the kids are presently planning a production of Rocky Horror
Picture Show! The "</span><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode";">c</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">utting
edge" sexual musical of my Wild 1970s Youth has become a classic,
beloved by 2020 teens! Let's Do The Time Warp again, shall we? LOL) After our tasting, we bought his</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>
Rada Gin, made with local botanicals, Malted Aged Whiskey, </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">and
</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Spiced
Rum!</b></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turn at the sign!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLMgUtFmtXwQDe7VlASVyqVHhIE5o9ScklNwsSzNzcZ42ufsUCR0x5-c_9zIwa6XW_kLbUMD5Nhznnx7SLBpqQODhsT_8l1AHEPZnANLrGYgZtglpxHoCgRKSDIzNXFGPsyKihcP-Jd6Q/s1600/IMG_2672.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1375" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLMgUtFmtXwQDe7VlASVyqVHhIE5o9ScklNwsSzNzcZ42ufsUCR0x5-c_9zIwa6XW_kLbUMD5Nhznnx7SLBpqQODhsT_8l1AHEPZnANLrGYgZtglpxHoCgRKSDIzNXFGPsyKihcP-Jd6Q/s320/IMG_2672.JPG" width="274" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Flying Squirrel Rada Distillery</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Flying Squirrel Rada Distillery</span></td></tr>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">Next: WV Road Trip, Part
2: To Berkeley Springs to “take the waters”!</span></b><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">West
Virginia is open for business-, and #vacation #travel fun! Come on
down!</b></div>
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Elkhorn Inn & Theatrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16364735911576701948noreply@blogger.com0West Virginia, USA38.5976262 -80.454902635.4355727 -85.6184766 41.7596797 -75.2913286tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905749888184805940.post-56662080402394609192020-07-07T19:02:00.000-04:002020-07-07T19:02:24.169-04:00Silk'n Titan Anti-Aging Review w/photos- and a COUPON CODE!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am 61, and I have wanted to try an anti-aging device for YEARS, but I kept putting it off, and putting it off, f</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">rankly</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> because they were expensive, and because I honestly didn't know if any of them would actually give me any real, visible results... as nothing I had ever tried had done so. And trust me, I have tried a LOT of products, at ALL price-points!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Everyone now- especially the so-called "influencers"- and many reviewers- </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">seems</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to tout everything as a "holy grail" product </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that works miracles and changes lives, LOL, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I was very </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">skeptical</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> of the reviews I read on all the products I looked at, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to say the least...</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> So when I was recently selected to test and review the </span><a href="https://silkn.com/products/titan-skin-tightening" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Silk'n Titan</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> by </span><a href="http://www.tryazon.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tryazon</b></span>,</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> the great sampling program I am a member of (more on that below), I was over the moon! I didn't even Know about the Titan until I found out about it through Tryazon!) </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And so, </b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as not to keep you in suspense, I will say, upfront, </b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that <span style="font-size: large;">after only 4 treatments I can say, yes, it REALLY WORKS, and I have "Before-and-After" photos to prove it- see below! And scroll down for a great <span style="color: #990000;">COUPON CODE</span>, too!</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What makes the Titan truly </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">different from the other anti-aging tools I looked at is that it combines </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 different sources of energy:</b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #990000;">Bi-Polar Radio Frequency, Red LED light, </span><span style="background-color: white;">and </span><span style="color: #990000;">Infra-Red Heat </span></span><b>- and thus it actually does </b><span style="color: #990000; font-weight: bold;">CER- Collagen and Elastin Remodeling,</span><b> which results in actual </b></span><u style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">skin tightening and lifting</u><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, as well as reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. </b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: blue;">"Skin tightening and lifting" </span>is what won me over... And t</b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he Titan is <span style="color: blue;">safe</span>- it's FDA approved- affordable, and effective- which for me is a winning Trifecta! </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I received the <b>Titan Set</b> above, which included the <b>Titan: </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://silkn.com/products/titan-skin-tightening">https://silkn.com/products/titan-skin-tightening</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and their </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Slider Gel:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://silkn.com/collections/skincare-products/products/silkn-slider-gel">https://silkn.com/collections/skincare-products/products/silkn-slider-gel</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(all you really need), as well as their lovely little <b>Pink Swirl Facial </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Cleansing Brush</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (which is </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like a mini Clarisonic): </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://silkn.com/collections/brushes-brush-heads/products/silkn-pink-swirl-facial-cleansing-brush">https://silkn.com/collections/brushes-brush-heads/products/silkn-pink-swirl-facial-cleansing-brush</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, and <b>Facial Cleanser: </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://silkn.com/collections/skincare-products/products/silkn-pink-facial-cleanse">https://silkn.com/collections/skincare-products/products/silkn-pink-facial-cleanse</a>: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and a <b>spa headband.</b> The Titan comes with a nice <b>traveling case,</b> as well, which I will be using on an upcoming trip, as I am NOT going to stop using it!! I read the instructions- it's very easy to use- and I </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">did a little online training for it, too - </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Silk'n has a number of YouTube "tutorials" you can watch: <a href="https://youtu.be/BQjQk1qwWtY">https://youtu.be/BQjQk1qwWtY</a> and </b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/JPMKeVcDsmA" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/JPMKeVcDsmA </a> and </b><b><a href="https://youtu.be/l2JOOShZ8Xc" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://youtu.be/l2JOOShZ8Xc</a> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and </span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/EgHa2eZklSo">https://youtu.be/EgHa2eZklSo</a>. There are also testimonials, here: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://silkn.com/pages/testimonials">https://silkn.com/pages/testimonials</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I then took a "Before" photo, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and then I started using it. While my photos were not professionally-done- I took them with my phone- I took the photos in the same place with the same lighting each time, and made them pretty much the same size, so that I could really see any results clearly. <b>I am very pleased, and will continue to use it, as directed, 2x a week for at least 10 weeks, and then for maintenance- and I </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>will add photos here- but you be the judge! (Silk'n thought they were so good that they asked to use them on their social media- and (even though I Hate to see myself without makeup, LOL), </b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I said yes!)</b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To use the <b>Titan </b>you plug it in, and push the button to start it on <b>Level 1.</b> Once you get used to the warmth, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you increase it up to <b>Level 5, where it is the most effective. </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found that I could go to Level 5 right away on my neck and around my mouth, but under my eyes I needed to start with Level 2. You first <b>wash your face and dry it</b>- I use the <b>Silk'n Facial Brush and Cleanser.</b> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then you apply the <b>Slider Gel </b>to either your face in the area you will be working, or the Titan itself, and then you start using the Titan, moving it back and forth on the area you are working on </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for 15 minutes. <b>You must use the Slider Gel, as without it the Titan won't work, </b>and while you can use other water-based gels, I will continue to use</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Silk'n's, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as I know it works with the Titan and won't damage it. </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Titan will light up with that red-pink LED Light when it's working, so you know it's working!</b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>You can <span style="color: blue;">mist </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: blue;">water periodically on your face</span> </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>to keep the gel wet, so you won't have to use a lot of gel- I</b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> bought a little sprayer at Walmart, and filled </b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it with bottled water. </b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After you finish your treatments, you rinse the gel off your face, and then you can <b>apply your favorite serum, cream, or mask. </b>When I run out of my current serum, I w</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ant to try <b>Silk'n Serum: </b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://silkn.com/collections/skincare-products/products/silkn-serum" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://silkn.com/collections/skincare-products/products/silkn-serum</a> or</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> their Hyaluronic Serum: <a href="https://silkn.com/collections/skincare-products/products/silk-n-hyaluronic-serum">https://silkn.com/collections/skincare-products/products/silk-n-hyaluronic-serum</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">Using the Titan does take time: you have to cut yourself the time, 2 times a week, to make it work and see results. You have to use the Titan on each small </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">area for 15 minutes,</span> meaning, </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>that, </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>if you, like me, want to use it on multiple places, you need to set aside an hour or two 2 times week. Call it "me time"! :-) </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: blue;">I am using </span></b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">it on my forehead, under each eye, under each cheekbone, on both sides of my mouth, on my neck, and my decolletage.</span> For me, that means 2 hours and 15 minutes. If you have less problem areas, obviously you can do less treatments, </b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and spend less time, but I wanted to work all the areas to make my face and neck look </b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as good as it can look! I do it while I am surfing t</b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he net, checking business </b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">emails, </b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or reading, and the time passes pretty quickly- and I am rapidly becoming </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>ambidextrous, too! </b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">LOL</b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: blue;">If you have a buddy you can do it with, that would be fun, and you could split the cost, too!</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b> Where I see the most improvement, </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>so far, after only 4 treatments, </b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">is under my eyes, my eyelids, next to my mouth, and Especially on my neck and decolletage.</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Titan isn't</b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> an "overnight miracle", but</b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> it DOES work, and I WILL continue to use it, 2 times a week, like a good little </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>soldier</b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">! Stay tuned for more "After" photos!</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Titan is for <span style="color: #cc0000;">MEN</span>, too, and Hubby Dan wants to use it on his forehead, as he has a "hooded eye" issue, and <span style="color: #990000;">the Titan, when used on the forehead, can actually lift your eyelids! </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>While the Titan isn't inexpensive, <span style="color: #990000;">it is a LOT cheaper than going to a spa or salon for treatments like this- </span>a simple facial at a salon now costs at</b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> least $65! And where we live, in Extremely Rural southern West Virginia (we have the <a href="http://www.elkhorninnwv.com/" target="_blank">Elkhorn Inn & Theatre</a> in Landgraff, WV), going to a salon or a spa 2X a week isn't even an option- the nearest Walmart is an hour away! </b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">From July 10, 2020,</span> go to: <a href="http://www.silkn.com/products/titanset" target="_blank">http://www.silkn.com/products/titanset </a> and use the code<span style="background-color: white;"> <span style="color: #990000;">TITANSET for 15% off!</span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thanks to </span><a href="http://www.tryazon.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b>Tryazon</b></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>,</b> a great sampling program, I recently had the opportunity to discover and test </span><a href="http://www.earthkind.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Earthkind</span></b></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">'s</span></b> <b>natural pest repellents, </b>and host a "Facebook Live" party for them, and I have to say that my husband and I are Very impressed with their products! Our inn (and home), the <b><a href="http://www.elkhorninnwv.com/" target="_blank">Elkhorn Inn & Theatre</a></b>, is in Extremely Rural southern West Virginia, and pests have always been an issue "out here in the boonies"- in great measure because we cannot and will not use toxic, poisonous pesticides in our home/inn or on ourselves or our pets. We have pets, as well as guests with children, and we live here, and do not want to be constantly exposed to poisons, or risk our pets being poisoned. And so our options for pest control have been limited, and until we found <b><a href="http://www.earthkind.com/" target="_blank">Earthkind's</a></b> products, not terribly successful. Every place has its share of pests: in NYC it was cockroaches and water bugs, in Florida No-See-Ums and Palmetto Bugs, in Israel it was giant, flying Egyptian "scarab" cockroaches... But West Virginia really takes the cake in the Pest Department: Some of the many pests we have had to deal with in our rural area for the last 19 years include: rodents, spiders, and moths, as well as pantry bugs, "stink bugs", "Ladybug Beetles", ticks, skeeters, chiggers, Japanese Beetles, and many others! The only "natural" and successful pest solution we ever had were our two rescue kitties, Caramel and Butterscotch, who were natural mousers, and who kept our building free of that issue for years, but our new kitty, Miss Chex, is NOT a mouser! (She's a wonderful, sweet, and loving critter, but she has No Clue how to be a cat...) So we spent a Lot of money on "electronic" rodent repellents that did Not work, and used traps with only limited success: when the clever mice literally ate the bait out of our traps, DIY Dan created a weighted, spring "diving board" over a bucket of water, but even that didn't work: the little monsters figured out how to get to the bait without tripping the diving board! And the problem with traps is that if they Are successful, you then have to deal with Dead Pests, which is NOT fun... We just want them all to STAY AWAY! So when I discovered <b><a href="http://www.earthkind.com/" target="_blank">Earthkind's</a> "Stay Away" products, </b>via <b>Tryazon</b>, and had the opportunity to learn about and test their products I jumped at the chance!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today I officially joined 2020, LOL, and did my very first <b>"Facebook Live Party" for <a href="http://www.earthkind.com/" target="_blank">Earthkind</a></b>, and it was a success! In the process of setting up for the party and trying Earthkind's products, I learned a lot, not only about the products, and how to best use them, but also how to keep places as free of pests as possible.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.earthkind.com/" target="_blank">Earthkind</a> currently has 5 products: <span style="color: purple;">Stay Away Rodent, Stay Away Spiders, Stay Away Ants, Stay Away Moths</span>, and <span style="color: purple;">Stay Away Mosquitoes</span>- but they actually work to keep more than just those pests away!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Stay Away Rodent </u></b>is made with <b>Balsam Fir Oil, </b>and, as with all the Stay Away pouches, one packet will last from 1-3 months; when the scent diminishes, you know it's time to replace it. If you use their hanging <b>Pouch Pod</b> you can extend the life of the pouches, as the oils will evaporate slower. I learned from Earthkind that the scent of dog food is THE Number One attractant for rodents, and that putting dog food - and, actually, all foods- in a sealed container (as opposed to the boxes and bags they come in) will help reduce the problem!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Stay Away Spiders</u> </b>is made with <b>Rosemary, Lemongrass, and Citronella Oils,</b> and so it smells great, too! Earthkind suggests using one pouch per entryway, or two per room, and putting them in places where spiders like to hang out. I also learned from Earthkind that vibrations from music will help to keep your place spider-free- so crank up the radio! <b>:-) </b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Stay Away Ants</u></b> is made with <b>Lemongrass, Peppermint, and Thyme Oils, </b>and you use one pouch per cupboard. Stay Away Ants has ALSO been used to keep <u>German and American Cockroaches</u> at bay- and they are a Huge problem in places like NYC!</span><span style="background-color: #f1f0f0; color: #444950; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Stay Away Moths</u></b> is made with <b>Cedarwood and Geranium Oils, and Geraniol,</b> and you use one pouch per storage container or closet. We've lost more sweaters and other woolens to moths than I can count, so discovering Stay Away Moths was HUGE for us! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Elkhorn Inn & Theatrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16364735911576701948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905749888184805940.post-46399907302669989662020-03-26T00:19:00.000-04:002020-03-26T00:19:02.440-04:00Railfanning the Caribbean: Barbados & St. Kitts!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As many of you know, Chef Dan and I have the <span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://www.elkhorninnwv.com/" target="_blank">Elkhorn Inn and Theatre</a></b></span>, our historic inn, and we have a lot "railfan" guests, as the Inn is right across from the very busy <b>Norfolk Southern "Pocahontas"</b> railroad line; the Elkhorn Inn written up as "<b>the best legal train watching location in the USA" in Railfan & Railroad magazine! </b>Although we didn't know the world "railfan" until we bought our building, LOL, Dan and I have always enjoyed train travel, and we look forward to "riding the rails" on our travels around the world. I traveled throughout Europe by train in the 1970s as a student, and when I lived in Germany, 1988-1992, I traveled all over Germany and Europe on business exclusively by train as I didn't have a car! In my opinion, there is nothing nicer than sitting in the dining car, watching the world go by as you enjoy a nice meal or a glass of wine! Dan and I have had the pleasure of traveling by train in Israel, Vietnam, and China, as well as in the USA, and I have blogged about those trips. We recently returned from a wonderful <b>Caribbean Cruise on the <a href="https://www.ncl.com/cruise-ship/dawn" target="_blank">NCL Dawn</a> where we were able to take two excellent, and very different, train excursions, one in <span style="color: purple;">Barbados</span> and one in <span style="color: purple;">St. Kitts.</span> </b>Whenever we have the chance to travel I always "Google" for interesting, "off-the-beaten path" things to do in each place- foodie tours, cooking classes, train travel and other adventures- and this time I found two unique opportunities for us to take trains! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our first train trip was in <b>Barbados,</b> where we booked a <b>private tour with Yvette of <a href="https://www.barbadostips.com/terrvette-tours---taxi---surf-school.html" target="_blank">Tervette Tours and Taxi Service</a>, </b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">that took us to the <b><a href="https://snahr.com/" target="_blank">St. Nicholas Heritage Railway</a> and <a href="https://www.stnicholasabbey.com/Visit/Heritage-Railway/" target="_blank">St. Nicholas Abbey Great House Plantation and Distillery</a>, </b>and then for a lovely lunch. Although the train excursion was available</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> thru the cruise line, booking a private tour with a driver gave us the opportunity to do the additional tour of The Abbey and Distillery, and have a rum tasting, to take our time and not be rushed, and to have a lovely lunch at the <b><a href="https://www.animalflowercave.com/" target="_blank">Animal Flower Cave Restaurant</a></b> on the water! I found Yvette when I emailed the </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://snahr.com/" target="_blank">St. Nicholas Heritage Railway</a></b><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </b><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">through their website to inquire about their excursions; Anna Warren recommended her highly, and she was right to do so! We booked the <b>Combination Tour (Steam Train Excursion and The Abbey Great House & Distillery Tour) </b>on their website, and then I emailed Yvette to arrange where she would pick us up at the pier, and what we'd have time to do after the tour. Yvette was right on time, and we got to the train station early, so we had time to have a coffee at their Cafe while waiting for the train:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We rang the bell <b>:-) </b>and then boarded the train. The steam train takes you through the plantation fields and mahogany woods, and the "end of the line" is at <b>Cherry Tree Hill,</b> where you can </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">get out and enjoy the gorgeous sea view. A docent tells of the history of Barbados railroading while the train is actually turned around on a "turnaround", and the passengers can help! The excursion is short, but really excellent, as you can see from the photos, and the steam locomotive is gorgeous!!!</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> You can stand out on the little "balcony" at the end of the car and watch the engineer loading coal, enjoy the steam, and take in the full glory of the train's horn! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After stretching your legs at Cherry Tree Hill, you re-board the train for the ride back to the station, where you can take the optional tour of The </span><b><a href="https://www.stnicholasabbey.com/Visit/Heritage-Railway/" target="_blank">St. Nicholas Abbey Great House Plantation and Distillery</a></b>, as we did. <b>The Heritage Railroad, restoration of The Abbey, and the Distillery, are all truly labors of love by the <a href="http://www.stnicholasabbey.com/The-Plantation/Owners-History/" target="_blank">renowned Barbadian architect, Larry Warren, and his </a></b><b><a href="http://www.stnicholasabbey.com/The-Plantation/Owners-History/" target="_blank">wife, Anna,</a> who together created THE great new Barbados tourist attraction! </b><i><span style="color: purple;"><b>The Heritage Railway Steam Train has only been in operation since 2018, so this is truly a brand new thing to do in Barbados! </b></span></i><b>The Abbey's Very special rum is made in the tradition "Pot Still" manner, from the Sugar Cane Juice Syrup they make at the Plantation after they hand-harvest their sugar cane in February- </b><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">and if we are lucky enough to get back there it will be in February!! They hand-feed the cane into their steam mill, where it's crushed once to extract the sweetest juice possible, after which its made into syrup, and then magically transformed into a fabulous, hand-crafted rum in Pot Still "Annabelle"! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">After the rum tasting at the Distillery (where I quietly was allowed to taste the 8-year old rum, which totally sold me on it, even though it is Much more expensive than their 5-year old rum... check out all their rums here:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://www.stnicholasabbey.com/Rum/Our-Rums/">http://www.stnicholasabbey.com/Rum/Our-Rums/</a>- they are sold <span style="color: #990000;">ONLY</span> at the Plantation's Gift Shop!</b></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">), we bought bottles of their <b>Sugar Cane </b></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Syrup</b> and <b>Scotch Bonnet Hot Pepper Rum</b> (delish for marinating steaks!), and a bottle of that </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Very special 8-year old rum, which is honestly THE FINEST, SMOOTHEST RUM I HAVE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE! </b>I can only imagine what their older rums are like! </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">They even engraved the bottle for us with our names and Wedding Anniversary date on it! </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">:-) T<span style="color: #990000;">he St. Nicholas Heritage Train, Abbey, and Distillery Tour is truly a "Must-Do" when you visit Barbados!</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">From the St. Nicholas Abbey, Yvette drove us to the </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.animalflowercave.com/" target="_blank">Animal Flower Cave Restaurant</a></b><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">,</b><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> one of Barbados' oldest attractions, which is perched on a cliff, and where we had a delicious seafood lunch overlooking the water...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To start, I had a delicious pickled octopus salad, which is called "Sea Cat" in Barbados<b> :-)</b> and their "Catch of the Day" with yummy grilled breadfruit- you can see their menu here: <b><a href="https://www.animalflowercave.com/the-restaurant">https://www.animalflowercave.com/the-restaurant</a> </b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Note: Barbados Dollars are double US Dollars, and you need to know that, or you will have a coronary when you see your bill. LOL </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yvette apparently told them that this was our Anniversary and at the end of lunch they surprised us with a fun desert cupcake with a sparkler! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We wished we could have stayed longer and explored the Animal Flower Cave, as well as </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">a number of other things we wanted to do, especially to visit the </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://synagoguehistoricdistrict.com/" target="_blank">Synagogue Historic District</a></b><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> in Bridgetown, which dates from the mid 1600s, and the <b>Nidhe Israel Synagogue and Museum-</b> <b>the oldest synagogue in the Western Hemisphere</b></span><span style="font-family: Muli;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px;"><b>- </b></span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">but we had to be back on board the ship by 4pm </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">:-(</b><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> The downside to cruising is that you usually only have one day in each port and a limited amount of time to see and enjoy things... but there are a lot of upsides to cruising, too: getting to go to a number of ports and doing fun things in each one, lovely food, wine and cocktails, live music, luxurious spa treatments, real relaxation, and on-board fun- and, especially, our BALCONY stateroom! And we love it!</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For our day in St. Kitts we booked NCL's "Rail and Sail" excursion, which included both the <a href="http://www.stkittsscenicrailway.com/" target="_blank">St.. Kitts Scenic Railroad Excursion</a>, and a catamaran sail back to the ship, </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and it was an Excellent day that we Highly recommend if you go to St. Kitts! We booked the excursion through the cruise line (NCL), and we were a tad nervous, as our experience with cruise-line excursions hasn'</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t been all that stellar, <b>but this was honestly THE BEST cruise line excursion we've ever taken! </b>The train excursion is on a vintage sugar mill narrow gauge railroad, and it takes you all around St Kitts, making a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> 30-mile circle around the island. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">Built between 1912 and 1926 to transport sugar cane from the island’s sugar plantations to the sugar factory in the capital city of Basseterre, today, this “Last Railway in the West Indies” provides visitors a truly unsurpassed opportunity to experience the scenery and culture of St, Kitts! </span><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">It's a double-decker train, so </span><span style="color: purple;">be</span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;"> sure to sit on the top, open-air level</span>, which is bumpy fun, so you get to see all the cool sites, such as old sugar mills and churches, towns along the way with lots of happy kids waiving so you'll wave back, the mountains and gorges you cross on the train, and the gorgeous coastline... <span style="color: purple;">all while drinking freshly-made </span></span><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Daiquiris</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> or Pina Coladas, and listening to the three-voice a capella St. Kitts Railway Choir singing Caribbean folk songs & hymns! </span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As many of you know, I am a "sweeper" and a contest-junkie. While my friends are playing Candy Crush and Farmville at 2a.m. on Facebook, I am often entering sweeps and contests... LOTS of sweeps and contests! And while the downside is I get 1000+ emails a day (and you really Do have to check your email, as that is the ONLY way you are notified if you've won something...), I Can tell you that my hobby has turned out to be one helluvalot more lucrative than Solitaire! I've won a lot of extremely cool things (including a Big Green Egg, some truly fabulous shoes and handbags, and six wonderful trips, including ones to Vietnam and Israel, the latter from the <b><a href="http://www.aabgu.org/" target="_blank">American Associates of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev</a></b>, which was THE greatest gift!), as well a Le Crueset casserole and other kitchen stuff for Chef Dan, beautiful clothes and jewelry, makeup and cosmetics, and many other delightful things! <b>I won a totally fabulous 2 week "Ultimate To-Do List" trip to Chile from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HiltonGardenInn/" target="_blank">Hilton Garden Inn</a></b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/HiltonGardenInn/" target="_blank"> on Facebook, </a>having written 150 words on how I wanted to do the <b>Chilean Wine Route with Chef Dan, </b>and this is a Long overdue post about that amazing trip! I have to say that this was THE best Hanukkah present I could possibly have imagined! T</span><span style="font-family: "arial";">he night I got the winning email I almost deleted it- all it said was "Winner of the Hilton Garden Inn Contest" and I thought it was a list of who won... But I decided to open it just to see who won, and when I found out it was ME I went bananas! We had guests at the Elkhorn Inn, and I came out of my office screaming "I won! I won!" like a lunatic! Doing the <b>Chilean Wine Route </b>with Dan was a dream, all right, but not one that we ever though about seriously, due to the time and money involved in such a trip. The funny part is that although I usually don't discuss my contest entries with Dan (there are so many! LOL), I actually did ask him if he'd go to Chile if I won this one! (Note: this was a contest, and I almost wrote about taking a dream trip to Alaska, or a cruise to Antarctica... <b>and then I read the fine print rules which were very specific:</b> the trip had to be where there was a <b><a href="https://www.hilton.com/en/hilton-garden-inn/" target="_blank">Hilton Garden Inn</a>, </b>selected from a list of 10 places- one of which was Santiago, Chile... Bingo! thought I: I'd take Chef Dan to do the Wine Route! <span style="color: blue;"><i><b>A word to the wise for all you contest junkies: read the rules, kids!</b></i>) </span>Once I received official notification that, yes, I really had won, I returned the signed affidavit immediately, and the flights were booked for us. I then ordered several books on Chile and began to seriously "Google", research, and plan our trip. We went in December, which is freezing cold in West Virginia, but summer-warm in Chile, and that made it even More delightful! A lot of the joy of a trip for me is in the planning of it, discovering all sorts of interesting and cool "off-the-beaten-path" things to do, and emailing people around the world, and I also get a great deal of pleasure writing and blogging about it afterwords, which enables me to relive the trip again and again! Thanks to the internet and email, I was able to find out about a lot of truly unique and fun things to do that I wouldn't otherwise have known about, and all the people I emailed in Chile were super helpful and friendly, and got back to me immediately! The trip win included RT flights to Santiago, two nights at the Hilton Garden Inn there, $2000 in VISA gift cards (for those Wine Trail tours...), and a camera! This is serious "bucket list" stuff, and we were not going to fly for 20 hours(!) to spend 2 nights in Santiago, LOL, so we added some additional money, rented a car, and spent two weeks in Chile- I only wish we had been able to spend at least three! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dan and I started our trip in <b>Santiago</b>, with the two-night stay at the </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://hiltongardeninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/chile/hilton-garden-inn-santiago-airport-SCLGIGI/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Hilton Garden Inn</span></a></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> near the airport that was part of the prize package. The concierge had been Very helpful to me when I first started planning our trip and emailed the hotel, and we had a lovely stay; we did our first <b>Official Chilean Pisco Tasting </b>in the bar at the Hilton! After 20 hours in transit (3 flights and 9+ hours of layovers, softened by really good sushi, and flights of wine at </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.vinovolo.com/locationdetail.php?store=1" target="_blank">Vino Volo</a></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> at the Dulles airport...), we arrived in Santiago in the morning. After paying the $130 per person "reciprocity fee"(!) at the airport, we took the Hilton's free shuttle bus to the hotel and I spent the morning basking in the 90-degree sun on their balcony. In the late afternoon Dan and I took a cab to <b>Santiago's Central Market </b>and strolled around downtown Santiago. We had a </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mote con </b><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Huesillo</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, the cooling summer drink of Chile, made with peaches and wheat, window-shopped, had wine at a cafe at </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Plaza des Armes</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, and a nice little dinner (yummy ceviche!) in a small restaurant near the Market to end our first lovely day in Chile! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We took two wine tours with <b><a href="http://www.uncorked.cl/tours/tours_lista_es.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Uncorked Wine Tours Chile</span></a> </b>to start off our 2 week "wine and foodie trip", and were very pleased with them. We did their tours of both large and small wineries in the <b>Aconcagua and Maipo wine regions</b>, and especially liked the first one in Aconcagua, with Patricia (ask for her- she's great!), as <b>we were able to learn to taste, blend, and bottle our own wine at the</b> <b><a href="https://www.vse.cl/frontpage.php" target="_blank">Vina San Esteban</a></b> winery. That was such a great (and delicious!)</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> learning experience- and so much fun- that we Highly recommend it to anyone starting out on a Wine Trip through Chile! We enjoyed empanadas and wine in the sunshine out by the vineyards, and then went to <b><a href="http://www.errazuriz.com/en/" target="_blank">Vina Errazuriz</a></b>, where we had a tour, followed by a delicious lunch on their beautiful patio facing the terraced vineyards, and a wine tasting. </span><span style="font-family: "arial";">The next day we had tours and tastings at three wineries in Maipo Valley: <b><a href="https://www.bodegasaquitania.com/?lang=en" target="_blank">Bodega Aquitania</a>, </b>the only winery to survive the 2010 earthquake intact, thanks to their unique all-wood architecture, <b><a href="https://www.perezcruz.com/en/" target="_blank">Vina Perez Cruz</a>,</b> and the <b><a href="https://www.santarita.com/en/" target="_blank">Santa Rita Winery</a></b>, where we had another delicious wine-paired lunch. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creating a wine masterpiece!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bottling!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the vineyards!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the vineyards...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lunch at the winery...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wine tanks...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wine tasting!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wines we have tasted!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dinner at Borago</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fabulous Dinner at Borago...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dinner at Borago...</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Private wine tours in Chile are not cheap, and I contacted several companies, all of which offered excellent-sounding trips. I chose Uncorked based on their email correspondence with me and online reviews, although there were several others, including </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Santiago Adventures</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, which also had great wine tours. We didn't want to do private tours, and would have happily joined a small group, but as it was only the two of us, joining with others wasn't an option with any of the wine tour companies I contacted. The lunches at the wineries were excellent, and we highly recommend eating at any of the wineries you go to. Most private wine tours will run at least $250.00/pp per day, but these are full-day tours with fine lunches, and well worth it. As you do need reservations at most wineries, unless you speak Spanish it may be difficult to make your own reservations and get driving directions, and with a driver you are free to truly enjoy all the wine (and Chilean wineries don't stint on the wine at their tastings!), and not worry about driving home!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the vineyards...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Driving thru Chilean Wine Country...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lunch at the Winery</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wines we tasted...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The vineyards of Chile...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stainless Steel Wine Tanks</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We Love Chile!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We also took </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.enotourchile.com/" target="_blank">Enotour Chile’s</a><span style="color: blue;"> </span><a href="http://www.enotourchile.com/ing_tv_dia2.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">“Santiago Wine Bar Route”</span></a></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> tour one evening, and thoroughly enjoyed it! Again, I was hoping we’d be able to join with others, as it’s more fun that way (not to mention cheaper...), but as it was just the two of us, a private tour was the only option, and Enotour was the only company I could find offering such a tour. We started out having a bottle of fine Chilean wine up on </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">San Cristobal Hill</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> overlooking Santiago at </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sunset, and it was wonderful: elegant and romantic! The drive up the hill, with all the bicyclists coming up and down, was amazing, too! (There's also a tram up to the top, which looked like fun!) Then we went to two chic Santiago wine bars:</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elbaco.cl/" target="_blank">Baco</a></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elbaco.cl/" target="_blank"> </a>and </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://bocanariz.cl/?lang=en" target="_blank">Bocanariz</a></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, had wine tastings, and enjoyed some yummy tapas, including excellent hams (especially the <b>llama ham</b>!) and </span><u style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>THE</b></u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> best oysters I’ve ever had in my life! </b>While not inexpensive (a little less than $200/pp), a tour like this was really the only way for us to experience this side of Santiago, as we had limited time, and no hip Santiagan friends to tell us which wine bars to go to, and what wines or specialties to order! We highly recommend this tour, and Enotour had a number of other great-sounding wine and food tours that I wish we’d had the time to do as well!</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Chef Dan and I had a unique and delicious </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">"Chile Discovery"
dinner at <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.borago.cl/" target="_blank">Borago</a></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> i</span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">n Santiago, <span style="color: blue;">one of THE top-rated restaurants in the world!</span> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.borago.cl/" target="_blank">Borago</a>, the creation of Chef Rodolfo Guzman,</b><span style="color: #323232; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px;"> </span></span></span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">is truly a trip thru Chile's food, culture, art, and geography, through a series of delicious (and exquisitely beautiful) small plates and
wines- all the foods and wines are Chilean, as are</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>the serving plates and
presentation concepts- even the bottled water was Patagonian rainwater! </b>The
restaurant is elegant and the service was relaxed and totally charming; we were
told the background and story of each dish (which is extremely important) in
English <b>:-<span style="color: red;">)</span> </b>We both wished some of the dishes had been a bit larger as they
were so delicious, but we were full by the time we finished dinner! The restaurant gave Chef Dan and I a lot of ideas for things to do at our inn in West Virginia, and <b>we highly recommend this restaurant for "foodies", and those
truly interested in Chile food, wine, geography, and culture, and in having a
unique, as well as delicious and aesthetically pleasing (and romantic) dining
experience!</b> Note that it is not inexpensive, but it’s not “insane”: the
complete "discovery" dinner, including wines and tip, cost us approx. $220, and they do accept
US credit cards. (Note that if you're looking for an
all-you-can-eat bargain cafeteria you will NOT be </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">happy here!) Borago is on the list of the <b>World's 50 Best Restaurants</b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">: </span><a href="https://www.theworlds50best.com/the-list/21-30/Borago.html">https://www.theworlds50best.com/the-list/21-30/Borago.html</a> </b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>For photos of some of their amazing dishes</b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>, </b>see<b>: </b></span><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.starchefs.com/cook/photos/chef-rodolfo-guzman-borago-santiago-chile">http://www.starchefs.com/cook/photos/chef-rodolfo-guzman-borago-santiago-chile</a> </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For our next two nights in Santiago we stayed at the </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.loretohotel.cl/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Hotel Loreto</span></a></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> in the fun </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Barrio
Bellavista</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> neighborhood and really enjoyed it- it's in a great location where almost everything was
within walking distance, and the area has great wall mural street
art, lots of cafes, bars, markets, music, and the lovely </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">"Patio Bellavista" </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for
outdoor dining and boutiques! Note that at the Hotel Loreto (we got a great
deal on Expedia), as in every place we stayed in Chile with the
exception of the Hilton Garden Inn, we had a shower, not a bathtub! The staff was extremely nice, and our
guest room had a lovely little balcony that overlooked a garden
courtyard; we were very happy with it. We'd definitely return there if
we’re lucky enough to get back to Santiago! (And as there was so much we didn't have time to do, I'm hoping we will!) <b>Patio Bellavista </b>was fun- very much like Bryant Park in Manhattan! We shopped the cute boutiques (We both fell in love with the sweet little lapis lazuli penguins; I got two tiny ones I'd love to somehow turn into jewelry, and Dan got a lapis penguin wine-stopper!), and had a nice lunch and dinner (more great Peruvian-style ceviche, and a delish Chilean corn meal and beef casserole) in their outdoor cafes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">On a recommendation from one of the lodgings I'd emailed, we arranged to rent a car from </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.rosselot.cl/en/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Rosselot</span></a></b><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><b style="font-family: arial;">the Chilean car rental company,</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> at the Santiago Airport, and they were </span><b style="font-family: arial;">GREAT!</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><b style="font-family: arial;">Rosselot was THE best car rental experience overseas we've EVER had, and a very good deal: </b><span style="font-family: arial;">the small Kia manual car we rented cost us $450.00 for 9 days. There were no extra charges, no "surprises" when we returned the car, and no "funny business" with being blackmailed into signing blank credit card forms like Europacar/Sixt did to us- no problems at all! When I emailed them to inquire about a rental they responded immediately, and in excellent English, and everything went smooth as silk! By contrast, the "famous" car rental companies, such as Avis and Hertz, were NOT cooperative, were more expensive, and made it clear that they didn't want our business. And you know what? They didn't get it! </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: blue;">Advice for renting a car overseas: Email the hotel concierges at the places you will be staying and ask for their recommendations; and if at all possible, use local companies!</span></i></b><span style="font-family: arial;"> Hubs is comfortable driving stick (manual), and as gas is expensive in Chile we wanted a small car that would get good gas mileage, so we chose the cheapest car they had- a little Kia- and it was fine! It cost us about $50 to fill the tank each time (we used our US credit/debit card at all the gas stations), and there were frequent tolls on the major highways; each one was about $5. Santiago's freeway has an "automatic toll", too, and we had an "Easy Pass"-type box attached to the car that dinged every few minutes as we drove the highway. But as we were only in Santiago to drive out of it in the beginning and back into it at the end of our stay, it wound up costing us only about $20.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: arial;">Chile is VERY long-</b><span style="font-family: "arial";"> basically thousands of miles of coastline!- and when I started planning this trip I rapidly discovered that the driving distances are incredible! As a result, with only 13 nights (I wish we'd made the trip 3 weeks long instead of 2!), we could only really stay in the center of the country, which is where most of the wine valleys are; getting up to the deserts of the north and south to Patagonia and Easter Island will have to wait for another trip win! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">After 4 nights in Santiago, we picked up our car at the airport and headed north to </span><b style="font-family: arial;">see the penguins! </b><span style="font-family: "arial";">This was something both Dan and I were very excited about, as the </span><b style="font-family: arial;">Humboldt Penguin Reserve</b><span style="font-family: "arial";"> <b>off</b> </span><b style="font-family: arial;">Punta de Choros</b><span style="font-family: "arial";"> was the only place within a reasonable driving distance where we could see penguins- which neither of us had ever seen in the wild! Our intention was to spend the night in Pisco El Qui and do some pisco tastings at the distilleries along the way, but the driving time turned out to be a LOT longer than I'd calculated, and the distilleries all closed at 6pm! At sunset we found ourselves in </span><b style="font-family: arial;">La Serena</b><span style="font-family: "arial";">, and wound up having a lovely dinner at </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://elgourmeturbano.blogspot.com/2012/03/demartinowines-tololo-beach-en-la.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Tololo Beach</span></a></b><span style="font-family: "arial";">- </span><b style="font-family: arial;">a place I found in Frommer's Guide to Chile </b><span style="font-family: "arial";">as we were driving, and which, happily, was one of the only beach restaurants open- it not being yet "the season". Frommer's described Totolo Beach as an inexpensive beach "toes in the sand" restaurant with good food, leading me to believe it was basically a seafood shack- which would have been fine- but it turned out to be a beautiful and elegant restaurant with a lovely outside patio on the beach, complete with wicker sofas and white umbrellas in the sand- THE perfect place to have romantic sunset drinks and a delicious seafood dinner! The restaurant is obviously a favorite of the local business men and women who filled the dining room; we were the only tourists! Chef Dan treated himself to a 5-year old Gold Pisco, and we sipped it like you would a good scotch; I had a Pisco Sour, and, as usual, we had excellent Chilean wine with our entrees; we wound up buying a bottle of wine, and got to take the unfinished bottle with us!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After dinner we continued the drive north to <b>Punta de Choros</b>, as I was convinced (unlike Dan...) that we'd find one of Chile's famous "Love Motels" to spend the night at along the way. Nope! We wound up arriving at </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.ananucas.cl/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Cabanas Amarilis</span></a></b>, in <b>Punta de Choros,</b> after midnight, and a day ahead of schedule, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">totally exhausted (and a little stunned from encountering wild horses in the middle of the road as we drove into town in pitch-black darkness...), and we were SO happy (and amazed, frankly!) to find that the lovely, charming lady who owns the cabins (Sylvia) was able to give us our cabin a night early- and seemed genuinely happy to see us, even at midnight! <o:p></o:p></span><b>I </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>found</b> <b><a href="http://www.ananucas.cl/" target="_blank">Cabanas Amarilis</a> in Frommer’s Guide to Chile,</b> and emailed them for a reservation, and although the email sent back to me was in Spanish, I could understand about 80% of it, and was reassured that we did, indeed, have a reservation! As it turned out, we were Very glad we came that night, as we were able to get a good night’s sleep and have breakfast before <b>taking the fishing boat out to the <a href="http://www.gochile.cl/en/national-parks/reserves/pinguino-de-humboldt.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Humboldt Penguin Reserve</span></a><span style="color: blue;">-</span> which was GREAT! We got to see the Humboldt Penguins, sea lions, pelicans, other sea birds nesting on the rocks, and even dolphins, which playfully danced around our little boat and gave us quite a show! </b>(Our only regret is that we couldn't understand 90% of what our fisherman guide was explaining; we would have Loved a tour in English- but we were the only Americans on the tour!) Sylvia walked us to the boat dock (where Dan helped her release a small sea bird she had rescued), and helped us get tickets (we were the only non-Spanish speaking tourists), and later that afternoon walked us around town and the beach, and recommended restaurants, showing us everything the area has to offer. We were there in December, not in “the season” (which starts in January), when the little beach town is apparently packed to the rafters; it was very quiet, peaceful, and romantic... Everything was walking distance from our cabin, and we had yummy fish and seafood meals in the two little restaurants that were open: super-fresh grilled and fried fish and </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">abalone, with, yes, more great Chilean wine!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our cute little cabin was lovely, surrounded by flowering plants and shells, Sylvia’s breakfasts were delish, and we were totally happy there! We would definitely go back, and highly recommend it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After our two nights in <b>Punta de Choros,</b> we got off the main highway and headed south along the coast to <b><a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Valpara%C3%ADso" target="_blank">Valparaiso</a></b>, a UNESCO World Heritage Site city<b>. </b>Coming down the winding mountain road from Punta in the morning made us both Really glad Dan had driven it at night in the dark when we couldn't see enough to be freaked out! We drove south along the coast, driving thru <b>Rincon,</b> with its terraced apartments overlooking the sea, and <b>Vina del Mar,</b> and <b>it was so beautiful that I literally started crying- I felt SO lucky to be in this beautiful place with the man I love more than anything! </b>We got to Valparaiso in the late afternoon and had a lot of "fun" trying to find our lodging; <b>Valparaiso is all about Hills - lots and lots and lots of Crazy Hills- think San Francisco squared...</b> and just because you're on Artilleria Street at the Bottom of the hill doesn't mean that the address you want on Artilleria Street on Top of the hill is anywhere near! We stayed </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">at the<b> </b><a href="http://www.theyellowhouse.cl/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Yellow House Bed-and-Breakfast</b></span></a> (on TOP of the hill! LOL) for 3 nights; <b>our guest room had a glass wall of windows on an AMAZING view of the port that I will never forget! </b> Australian Martin and his
Chilean wife and staff were charming and helpful, and the breakfasts were lovely; we highly recommend this B-and-B if you're lucky enough to be in Valpo!
I found the <b>Yellow House</b> through my email correspondence with Boris at <b><a href="http://www.cookingclasseschile.cl/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Cooking Classes Chile</span></a> </b>(right across from the Yellow House), which I'd seen written up on the blog <b><a href="http://www.thetravelchica.com/2012/03/chile-food-cooking-class-valparaiso/" target="_blank">The Travel Chica</a>...</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We had a GREAT great day with</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.cookingclasseschile.cl/" target="_blank">Cooking Classes Chile</a>,</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <b>including a walking tour through unique Valparaiso neighborhoods with great architecture and wonderful wall murals, riding several of the extremely cool antique funiculars up and down the mountain, taking the bus and metro (just like real Valparaisians! LOL), shopping (and tasting!) at the Historic Seaport's fish/seafood market, shopping at the veggie market, a fun, group lunch with live Valpo guitar music, and an excellent cooking class with Chef Andreas to top it all off! <span style="color: red;">If you've only one day to spend in Valpo, this is the way to spend it! </span></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>We had a great time preparing a number of Chilean dishes (razor clams baked in their shells with butter, cheese, and cream; empanaditas, a classic Chilean baked crab casserole, and pears poached in red wine), and learning to make Pisco Sours, and then enjoyed the 'fruits of our labors' with Chilean wine! The fish market beach,</b> with people feeding the happy sea lions and pelicans, was a total surprise and amazing fun; the atmosphere was great, with all the colorful fishing boats, and the fresh seafood and fish were fabulous delish! <b>We got to taste excellent, fresh urchin and ceviche, too, and buy crab and clams for our cooking class!</b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Valparaiso</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The famous Valparaiso Murals...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Valpo murals and kids...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Valpo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Valpo Tram - going up!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Valpo Mural</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chef Dan at work...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Razor Clams!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making Pisco Sours...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baked Crab...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stuffing Razor Clams...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chef Dan makes Empanaditas!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Empanaditas!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Because we were repeatedly advised that pickpockets are such a problem in Valparaiso that we should absolutely not to carry a purse or even a wallet, we used our </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.portapocket.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">PortaPockets</span></a></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> on waist straps under our clothes while in Valparaiso and they worked great! (Freed up our hands to carry stuff, too!) PortaPockets are different sized pockets that attach with Velcro or belt loops to adjustable wrist, leg or waist belts, and they hold just about anything you'd want to carry, from cash and credit cards to glasses or a digital camera! We've used our PortaPockets on either arm or waist straps doing everything from sailing to horseback riding to jet skiing to ATVing, and they have turned out to be </span><u style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">THE BEST travel item we've Ever purchased</u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After navigating the winding, 75-degree-incline streets of Valparaiso on our way up to the Yellow House (Dan was fine with it, but I had moments when not being able to see the street beneath our car freaked me out a bit!), we happily parked our rental car in front of the B-and-B and didn't go near it for 3 days! Martin recommended
several very good local restaurants that we could walk to from the Yellow House, including </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CasaCuatroVientos/" target="_blank">C</a></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CasaCuatroVientos/" target="_blank"><b>asa Quatro Vientos</b>,</a> where we had <b>our first dinner in Valparaiso: a </b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>delicious, romantic, and elegant dinner of Chilean dishes (I had delicious octopus ceviche and that classic Chilean baked crab casserole), excellent Chilean wine, and a breathtaking view! </b>The service was charming and gracious, and we loved the Chef's Tasting Desert of fruit flans and sorbet. The other place he recommended was <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cafepostal/" target="_blank">Cafe Postal</a></b>, and our last night in Valparaiso we enjoyed <b>empanadas and a bottle of Chilean Chardonnay up on their rooftop with that "million dollar view" of the port!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Martin also arranged a great day
tour for us with</span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.myvalparaiso.cl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=116&Itemid=36" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Michael, the "German Pirate of Valparaiso",</span></a></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> who took us for
tastings at t</span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">wo fine Casablanca Valley wineries, the</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://williamcolevineyards.cl/new_site/en/" target="_blank">William Cole Winery</a> </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.casasdelbosque.cl/en/" target="_blank">Casa del Bosque</a>,</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and for a delish seafood lunch at a picturesque
</span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">fishing village </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">where I got to indulge myself again on razor clams baked in cream and cheese! </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The highlight of the day was meeting the German Pirate's delightful retired engineer friend at his beautiful home in Quintero overlooking the sea, and getting to visit his private museum- especially his incredible collection of working model trains and boats he built that physically illustrate Chilean history!</b></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The final, wonderful stop on our 13-night trip was 4 nights at <b><a href="http://www.mapuyampay.cl/xnuestracasa.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Mapuyampay</span></a></b>, a lovely <b>"Gastronomic Resort" </b>about 2.5 hours south of Santiago. We found it through one of my posts on the TripAdvisor Chile Forum, and <b>we loved it so much that although we had only booked 3 nights, we wound up staying for 4!<span style="background-color: white;"> <span style="color: purple;">Created by international chef and wine expert Ruth Van Waerebeek, and her husband, Vicente Escobar, Mapuyampay is a beautiful, romantic oasis in the Chilean countryside at the foot of the Andes.</span> </span>The Chilean wine-pairing cooking class dinner that started our stay was a highlight, and the dishes were so delicious that Chef Dan added several of them to the menu at our historic inn in West Virginia!</b> We truly enjoyed our time there, our lovely, romantic guest room decorated with African art from their travels, their splendid puppies who won our hearts, and <b>the truly delicious food: house-made gravlax and ice creams, a scrumptious grilled pork loin with a spicy quince-Merken glaze with a yummy,</b></span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> fresh pea puree with cream and nutmeg</b><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> (that is now on the Elkhorn Inn's Menu), tuna ceviche in paper-thin cucumber rolls </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(and yes, I bought Chef Dan a Mandoline so he can make it at the Elkhorn Inn!),</span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> served with a spicy Asian dipping sauce, a Passion Fruit Souffle... all accompanied by excellent Chilean wines, of course!</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dinner at Mapuyampay</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our guest room at Mapuyampay</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ruth recommended places we should go, such as to the fascinating and world-class <a href="http://www.museocolchagua.cl/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Colchagua Museum</b></span></a><b> </b>in <b>Santa Cruz</b> (and gave us excellent directions!), and <b>arranged wine tastings for us at nearby Colchagua Valley wineries <a href="https://www.monteswines.com/" target="_blank">Montes</a></b> and <b><a href="https://www.migueltorres.cl/en/" target="_blank">Miguel Torres</a>...</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Cardoen's Automobile Museum</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> stopped at a Chilean supermarket to buy "foodie" things to take home, including quince paste, Merken, the Chilean hot pepper spice mixture, canned seafood, and palm honey- MUCH cheaper than at the airport! We then went to the nearby </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sanpedro.cl/en/the-winery/" target="_blank">Vina San Pedro Winery</a>,</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> where Dan finally found his Reisling! After our visit to the Museum in Santa Cruz we decided to go to </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.museocolchagua.cl/english/museo-automovil/index.php" target="_blank">Cardoen's Automobile Museum</a></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> in </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Lolol,</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> which we Thought must be right nearby... Not! The museum had just opened and it's pretty amazing- </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">the "Back to the Future" DeLorean </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">is one of the exhibits, and the curator told us that Cardoen has 6 warehouses full of cars that have yet to be cataloged! An arms dealer who is evidently persona non grata in a number of countries, he's been using his billions to buy extraordinary collections connected to Chile's history, and has created a world-class museum of Chilean history and culture in Santa Cruz- and in the process literally put his city on the map! The </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Santa Cruz museum, has, among other things, incredible collections of ancient Chilean archaeological artifacts and jewelry, carriages, the Chilean Mine Rescue exhibition, and a steam train by the restored train station!</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> (It also has a lovely gift shop where I got a beautiful belt and a bottle of </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.herbal-supplement-resource.com/boldo.html" target="_blank">Boldo Leaf</a> Liqueur</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, a Chilean specialty that I had to try!) </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">THE Back To The Future DeLorean!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vino San Pedro wine tasting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Vino San Pedro wine tasting</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mapuyampay's gardens</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mapuyampay</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elisse, dressed for the Chilean countryside... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cuban rum!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feeding the goats with Chef Ruth at Mapuyampay</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">With Chef Ruth at Mapuyampay</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">At Mapuyampay- playing with their puppies...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Dinner at Mapuyampay</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Diaz Guerrero</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ruth also arranged for us to do a </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">superb olive oil tasting at the boutique olive oil crafter</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.oliveoiltimes.com/guide/diaz-guerrero-2" target="_blank">Diaz Guerrero</a>,</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">that was an incredible eye (and nose) opener- it totally rocked Chef Dan's taste-buds- and mine!</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <b><span style="color: purple;">Diaz Guerrero makes small batches of medal-winning olive oil from three varieties of olives that they grow there: Arbequina, Frantoio, and Picual. </span></b>We not only got to learn what makes a great olive oil, but to distinguish, in a "blind" tasting, using blue-colored glasses, between good and bad oils! We learned the technique of tasting olive oil by sucking the oil back into your throat, and just enough to be dangerous, LOL, and to be able to do olive oil tastings for out guests at the Elkhorn Inn! We also brought back some of their special olive oils that are not yet available in the USA! </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">At Diaz Guerrero</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">In the Diaz Guerrero olive groves...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Diaz Guerrero</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Tasting olive oils at Diaz Guerrero</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">At Diaz Guerrero</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lunch on the road!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ruth also arranged for us to go </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">horseback riding around the beautiful vineyards and through the nearby village, </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">which was a fun adventure! We got to walk, and we got to trot, and we got to gallop... and let's just say that my experience on a prancing Chilean rodeo horse Totally humbled me as a horsewoman! LOL <b>Our days at Mapuyampay were wonderful </b>and we would </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>love </u></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to return there; we Highly recommend this beautiful place, and the lovely, talented couple who created it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">The day of our flight back to the USA we left Mapuyampay and drove back to Santiago, at Ruth's suggestion stopping at </span><b style="font-family: arial;">Jumbo, </b><b style="font-family: arial;">Chile's answer to Wal-Mart</b><span style="font-family: "arial";">, which is also filled with crap from China, LOL, to buy, yes, another suitcase- to hold all the wine and food we'd purchased! When we got to the airport </span><span style="font-family: "arial";">we did an epic re-packing, </span><b style="font-family: arial;">artfully wrapping 39 glass bottles of wine and olive oil(!), plus all the foodie things we'd bought, including the Merken, quince paste, and cans of palm honey and seafood, in plastic bags and our clothing, and then praying it would all arrive home intact! And it did- see the photo below! </b><span style="font-family: "arial";">(It took </span><span style="font-family: "arial";">4 days, however, as Beckley WV's airport lacks a reliable taxi service...) </span><b style="font-family: arial;">It's my belief that everyone has at least one talent... and mine is apparently wrapping glass bottles in my clothing. ;-<span style="color: red;">)</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">We had a last couple of Pisco Sours (in Pepsi cups, LOL) at the airport bar, called, quite appropriately, <b>The Last Pisco Sour, </b>and then flew our 20 hours of flights back to West Virginia... whereupon Chef Dan added our new, delicious Chilean dishes to the <span style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.elkhorninnwv.com/" target="_blank">Elkhorn Inn's</a> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Menu</span> for our guests!<span style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><br />
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Elkhorn Inn & Theatrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16364735911576701948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905749888184805940.post-39076021690417910402020-03-11T06:49:00.000-04:002020-03-11T06:49:19.309-04:00Happy Purim! And a Hamantaschen recipe!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Purim! </span></b></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixT3BbYN0PAucYmoIqD2s71ST0wbiKNIAwOXnIMq3-Sf9du_gz4c_DQVhnlfSjYqe-AV-wc310B8tQFOXfug_yCLrJDg3bFzAjdH5RjOAN8V0JL7Ccn17gVVWgJRxAOUFbkRnH-4KR6a8/s1600/hamenta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="442" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixT3BbYN0PAucYmoIqD2s71ST0wbiKNIAwOXnIMq3-Sf9du_gz4c_DQVhnlfSjYqe-AV-wc310B8tQFOXfug_yCLrJDg3bFzAjdH5RjOAN8V0JL7Ccn17gVVWgJRxAOUFbkRnH-4KR6a8/s320/hamenta.jpg" width="263" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">This year the Jewish holiday of <b>Purim </b>(see below for links to the history of Purim and how to celebrate it) was Feb. 9 -10, and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">I decided that, for the first time, I would make <b>Hamantaschen! </b>(Or Hamentaschen, depending on how you choose to spell it!) </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">I think that the last time I had Hamentaschen ("Hamen's Pockets" in Yiddish; they're called "Oznei Haman" אוזני המן in Hebrew, meaning "Haman's ears"- <b>read the story of Purim below to understand why...</b>) on Purim, they were in a "Mishloach Manot"- a traditional foodie gift parcel I was given when I was in the IDF... They were a fun holiday treat, but they weren't terribly good: heavy cookie-dough, with very little nondescript filling, they weren't exactly a delicacy... These, while not Pinte</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">rest-Gorgeous, were <b>VERY good</b>- a buttery, thin, and flaky dough, with lots of tasty filling! <b>They are also fast and easy to make! </b>Hamantaschen are are delicious with a cup of coffee, a glass of milk, or a glass of wine! Google and you will find a thousand Hamentaschen recipes out there; having never made them before I used <b><span style="font-size: large;">Jamie Geller's "classic" Hamantaschen recipe, </span></b>(she has at least 10 on her website), because her recipes always work! <b>:-<span style="color: red;">)</span> </b>I did half of them with the <b>traditional poppy seed (Mohn) filling</b> in the recipe, and half with <b>Bonne Maman Four-Fruit Jam: <span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><a data-lynx-mode="async" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fjamiegeller.com%2Frecipes%2Fhamantaschen-with-easy-poppy-seed-filling%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1fBfHpaaz066-upUfaxWqYapAgE5Le9qnt-48AvH6P1x8cUMcCcHm40ew&h=AT1hJLyct5utRCWtW8T6XLA8c-Juz5oK5_vDH1D7jLpI2qriofFD_-3a9b49GqDguQH6ApAumx9qhlsFjT2235I5sJXcCSd1AtS01XFDW1orZhJ5-uS6BNZ9ZcCY8NX2sTV_oabVOlwXMpQF5cRkOVsrEIbJdAfKNA7R8UQIlL0OUVd81Sh5oKfWhtdepb_dMMLGFZFnp3sanzpgzFlihu-oZ_CyY6puFE4JyR4ipu648Q86RKK7QQmHIvQ2RkD4AjMXlSNrNtRLVivNia3armY81Qdg1jQGMPud01tB2ga42VzE0lDFNm856NXGJNCi8XXr9WCP58iB7hURITtBYjiELA8rhWbLOs9Tm7jh--PLZxZt9HKdfn4ADDz77KUtEH0egQbiXmQRmrVyi7BQclstBA02qWTmZzU-rVLlV8Du3XBeMHrMNgsf9dGqkGndBA" href="https://jamiegeller.com/recipes/hamantaschen-with-easy-poppy-seed-filling/?fbclid=IwAR1fBfHpaaz066-upUfaxWqYapAgE5Le9qnt-48AvH6P1x8cUMcCcHm40ew" rel="noopener nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://jamiegeller.com/…/hamantaschen-with-easy-poppy-see…/</a> </span></b>Chef Dan gave them his seal of approval and we ate them all up before Purim had ended! <b>:-<span style="color: red;">)</span> </b></span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: blue;">These Hamantaschen are really delicious little cookies, and can be made any time, not just for Purim! </span></b></span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">NOTE: if you make this recipe there are several things not mentioned in the recipe which I put in bold below: soften the butter, flour the board and the rolling pin... do not overfill them, or they will fall apart or leak while baking... and grease the cookie sheet you bake them on! </span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">As you will see in the recipe, you mix the sifted flour and and ground almonds <b>(you can make ground almonds by putting sliced almonds in a food processor, and processing them until they are ground)</b> in a bowl. Then you beat the <b>softened butter</b> with the confectioners's and granulated sugar in another bowl. You add the eggs, and then the flour and almond mixture, baking powder, and salt. You mix it into a dough, and wrap the ball of dough in plastic wrap and put it in the fridge for at least an hour. Now you make the poppy seed filling: Cook the orange juice, sugar, and poppy seeds for 15 minutes, add the honey and lemon zest, and cook for another 5 minutes. Let it cool- <b>it will thicken.</b> If you are using jam or another filling (there are many possibilities- "Google" Hamantaschen Recipe!) get it ready. <b>Grease a cookie sheet. Preheat the oven to 375 F degrees.</b> Take the dough out of the refrigerator,<b> flour your board and rolling pin, </b>(you will have to do this several times, as the dough will stick to the table and pin otherwise), and roll the dough out very thinly. Cut 3" diameter circles with a cookie cutter or a drinking glass as shown in my photo. Put about 1/2 a teaspoon of filling in the center of each circle, as in my photo. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Do not overfill them, or they will fall apart or leak while baking!! </b></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fold the dough up on three sides as in my photo into a triangle as in my photo, and pinch the edges closed. Place the Hamantaschen on the greased cookie sheet and bake them for about 10 minutes in the 375 F degree oven. They will be pale golden; do NOT over bake them! </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">For more delish Hamantaschen recipes- savory and sweet!- see Jamie Geller's Ultimate Hamataschen Recipe Collection : <a href="https://jamiegeller.com/holidays/ultimate-hamataschen-collection-41-recipes/">https://jamiegeller.com/holidays/ultimate-hamataschen-collection-41-recipes/</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">The carved, wooden </span><b style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Megillah Esther </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">in the top photo- an <b>Esther Scroll </b>with the story of Purim hand-written on parchment- is the only piece of Judaica I have from my family, besides my father's Bar Mitzvah Talit & prayer books. Everything else was either lost or stolen; I have no idea. My uncle David, my mother's brother, gave me this Megillah many years ago, telling me that he was giving it to me as I was the only one in the family who would care about it. Due to intermarriage, I am the last Jew on both sides of my family... </span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>For lots of great information on the holiday of Purim and how to celebrate it, check out Chabad:</b></span><b><span style="background-color: #f2f3f5; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><a data-lynx-mode="asynclazy" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chabad.org%2Fholidays%2Fpurim%2Fdefault_cdo%2Fjewish%2FPurim.htm%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1FCkR3Wcfc1ZA2DLlKQ3mDS4JdKCwIk0VEoqJiYIZQKqaa2LYXFy9Y9R8&h=AT3AgYTfT-sY7n3kOLfk84GtrjYpT5eSCI5CpJsSTY69Vqt-WPr7StYf08UsgP13cL7_85hnrIfxujcTPDtNVI4iaWrvHvw0F4FbvttTQKspSiU6l31BoKcPqw2bpIXdtw" href="https://www.chabad.org/holidays/purim/default_cdo/jewish/Purim.htm?fbclid=IwAR1FCkR3Wcfc1ZA2DLlKQ3mDS4JdKCwIk0VEoqJiYIZQKqaa2LYXFy9Y9R8" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: #f2f3f5; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.chabad.org/.../default_cdo/jewish/Purim.htm</span></a></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What dishes do you make for Purim, and how do you celebrate? Let me know in the comments! </span></b><br />
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Elkhorn Inn & Theatrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16364735911576701948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905749888184805940.post-32056278282088768172020-01-15T04:48:00.002-05:002020-01-16T05:41:37.193-05:00Sweeps and Contest Wins and Thank Yous!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's now January 2020, and I'm finally posting my annual "Sweeps and Contest Thank You Post" for 2019, which has become an annual tradition! While I didn't win a trip last year- or a vehicle (vehicles have so far eluded me...) I did win some lovely and fun things, and learned about a lot of new companies and great, indie products, and I want to thank the people and companies who made all this fun possible! "Sweeping" is my late-night guilty pleasure, and it has provided Chef Dan and I with 6 amazing vacations (to Israel, Vietnam, Chile, California, Virginia, and Arizona), and a lot of other fabulous and fun things that we definitely would not have been able to enjoy otherwise! As I tell my friends, it certainly beats Candy Crush and playing Solitaire for late-night fun! And yes, my friends all laughed at me- until I started winning trips with plane tickets! I've encouraged a few friends to take up this "silly" hobby, and several have won things, as well- my BFF won two cruises and a trip to Las Vegas!<br />
<b>Companies run sweepstakes and contests to get business and publicity- we have hosted two contests for our Inn on Facebook- and so when the holidays & birthdays roll around and it's time to buy gifts, I try to buy as much as possible from the companies that I've won things from- especially from the small, independent businesses, many of whom I wouldn't have even known about, if not for sweeping!</b><br />
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This year I had the pleasure of having three of my photos (of the Elkhorn Inn and Dan's Suflower Meadow above, the Steam Train we rode in Sichuan, China, and our Honeymoon Dragon Junk in Vietnam) included in the <span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://fujixweekly.com/2019/10/05/fujifilm-printlife-photo-exhibition-2019/comment-page-1/" target="_blank">FujiFilm Print Life Exhibition</a></span> <b><span style="font-size: large;">at Grand Central Station in New York City,</span></b> and the BEST part of it was that my two BFFs in NYC went to the show, found my photos, and took pictures!! NO, there wasn't any money- just glory and fame!! <b>:-<span style="color: red;">D </span>For details on the exhibition: </b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.grandcentralterminal.com/event/fujifilm-printlife-photo-exhibition-2019/">https://www.grandcentralterminal.com/event/fujifilm-printlife-photo-exhibition-2019/</a> YouTube: </span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://youtu.be/Co1Crd2EFOs">https://youtu.be/Co1Crd2EFOs</a> and <a href="https://youtu.be/AzMqY69NCs4">https://youtu.be/AzMqY69NCs4</a></b></span><br />
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The biggest, most fab fashionista win I had this year was a $1300 collection of beautiful clothes and accessories on Instagram! The prize included a <b>beautiful, raw silk jumpsuit from <a href="https://www.ozmaofcalifornia.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Ozma</span></a>, a magnificent hat and hand-made tote from <a href="https://tioytia.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Tio e Tia</span></a> , </b><b>a truly gorgeous leather handbag from <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.loq.us/" target="_blank">LOQ</a>,</span> a lovely, handmade porcelain incense ashtray from <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://milkandclay.com/" target="_blank">Milk And Clay</a> </span>, skin care from <a href="https://lesseofficial.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">LESSE</span></a> , fun CBD products from <a href="https://linkin.bio/gossamer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Gossamer</span></a> , and a subscription to Gossamer magazine!</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful ashtray from Milk And Clark</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">hat & Tote from Tio e Tia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silk Jumpsuit from Ozma</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My English Porter Brewing Kit from Ballast Point!</td></tr>
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I think the funnest win was a $200 gift certificate from <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.ballastpoint.com/" target="_blank">Ballast Point Brewing</a></span></b>, which enabled me to get a <b>5 Gallon Beer Making Kit </b>(I added a bit for bottles and caps...), and Chef Dan and I are planning to make English Porter with it with Elkhorn Inn guests!<br />
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I won more foodie goodness from <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.colavita.com/" target="_blank">Colavita</a>:</span></b> a HUGE bottle of their truly excellent <b>Extra Virgin Olive Oil</b> for Chef Dan- and we used every drop!!<br />
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I won two cartons of delicious <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.tazo.com/us/en/" target="_blank">Tazo Tea</a>s:</span></b><br />
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And a great <b>Passover "Got Matzoh?" mug </b>from <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.judaicaplace.com/store/" target="_blank">Judaica Place</a> </span>which made our Passover perfect! I use that mug ALL the time!<br />
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Back in "fashionista" mode, I won <span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.barecat.co/" target="_blank">Barecat's </a>Gold Edition Daily Facial Serum,</b> </span>which I had been wanting to try!<br />
I also won a totally fabulous <b>Sephora Pro Makeup Palette </b>from <a href="https://davelackie.com/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Dave Lackie</span></a><b>,</b> the Canadian Beauty Blogger, on Twitter: <b><a href="https://twitter.com/davelackie">https://twitter.com/davelackie</a> </b>- he does THE best beauty giveaways, and he is SO nice!<br />
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I won a bottle of <b><a href="https://innersensebeauty.com/product/color-radiance/" target="_blank">Innersense Organic Beauty Color Radiance Daily Conditioner </a></b>from<span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> the </span><b style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.cleanfreshbeauty.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Clean Fresh Beauty blog</span></a></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b> </b> </span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/cleanfreshneauty/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">@cleanfreshbeauty</a>: </span></b><br />
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And <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.peachandlily.com/" target="_blank">Peach and Lily</a> </span>, known for an outstanding selection of K-Beauty- Korean beauty- products- </b>sent me their <b>"Original Glow Sheet Mask, </b>which, as you can see I used- and really liked it!<br />
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Two other cool beauty gifts I won were a set of <b>makeup brushes </b>from <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://zoevacosmetics.com/" target="_blank">Zoeva</a>:</span></b><br />
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And a <b>tooth whitener </b>from <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.trysnow.com/" target="_blank">Snow</a>,</span></b> which I have been wanting to try!<br />
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One of THE best prizes I won this year was a <b>$2000 check</b> from a chain of regional newspapers! That incredible win came about a week after I won their $100 gift card prize, and got us a <b>French Press coffee maker, grinder, and coffee!</b><br />
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One of the best things I won for the Elkhorn Inn was a <b>$125 gift certificate for gorgeous new "Elite" switch plates from<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://www.topgreener.com/" target="_blank">TOP GREENER</a></span> , </b>which I won by posting a photo of a horrible, cracked, old switch plate on Twitter- I obviously have absolutely No Shame! LOL Their switch plates are so beautiful that I added money to the gift card and bought enough plates and switches to be able to put the Dark Bronze ones throughout the Inn's first floor, and do the 3rd floor Pink Bathroom, too!<br />
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Another lovely thing I won for the Elkhorn Inn was a <b>Bird Feeder, Garden Plaque, and tee-shirt from <a href="http://drollyankees.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Droll Yankees</span></a></b><span style="font-size: x-large;">,</span> and the sign and feeder are right outside the Inn's side door for the birds to enjoy!<br />
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As you may realize, sweepers don't always win the Grand Prize... sometimes you don't win the trip to Italy from <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.riunite.com/" target="_blank">Riunite</a>...</span> you win Wine Glasses!</b> (Actually it was two pairs of sunnies and a beach towel!)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Tito's Tailgating Chair!</td></tr>
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And sometimes you don't win the Grand Prize from <b><a href="https://www.titosvodka.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Tito's Handmade Vodka</span></a>, you win... the cool Tailgating Chair!</b><br />
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And sometimes you don't win the Entire Kitchen Remodel from <b><a href="https://www.ragu.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Ragu, </span></a>you win... a Veggie Spiralizer!</b><br />
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And there was also the <b>plastic cup</b> from<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><b><a href="https://www.19crimes.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">19 Crimes Wine</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">: </span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Official 19 Crimes Plastic Wine Glass</td></tr>
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But the holiday pièce de résistance had to be the <b>totally fabulous blown-glass sausage ornament from </b><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.jimmydean.com/" target="_blank">Jimmy Dean:</a> </b></span><br />
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And this year I actually won something for DIY Dan that he is actually using: <b>A screwdriver set from <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.stanleytools.com/" target="_blank">Stanley Tools</a>!</span></b><br />
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<b>All of these companies have really excellent products, as you can see, and I encourage you to click on the links and check them out, and buy from them if something strikes your fancy!</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do you enter sweepstakes and contests? What have you won? Tell me in the comments!</span></div>
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Elkhorn Inn & Theatrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16364735911576701948noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905749888184805940.post-3729068973566670532019-11-02T11:35:00.002-04:002019-11-02T11:44:19.126-04:00Rituals for the Holidays: Creating a Dao Spa Bath Experience!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">I was recently and very happily selected by <a href="https://www.blogger.com/Shower%20Oil%20Love%20this%20product!%20I%20had%20never%20tried%20a%20Ritual%20Shower%20Oil%20before,%20and%20I%20really%20love%20this.%20I%20have%20always%20enjoyed%20using%20bath%20oils,%20and%20this%20is%20a%20great%20product%20to%20create%20a%20%E2%80%9Cspa%E2%80%9D%20bath%20or%20shower%20experience!%20The%20oil%20is%20creamy%20and%20moisturizing%20and%20leaves%20my%20skin%20silky%20(not%20greasy),%20and%20the%20DAO%20fragrance%20is%20delicate%20and%20subtle.%20I%20like%20to%20%E2%80%9Clayer%E2%80%9D%20scented%20products%20by%20using%20this%20and%20the%20Shampoo,%20and%20then%20the%20Body%20Lotion%20after%20bathing.%20The%20Dao%20fragrance%20of%20White%20Lotus%20and%20Yi%20Yi%20Ren%20is%20light%20and%20delicate,%20and%20this%20would%20be%20an%20excellent%20choice%20for%20gift-giving:%20I%20thing%20anyone%20who%20got%20a%20selection%20of%20these%20products%20would%20be%20delighted!%20%20%20%20Cream%20Shower%20Gel%20This%20my%20favorite%20Rituals%20product!%20Ritual's%20foaming%20cream%20shower%20gels%20have%20become%20my%20favorite%20bath%20and%20shower%20gels%20as%20they%20are%20so%20luscious%20and%20creamy%20and%20moisturizing!%20They%20are%20really%20the%20best%20shower/bath%20gels%20I've%20ever%20used.%20DAO%20has%20a%20lovely,%20light%20and%20subtle%20fragrance,%20and%20I%20like%20to%20%E2%80%9Clayer%E2%80%9D%20this%20by%20using%20the%20Shampoo%20and%20then%20the%20Body%20Lotion%20after%20bathing.%20Because%20the%20Dao%20fragrance%20is%20so%20light%20and%20delicate,%20this%20is%20an%20excellent%20choice%20for%20gift-giving-%20I%20thing%20anyone%20who%20got%20a%20selection%20of%20these%20products%20would%20be%20Very%20pleased!" target="_blank">Tryazon</a> to try a selection of bath and shower products from <b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.rituals.com/" target="_blank">Rituals</a>: The Rituals for The Holidays "<a href="https://www.rituals.com/en-us/collection-story-dao.html" target="_blank">Ritual of Dao</a>"</span> </b>line, </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">and it has been a delightful experience! Earlier this fall I got to try several of the <a href="https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2019/09/rituals-sakura-collection-delicious.html" target="_blank">Ritual of Sakura </a>(Japanese Cherry Blossom) scented products, and I loved them, as the scent is divine, and using them brings back wonderful memories of seeing the cherry blossoms in Japan, so I was Very happy to get to try several of the Dao products, which are scented with the light and subtle fragrance of <b>White Lotus</b>, and contain <b>Yi Yi Ren</b>, an herb used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for skin nourishing and healing, among other things. Rituals products are truly unique, and every Rituals Collection is based on a different philosophy; <b>the Ritual of Dao collection is based on the Chinese philosophy of creating a balance between Yin and Yang, and a "harmonic flow" that relaxes, calms, and reduces stress.</b> I have used Traditional Chinese Medicine for many years for my health, and found it to be truly excellent and reliable- it has 3,500 years of history behind it!- and Dan and I spent an amazing month traveling through China last year, and so this concept intrigued me, and as I could Really use some tranquility in my life right now, the idea of slowing down with a warm, scented bath was VERY appealing! <b>I find fragrance very powerful, and I love to use perfumes, bath oils, home fragrance, candles, and other scented products to remind me of happy experiences! </b>I have to say that the <b>Ritual of Dao</b> bath products do let me enjoy some wonderful and romantic memories of our time in China!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The Dao Gift Box that arrived was lovely, elegant, and "upscale", and it would obviously make a delightful holiday present for just about anyone! </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The four Dao products included in my box that I tried were the <a href="https://www.rituals.com/en-us/the-ritual-of-dao-shower-oil-1106869.html" target="_blank">Shower Oil</a>, <a href="https://www.rituals.com/en-us/the-ritual-of-dao-shower-foam-4538.html" target="_blank">Foaming Shower Gel</a>, <a href="https://www.rituals.com/en-us/the-ritual-of-dao-shampoo-1102712.html" target="_blank">Moisturizing Shampoo</a>, and <a href="https://www.rituals.com/en-us/the-ritual-of-dao-body-cream-1103421.html" target="_blank">Body Cream</a>, </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">and together they really do make for a lovely, relaxing "spa" bath experience! </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>The Dao fragrance is very light and delicate, and is thus a great gift-giving option; I think that anyone who was gifted with these products would be extremely pleased- I know I was! </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The <u><b><a href="https://www.rituals.com/en-us/the-ritual-of-dao-body-cream-1103421.html" target="_blank">Ritual of Dao Be Kind To Your Skin Body Cream</a></b></u><b> </b>has the lovely, light, and calming White Lotus fragrance, and I love the richness of the cream. The Rituals Body Creams don't irritate my skin or make me itch like many other creams do, and as I like
to “layer” scented products, so the fragrance lasts as long as possible, I use
this as a hand cream throughout the day (I keep it in my office), as well as using it as a
body cream after bathing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Since I like to layer scented products, I really enjoyed using the <b><u><a href="https://www.rituals.com/en-us/the-ritual-of-dao-shampoo-1102712.html" target="_blank">Ritual of Dao Moisturizing Shampoo</a>.</u> </b>The scent is gentle and subtle, and I was Very happy that it's safe for color-treated hair, and free of parabens, sulfates, and silicone. It's enriched with Argan Oil, as well, and makes a creamy lather. As I didn't get the conditioner (yet!), I use a leave-in conditioner after I shampoo, as my hair needs the added moisture...</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-color: transparent;">I LOVE the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><u><a href="https://www.rituals.com/en-us/the-ritual-of-dao-shower-oil-1106869.html" target="_blank">Ritual of Dao Shower Oil</a>!</u> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I had never tried a Ritual Shower Oil before, and I
really love this. I have always enjoyed using scented bath oils, and this is
a great product to create a true “spa” bath or shower experience! The
oil is creamy and moisturizing and leaves my skin silky (not greasy),
and the Dao fragrance is delicate and relaxing. I like to “layer” all the Dao products, so I use this and the Shampoo, and then the Body
Lotion after bathing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>The <u><a href="https://www.rituals.com/en-us/the-ritual-of-dao-shower-foam-4538.html" target="_blank">Ritual of Dao Foaming Shower Gel</a></u> </b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>is my
favorite Rituals product! </b>Rituals' foaming cream shower gels have
become my favorite bath and shower gels, as they are so luscious and
creamy and moisturizing! They are really the best shower/bath gels
I've ever used. The Dao White Lotus fragrance is light and calming, and this cream gel is the "star" of my Dao Bath Ritual!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">As I mentioned, my husband and I
were lucky enough to spend some time in China last year, and using these Ritual of Dao
bath products creates a lovely "me time" experience that brings back some wonderful
memories, especially of a romantic cruise we took on the Yangtze
River, and the small villages we visited!</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>With the LeShan Buddha...</i></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">On the Yangtze River...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>"Black Magic" Cocktails</i></b></td></tr>
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In honor of some Very Special Guests at the <a href="http://www.elkhorninnwv.com/" target="_blank">Elkhorn Inn & Theatre</a> I wanted to make some fun <b>Halloween Cocktails,</b> and "Googling" I found dozens of them (see links below)... and all the Really Cool ones seemed to use <b><a href="https://blavod.com/" target="_blank">Blavod Black Vodka</a></b>... which I have been trying to find here for years... Blavod is made in the UK, and gets it's cool black color from being infused with the South East Asian herb Black Catechu, extracted from the bark of the Acacia Tree. No one I know has Ever been able to find it in the USA, and putting food coloring in clear vodka did NOT work... so this year I decided to go all OCD about it, and I finally found a few liquor stores in the USA that have it online, but only ONE would deliver to West Virginia! And that one is <b>M & D Fine Wines and Spirits: <a href="https://www.mndfinewine.com/">https://www.mndfinewine.com/</a></b><br />
Although Blavod is a relatively inexpensive vodka, at $22.99 a bottle, the shipping literally doubled the price! But I said wotthehell and ordered it anyway, had it in two days, and so was able to make some VERY cool Halloween cocktails for us and our guests, the first one being the <b>"Black Magic", floating the Blavod Black Vodka over a mix of OJ and Triple Sec. </b>I wet the rim of the glasses with orange juice and then dipped them in orange sugar (sugar with red and yellow food coloring), and topped it with an orange slice, and they came out so good first time around and were such a hit, that I decided to make a little "tutorial" here to prove that you CAN do this, too! <b>Once you learn the trick of "layering" alcohol over a spoon, the Mixology World will be your oyster!</b><br />
When I was a kid, I remember my family making layered cocktails with different liqueurs in tiny glasses at a family reunion; they were called <b>"Pousse Cafes",</b> and were so pretty to look at, as well as fun to make! <b>The "trick" is knowing the "specific gravity" of different alcohols (i.e. which ones are heavier, and which ones are lighter), so you will know what to put in first and what to layer on top, so it will float! </b>(If you put the heavy liqueur on top it will sink right into the lighter one...) In the 1990s when the "B52" shot arrived in bars, that was the first time I'd seen a "layered cocktail" since the family reunion Pousse Cafes of my childhood! Now there are Dozens of layered cocktails out there, and just having a spoon and knowing heavy from light booze will enable you to create your own Mixology Masterpieces! Here are some cool websites for Mixology Inspo:<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br />
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<li><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">Specific Gravity Chart for Layering Drinks and Shots: </span><a href="https://www.thespruceeats.com/layering-drinks-and-shots-gravity-chart-760326" style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">https://www.thespruceeats.com/layering-drinks-and-shots-gravity-chart-760326</a></b></li>
<li><b>Over 30 Spooky Cocktails for Halloween: </b><a href="https://www.aol.com/article/lifestyle/2018/10/23/over-30-spooky-cocktails-that-are-perfect-for-halloween/23569709/?fbclid=IwAR2g2c2_2eR-x7jDDFpMNrQeQWnV7kT1rz9VzefXksFyCD_BmPvrqQcIwf8"><b>https://www.aol.com/article/lifestyle/2018/10/23/over-30-spooky-cocktails-that-are-perfect-for-halloween/23569709/</b></a></li>
<li><b>Bloody Great Cocktails: </b><a href="https://gowiseproducts.com/blogs/gowise-blog/bloody-great-cocktails?fbclid=IwAR0G9fT0uRzxJfvqlJGoYhbH6zfg9t9p4acOJzQeGzZ1BP5sfcInZxM0_qE"><b>https://gowiseproducts.com/blogs/gowise-blog/bloody-great-cocktails</b></a></li>
<li><b>15 Haunting Halloween Cocktails </b><a href="https://www.thespruceeats.com/haunting-halloween-cocktails-759881"><b>https://www.thespruceeats.com/haunting-halloween-cocktails-759881</b></a></li>
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<b><u>"Black Magic" Cocktail</u></b></div>
<b><u>Ingredients:</u></b><br />
Blavod Black Vodka<br />
Orange Juice (NOTE: Thick orange juice with pulp works better than thin "regular", thin OJ)<br />
Triple Sec (clear orange liqueur)<br />
1 Orange, sliced, for garnish<br />
Sugar<br />
Red and Yellow Food Coloring (NOTE: you can make Black Sugar using red, green, and blue food coloring...)<br />
<u>Tools:</u> a spoon; a small plate for the sugar; small jar to make the colored sugar; a small pitcher with a pouring lip (optional)<br />
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<b><u>Instructions:</u></b><br />
1. Slice the orange and cut the slices in half, as shown, for the garnish. Set aside.<br />
2. Put the sugar in a small jar. Add a couple of drops of red and yellow food coloring, close the jar, and shake vigorously until the sugar is evenly colored. Add more drops of food coloring until you get the color you like. Put the sugar on a small plate.<br />
3. Mix the OJ with Triple Sec in a pitcher. No measurements, as you do this to taste...<br />
4. Dip the rim of each glass in orange juice and then in the colored sugar.<br />
5. Pour the OJ/Triple Sec mixture into each glass.<br />
6. You can pour the Black Vodka directly from the bottle, but it may be easier to pour it into a small pitcher with a pouring lip...<br />
7. <b>SLOWLY pour the vodka, over the back of a spoon, into the glass, so it floats on top of the OJ. See photo.</b><br />
8. Slice the orange slice half-way so it will hang on the rim of the glass, and perch it on the rim as shown.<br />
9. Serve!<br />
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The next night, now back in full Bartender Mode (yes, I was one, a couple of times, in Israel, many moons ago- but in "Dive Bars" where we did Not make "layered cocktails" LOL), I decided to make another fun Halloween Cocktail, this one my of own creation: I call it the <b>"Elkhorn Inn Wild Berry Magic"!</b> I mixed Cranberry Juice Cocktail with the Wild Blackberry Puree that we had made from the wild blackberries we picked in the summer and froze. You could use any fruit juice or puree that strikes your fancy! The only trick is to have a juice that is heavier than the vodka, so the vodka will float on it.<br />
1. Wet the rims of the glasses and dip them in red sugar, made the same way as above, only with red food coloring.<br />
2. Mix Cranberry Juice Cocktail with Blackberry Puree (or other fruit juice or puree).<br />
3. Pour the juice into each of the sugar-rimmed glasses.<br />
3. Slowly and carefully float the Blavod Black Vodka on the juice in each glass, using the "over the spoon" technique described above.<br />
4. Top each one with a Maraschino Cherry on a toothpick!<br />
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THEN- now in TRULY "Full Bartender Mode"- I created a cocktail in honor of our Italian guest, Mike: the <b>"Elkhorn Inn Italian Magic": Blavod Black Vodka floating on Italian Pistachio Liqueur, with a black sugar rim!</b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>The "Elkhorn Inn Italian Magic Cocktail"!</i></b></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Have you made any cool "floating" cocktails? Let me know in the comments! </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Halloween!</span></b></div>
Elkhorn Inn & Theatrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16364735911576701948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905749888184805940.post-49748871202698205712019-10-20T12:07:00.001-04:002019-10-20T12:09:07.271-04:00Recipe: EASY #Halloween "Mummy" Jalapeno Poppers!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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I<span style="font-size: large;"> now have a series of posts I am calling <b>"Recipes That Work!"</b> because when I find one that does, with minimal adjustments, I get ALL excited! Others in this series are my posts on making <b><a href="https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2018/09/easy-puff-pastry-apple-roses-for-rosh.html" target="_blank">Apple Roses</a>, <a href="https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2019/08/easy-delish-zucchini-roses-kosher.html" target="_blank">Zucchini Roses</a>, <a href="https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2019/09/easy-delicious-tamales-recipe-that-works.html" target="_blank">Tamales</a>, <a href="https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2019/09/easy-authentic-vietnamese-summer-rolls.html" target="_blank">Vietnam Summer Rolls</a></b>, and <b><a href="https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2019/09/making-tamarind-paste.html" target="_blank">Tamarind Paste</a></b>. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The other night, for Very Special Guests at the <b><a href="http://www.elkhorninnwv.com/" target="_blank">Elkhorn Inn & Theatre</a></b> I made <b>Halloween "Mummy" Poppers </b>for the first time, and they turned out great, and were a BIG hit! I also made some fun Halloween Cocktails, and my next post will be about them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>But first: Mummies!</b></span></div>
The recipe I started off with was this: <a href="https://www.aol.com/article/lifestyle/2018/10/24/best-bites-happy-halloween-jalapeno-popper-mummies/23570460/"><b>https://www.aol.com/article/lifestyle/2018/10/24/best-bites-happy-halloween-jalapeno-popper-mummies/23570460/</b></a><br />
I read it 14 times, LOL, and it looked like something that even I could do without it becoming a #PinterestFail disaster, so I got Chef Dan to get me the ingredients- but I changed a few things, as I am wont to do...<br />
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<b><u>Ingredients:</u></b><br />
10 Jalapeno peppers<br />
Shredded Mozzarella Cheese (or the melting cheese of your choice)<br />
Chives<br />
1 roll of Pepperidge Farm Crescent Roll dough<br />
A bit of flour or Bisquick, for rolling out the dough<br />
1 egg<br />
Eyes: You can use candy eyes, or cream cheese and olive bits, or plastic eyes (that is what I used)<br />
<u>Tools:</u> Rolling pin; sharp, flat knife or pizza cutter; brush for the egg wash; bowls; baking sheet<br />
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<b><u>Instructions:</u></b><br />
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.<br />
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2. Shred the Mozzarella in a bowl (or use pre-shredded Mozzarella), and mix with chopped chives. You can add salt and anything else you like to the filling at this point. The cheese needs to be soft so you can stuff the jalapenos. (The original recipe called for cream cheese, but we prefer Mozzarella...)<br />
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3. Slice the jalapeno peppers in half lengthwise. Leave the stems on some, as it's cute!<br />
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4. Flour your rolling surface and rolling pin lightly, and roll out the crescent roll dough. Push the dough together to close up the perforations. Make rectangles from the dough. You will get 4 rectangles from one roll of dough.<br />
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5. Using a pizza cutter or a sharp flat knife (pictured), slice the dough into thin strips. You will get about 10 strips from each rectangle.<br />
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6. Fill each Jalapeno half with the cheese mixture, as shown. (The softer the cheese, the easier it is to do this).<br />
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7. Wrap each jalapeno with the dough strips like a "mummy", leaving a place to put the "eyes", as shown. You may have to piece together dough strips- it's easy!<br />
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8. Beat the egg in a small bowl. </div>
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9. Brush the "mummies" with the the beaten egg wash, and place them on a baking sheet.</div>
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10. Bake in the oven at 400F for about 10 minutes until they are golden brown.</div>
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11. Add the eyes, and serve immediately! (Remove the plastic eyes before eating. Duh!)</div>
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They were delicious- and VERY filling- and a BIG hit, and we will definitely be making them again and again! </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Let me know in the comments if you've made them, and any special things you added, or if you changed anything!</span></b></span></div>
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Elkhorn Inn & Theatrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16364735911576701948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905749888184805940.post-77159770864469603022019-09-28T13:40:00.002-04:002019-09-28T13:40:59.980-04:00EASY delicious TAMALES - a recipe that works!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>When Dan and I were on a cruise that spent a day in Cozumel, we took a wonderful cooking class, with a market visit, at <span style="color: #cc0000;">Josefina's Cocina Con Alma</span>: </b><a href="https://www.cozumelchef.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">https://www.cozumelchef.com/</a><b> </b>After we returned to West Virginia (and added several of the dishes we learned to make to the <a href="http://www.elkhorninnwv.com/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Elkhorn Inn</a><b> Dinner Menu)</b>, I bought a packet of Corn Husks with the intention of making tamales... and stored them in the pantry and forgot all about them! <b>I found them the other day, and decided Now was the time to teach myself to make tamales! </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;">(NOTE: tamales take a LONG time to make- at least a day. Much more fun if you have a "tamale rolling party" like we did in Israel when we made Kubeh...) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After lots of "Googling" for recipes and ideas, </span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">I used what turned out to be a GREAT recipe by Alton Brown: </span> </b><a href="https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/hot-tamales-recipe-2011883?fbclid=IwAR2U-V5OImP2Jlr6DsD3O9VWJUGeu84N4WtrdD1AJvGLiGaMYNySsPIus-M" style="font-weight: bold;">https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/hot-tamales-recipe-2011883</a><b> </b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #1c1e21;">I used his recipe for the dough and cooking instructions (I made a 1/2 recipe), but my filling was made with chicken stewed with fire-roasted New Mexico Green Hatch Chilies and spices... </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">HIS RECIPE HAS 5 STARS AND IT REALLY WORKS! </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first step is putting your corn husks in a pot or bowl of hot to soak- for about 2 hours. They need to be really soft and pliable so you can roll and fold them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next step is to put the cornmeal, salt, and baking powder in a mixing bowl...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then you add the lard, and mix it until it becomes a dough with the consistency of "thick mashed potatoes". Then you can cover the bowl with a damp cloth until you are ready to roll tamales...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made the tamale filling by sauteing a chopped leek and garlic in olive oil, and then adding Fire-Roasted Green Hatch Chilies, several not-spicy red Peppers, Kosher salt, fresh, cracked black pepper, and cumin, and then 2 chicken breasts, and cooking it down, slowly, into deliciousness! I shredded the chicken, and made sure everything was cut up in tiny pieces for the stuffing. <b> </b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then the fun started: rolling tamales!</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take one of the water-softened corn husks and blot it with a paper towel. Spoon the corn meal dough on the side of the corn husk as shown in the photo. I tried to make it as thin as possible. Put about a tablespoon of filling in a line down the center of the dough. Roll one side in, so the dough encases the filling. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then fold up the bottom of the corn husk, and roll the tamale up snugly. Then tie it at the top with a strip of corn husk or Kitchen Twine.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was So pleased with my tamales!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I didn't have enough tamales to fill the pot, I added 3 glass Mason Jars so the tamales would stand snugly & stay upright. I filled the Mason Jars with water so they wouldn't float, and then poured the chicken stock (from cooking the chicken) down in the pan until it was about 1" from the top of the tamales.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then I covered the pot, put it on high heat, and brought to to a boil- about 12 minutes. Then I turned it down to low, partially uncovered the pot, and let it simmer for 1.5 hours.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we unrolled and tested the first tamale it was perfect! The corn husk pulled away from the cornmeal neatly, and the tortilla was perfect- firm, tender, hot, and delicious!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's so great to find a recipe that Really works- <span style="color: #cc0000;">Thank you Alton Brown</span>!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have you made tamales? Do you add spices to the corn meal? What fillings do you use? Let me know in the comments and we can share recipes!</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First, let me state that I
love, love, love tamarind! Its unique, tangy, sour-but-with-a
tinge-of-sweetness taste is inimitable, and whenever I find anything
with tamarind sauce or tamarind glaze- or tamarind anything- I order
it! It's Asian, it's Israeli, it's Caribbean, it's Mexican...
everyone loves tamarind! My claim to fame, as it were, is having
“invented” the <b>Tamarind Colada</b> in Puerto Rico on my day off
during a disaster response operation <b><i>(<u>Recipe: </u>Tamarind Nectar, Coco Lopez,
and Rum, in whatever proportions you think wise...)</i></b>, and everyone
laughed- until they tasted it. If, like me, you aren't fond of sweet
drinks, such as Pina Coladas, a Tamarind Colada may be Just what
you're looking for! In Israel, a stand in the Machneh Yehuda Shuk
(Market) in Jerusalem sells glasses of <b>Tamarind Drink</b> that I dream
about... In Vietnam I had <b>Tamarind Crabs</b> in a sea-side restaurant with my husband,
and they were so delicious that I licked the shells clean of sauce, throwing decorum to the wind!
And the sour-spicy-sweet <b>Tamarind Candy </b>we bought in the market in
Saigon while on the <b><i>“<a href="http://saigonstreeteats.com/tours/pho-trail/" target="_blank">Pho Trail</a>” </i></b>breakfast foodie tour with
<b><i>“<a href="http://saigonstreeteats.com/" target="_blank">Saigon Street Eats</a>” </i></b>(tamarind paste balls mixed with Vietnamese
hot pepper & dipped in sugar) was so amazing that I when we got
back to the USA I Googled for recipes and managed to make a facsimile
of it (see below). (I have found versions of Tamarind Candy in Asian Groceries, and on
amazon.com, but while they're all Good, none of them measure up to the
Amazeball candy in the Saigon Market...) And I just found several
mouthwatering <b>Brisket with Tamarind Sauce </b>recipes online (see below) that I want to make for Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) this year, and <b>Tamarind-Coconut Curry,</b> and one for a <b>Tamarind Margarita...</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Basically, tamarind is one
of my Five Basic Food Groups, along with Hot Peppers, Sushi, Pesto,
and Chinese Dumplings. LOL</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have always bought Asian Tamarind Paste in a jar, or Mexican Tamarind Nectar in a can... but when I
saw a little bag of Tamarind Pods in a Mexican Grocery in South
Carolina (during another disaster response operation), I <b>had</b> to buy
them, to make my very own tamarind paste! And as Rosh Hashanah starts tomorrow, and I want to make brisket or chicken with a tamarind sauce (not to mention a Margarita...), I pulled out my little bag of tamarind pods and set to work!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Making a nice, smooth tamarind paste turned out to be quite easy, but rather laborious, and I'm honestly not sure it's worth the effort... It's certainly easier to just buy a jar of
the tamarind paste and call it a day... LOL</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The only really positive
things I can say for making your own tamarind paste is that you get
to plant the seeds and try to grow little tamarind trees, and you get
to lick your fingers. LOL
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first thing I did was
Google “making tamarind paste from pods” and came up with a
number of helpful sites:</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pranees Thai Kitchen: <a href="https://praneesthaikitchen.com/2015/01/27/how-to-prepare-tamarind-pod/">https://praneesthaikitchen.com/2015/01/27/how-to-prepare-tamarind-pod/</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8
ounces tamarind flesh, about half of a 16-ounce package</span></span></address>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2
1/2 cups boiling water</span></span></address>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Place
the chunk of tamarind into a large bowl, then pour boiling water over
it and let it sit until the water is cool enough to handle. Massage
and squeeze the tamarind in the water with both hands so the water
and hands rub the tamarind to make a thick concentrate; the pulp and
liquid should resemble a thick soup. Strain liquid though a large
sieve into a medium pot. Squeeze the tamarind to get out all of the
liquid, then discard the solid. Bring the strained liquid to a boil
and cook for 2 minutes. Store and keep in refrigerator for two weeks,
or in the freezer for 6 months.</span></address>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So to make the tamarind paste I first de-shelled the pods, and removed the big strings from the pulp. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then I popped out as many seeds as I could, noting that tamarind is mostly seeds, surrounded by a little pulp... I then soaked the pulp pieces in a bowl of warm water for half an hour. And then I kneaded. And kneaded. And kneaded. I finally manged to work out all the seeds, and then kneaded the pulp into a paste and pushed it through a strainer several times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And there you have it: my little bowl of Tamarind Paste!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tamarind Paste!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lots of Tamarind Seeds...</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A total fool for tamarind, I added water to the leftover pulp, heated it in the microwave, mashed and strained it again, and made myself a tamarind drink... and then I licked my fingers and the strainer- it is delicious stuff! LOL</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Tamarind Recipes:</u></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">T</span>amarind Syrup Drink, from Pranee's Thai Kitchen:</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://praneesthaikitchen.com/2010/07/30/tamarind-drink-recipes-nam-makam/">https://praneesthaikitchen.com/2010/07/30/tamarind-drink-recipes-nam-makam/</a> </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nam
Chuem Makham </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">น้ำเชื่อมมะขาม </span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Yield:
3/4 cup</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">1/2
cup </span><a href="https://ilovethaicooking.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/how-to-make-tamarind-concentrate-recipe/"><span style="color: #265e15;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">tamarind
concentrate, freshly made or from the can</span></span></a></span></address>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1/4
cup brown sugar or honey</span></span></address>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Combine
tamarind concentrate, brown sugar and water in a pot and bring to a
boil on high heat. Stir and let it cook for 2 minutes. Strain into a
clean jar, when it is cool then store in the fridge for a week or
keep in the freezer for 3 months.</i></span></span></div>
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<i><strong><span style="color: #404040;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tamarind Margarita, from Steve Betz: </span></span></strong><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://stevebetz.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/summertime-happy-hour-tamarind-blood-orange-margarita/">https://stevebetz.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/summertime-happy-hour-tamarind-blood-orange-margarita/</a></span></b></i></div>
<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Prepare
tamarind “sauce”: Take 1 tbsp tamarind paste (available at Asian
and Mexican groceries) add about ¼ cup of water. Warm and stir until
everything is well mixed. Prepare two glasses with a
chili-powder/salt rim. (Adjust chili-ness to your own liking)</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #404040;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>To
your shaker add:</i></span></span></div>
<ul>
<li><div style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in;">
<span style="color: #404040;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>3
oz tequila</i></span></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in;">
<span style="color: #404040;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>1
tbsp tamarind sauce (adjust to taste)</i></span></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in;">
<span style="color: #404040;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>½
oz simple syrup</i></span></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in;">
<span style="color: #404040;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>1
oz lime juice</i></span></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in;">
<span style="color: #404040;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>½
oz citronage (or triple sec)</i></span></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in;">
<span style="color: #404040;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>1
oz orange juice (we used blood oranges because we had them)</i></span></span></div>
</li>
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<span style="color: #404040;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Add
ice, shake vigorously and strain into already-prepped glasses.</i></span></span></div>
</li>
</ul>
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<i><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tamarind Brisket, from Rozanne Gold:
</b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://rozannegold.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/tamarind-brisket/">https://rozannegold.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/tamarind-brisket/</a></b></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Brisket with Chile &
Tamarind, from Bailey Farms: <a href="http://baileyfarmsinc.com/braised-beef-brisket-with-chile-and-tamarind-sauce/">http://baileyfarmsinc.com/braised-beef-brisket-with-chile-and-tamarind-sauce/</a>
</i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>Brisket with
Tamarind-Chili Sauce from SBS.com:
<a href="https://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipes/beef-brisket-braised-tamarind-and-chilli-sauce">https://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipes/beef-brisket-braised-tamarind-and-chilli-sauce</a></b>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>Coconut Tamarind Chicken Curry, from BBC Good Food:</b></i></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1852638/coconut-and-tamarind-chicken-curry"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1852638/coconut-and-tamarind-chicken-curry</i></b></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Vietnamese Tamarind Dipping Sauce, from The Spruce Eats</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.thespruceeats.com/vietnamese-tamarind-dipping-sauce-3030366"><i><b>https://www.thespruceeats.com/vietnamese-tamarind-dipping-sauce-3030366</b></i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Tamarind Candy- recipe from Rachel Cooks Thai: </i></b></span></div>
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<a href="https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2015/04/vietnamese-herbs-and-tamarind-candy.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2015/04/vietnamese-herbs-and-tamarind-candy.html</i></b></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What are your favorite
tamarind recipes? Let me know in the comments so I can add them to my
Great Big File Of Tamarind Recipes!</b></span></span></div>
<br />Elkhorn Inn & Theatrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16364735911576701948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905749888184805940.post-81805567364077287892019-09-04T02:11:00.000-04:002019-09-04T02:12:19.913-04:00EASY Authentic Vietnamese Summer Rolls- Delish!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vietnam Summer Rolls!</td></tr>
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After Dan and I returned to West Virginia from our last trip to Vietnam in 2015, having taking a number of cooking classes and "foodie" tours all across the country, I sourced seeds for Vietnamese herbs online, and began growing them in our garden at the <b><a href="http://www.elkhorninnwv.com/" target="_blank">Elkhorn Inn</a>!</b> The herbs and greens we had in Vietnam were truly delicious and unique, and as we don't live anywhere near an Asian Market, growing them ourselves was the only way Chef Dan would be able to make truly authentic Vietnamese dishes- such as his <b>Claypot Ginger Chicken</b>, and <b>Pho- </b>for our Elkhorn Inn dinner guests! And then I began making things like <b>Bo La Lot </b>(Grilled Betel Leaf-Wrapped Meat) and <b>Summer Rolls!</b> And Summer Rolls are actually easy and fun to make!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An assortment of Vietnamese herbs from our garden...</td></tr>
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Some of the herbs we grow are V<b>ietnamese Red & Green Perilla, Chrysanthemum Greens, Tatsoi Mustard, Vietnamese Mint, Garlic Chives, and Coriander, Basil and Holy Basil, Lemon Grass, La Lot, Fish Mint... </b>and the unique tastes and textures of these herbs truly contributes to the deliciousness of Vietnamese dishes! <b>"Table Salad"- an assortment of herbs and greens- is a staple of the Vietnamese table, and without at least some truly authentic Vietnamese greens, a Vietnamese meal just isn't right! </b>If you are lucky enough to live near an "<b><a href="https://www.hmart.com/" target="_blank">H Mart</a></b>"- the chain of huge and fabulous Korean groceries that has EVERYTHING- (there is an excellent one in Fairfax, Virginia), you can get all the fresh herbs and veggies in the Asian universe! But we live 6 hours from the nearest H Mart, so if we don't grow them, we can't have them!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vietnamese Summer Rolls & Dipping Sauce!</td></tr>
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The first step to making Summer Rolls is to set out all your ingredients, and get everything set up so you can roll them quickly. You will need a pack of <b>"Spring Roll Wrappers", </b>which are rice paper circles that you soak for 10 seconds before rolling them- and believe it or not, most Walmarts have them! This time I made Summer Rolls with cooked (frozen) <b>shrimp</b>, <b>Vietnamese Bun Rice Vermicelli Noodles</b> (cooked in water in the microwave for one minute),<b> Vietnamese and other herbs and greens </b>(Vietnam cilantro/coriander, Asian Basil, and Vietnam Mint are pretty much musts),<b> </b>and <b>Asian veggies</b>, including water chestnuts (canned), and Chinese Cloud Ear Mushrooms and Lilly buds, which were dried, and which I cooked in the microwave in water for a minute and then cut in small pieces. The herbs and greens (Vietnamese mint, cilantro, basil, and garlic chives, Red Perilla, lettuce, etc.) I tore into small pieces.<br />
You can also add <b>Bean Sprouts</b>, hot Vietnamese peppers, cucumber, scallions, and other herbs and greens...<br />
The next step is to set out a <b>large bowl of warm water. </b>Dip one Rice Paper Wrapper in the warm water for about 10 seconds. Lay it on a plate. Put the shrimp (small shrimp are best- these were large, so I cut them in pieces) and water chestnuts in the center, about 1/3 down, as shown in the photo. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ingredients for Vietnamese Summer Rolls</td></tr>
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Top the shrimp with the herbs and greens, and then with the Bun Noodles, and then with more herbs and greens.<br />
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Fold the bottom of the wrapper up over the filling, and then fold the sides in. Then roll it up, quick and tight...<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And </b><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Voilà! </b></span></span><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You have made a Vietnamese Summer Rolll!</span></b></span><br />
Soak the next wrapper and do it all again, and keep doing it until you have run out fillings, and/or wrappers!<br />
They are delicious served with a lemon-y <b>Nuoc Cham Dipping Sauce</b>, and while you can make your own from scratch (there are lots of Vietnamese recipes online), <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://getsauceynow.com/" target="_blank">Saucey Sauce</a> </span></b>makes a truly authentic and delicious one: <b><a href="https://getsauceynow.com/">https://getsauceynow.com/</a></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Have you made Summer Rolls? Any other Vietnamese dishes? Do you grow your own veggies and herbs? Tell me in the comments and we can share recipes!</span></b><br />
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Elkhorn Inn & Theatrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16364735911576701948noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905749888184805940.post-20717938185770864952019-09-01T04:18:00.000-04:002019-09-01T04:18:53.759-04:00Rituals Sakura Collection: a delicious Japanese-inspired bath ritual!<div class="_5pbx userContent _3576" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-testid="post_message" id="js_fgj" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 6px;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9iJeXGTwqtLfCfjAk8INsYFzK8M0jK-8A6Azr_33LtoNZ-gl5O4Tw4JOjpVmtjQ2UT76x27CXGe9Yj3okFk1G8Xni7yAXo9B3NE8byH2Ue0-bsXYB3zQBO8uYAln9kG5gbsQdPLs-bg/s1600/try.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #1c1e21; display: inline !important; float: left; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="472" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9iJeXGTwqtLfCfjAk8INsYFzK8M0jK-8A6Azr_33LtoNZ-gl5O4Tw4JOjpVmtjQ2UT76x27CXGe9Yj3okFk1G8Xni7yAXo9B3NE8byH2Ue0-bsXYB3zQBO8uYAln9kG5gbsQdPLs-bg/s320/try.jpg" width="240" /></a><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: inherit;">I was happily selected to try a <b><a href="https://www.rituals.com/en-us/collection-story-sakura.html" target="_blank">Rituals Sakura</a> (Japanese Cherry Blossom) "Try Me" TryaBox,</b> and I must say that I am really delighted with it! First of all, it smells <b>divine</b>- even the box smelled divine! (For just that reason it's a great gift- it's so much fun to open something that smells so good even before you know what it is!) And the three products are REALLY great, and while luxurious, not expensive, and I will be buying them- and some of the other products in the Collection, too! Included in the "Try Me" box are the <b>Sakura Sugar Scrub, Foaming Shower Gel, </b>and <b>Body Cream,</b> and with them I created a lovely, relaxing, and sensual little bath "ritual" for myself, that brings back wonderful memories of our Honeymoon in Japan and seeing the Cherry Blossoms! I love the <b>Sakura S</b></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><b>ugar Scrub</b>, which is a great but gentle exfoliator (I much prefer sugar scrubs to salt scrubs, as sugar scrubs don't burn...), and smells delicious, and the <b>Sakura Body Cream, </b>which is moisturizing and creamy, and has the same delightful scent, but best surprise was the unique <b>Sakura Foaming Shower Gel</b>, as it's really creamy and luscious on the skin, and truly moisturizing, which many shower gels aren't! Rituals has many different collections (check them all out here: </span><a data-ft="{"tn":"-U"}" data-lynx-mode="async" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rituals.com%2Fen-us%2Fabout-rituals.html%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1QVov17LNSDlRRNRs3jyCN71kwPN1nY-382CPZP-hnTit20hN7YKPl_A8&h=AT21I0h1AJkXBbhJ-_MJEKYWmBFjufULGUFOy01_ugqqcsJHVxw2SsOnuCA9gQUw3JvU5YtM4wkEyWC6oQZP4RIdI6mopBaxGdQljXHr7aLnfM9mCYt7YzSF7LBIg8t4Vmx35B9eGyKqh-oIHtvqG9JafxePd-_utd5oNgkwxvLJerF3WN5J_Gj42YQ3uTRlMKglKzFrfj4wZMtXUPfCnV2gFAop8ClUUWuFQcLN_rjbrpb_EvPfdVlz5OFU2GBLND-jVV4YY-x3ZMbZ_TusD_uiNYlbKauvALXqLhmjRBwhEZyzoEuETtouP7Qi8J419O2wseuV13ZFfdsVehDwWZn91ljVMKbcETdUHT9AIxp9J8u4IQAWNv4bVbBZmIwGRVYHbEGmX0JHr628g6r1UEckJ_ijvyZVVxe3snAgXH0OwqAAYbdfMKSKgNLCXW6E1NYZt0i86wevvL_O" rel="noopener nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: blue;">https://www.rituals.com/en-us/about-rituals.html</span></b></a><span style="color: #1c1e21;">), but </span><span style="color: #1c1e21;">I wanted to try the <b>Sakura Ritual </b>specifically because I have Very happy memories of seeing the Cherry Blossoms in Kyoto with Dan during our Honeymoon, and recapturing a bit of that magical experience seemed like a lovely thing to be able to do... </span></span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: inherit;">The Cherry Blossom Festival in Japan is world famous, and rightfully so: That springtime awakening of nature in Japan is a glorious but fleeting thing, precious because it is over all too soon, & it symbolizes that beauty is momentary, and that life must be enjoyed... When Dan and I were in Kyoto (for 2 days!) during our Honeymoon in the early spring, we knew that we were too early for the blossoms, and wouldn't get to see them... and so, when we woke up in Kyoto that morning and he called me to the window of our hotel room to see the trees that had just burst into flower, my heart skipped a beat! <b>Ritual's Sakura Collection </b>is inspired by that tradition, and includes nourishing Organic Rice Milk as well as cherry blossom, and it's truly delightful- and would make a Great gift! Here is the link to the complete <b>Sakura Collection</b>- not only bath products, but other lovely things, including <b>Hair & Body Mist, Shampoo and Conditioner, Shower Oil., Fragrance Sicks, </b>and<b> Candles</b>- and I want them all! <b>:-) </b>And luscious as they are, they are NOT expensive, so I just may be able to get them all, too! </span><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.rituals.com/en-us/collection-story-sakura.html" style="font-family: inherit;">https://www.rituals.com/en-us/collection-story-sakura.html</a> </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My 5 faithful readers may recall last year's post on making <b>Easy Apple Roses: <a href="https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2018/09/easy-puff-pastry-apple-roses-for-rosh.html">https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2018/09/easy-puff-pastry-apple-roses-for-rosh.html</a> </b>I made them for Rosh Hashonna (Jewish New Year) last fall, and they were a BIG hit with our <b><a href="http://www.elkhorninnwv.com/" target="_blank">Elkhorn Inn & Theatre</a> </b>dinner guests- you don't have to be Jewish to love Apple Roses! LOL This year I decided to try making Veggie Roses, and the first ones were <b>Puff Pastry Zucchini Roses with Tomato Jam-</b> and they were a big hit, too! Everyone loves pretty food with yummy tastes and textures! I found the recipe I started with on <b>Kosher.com: <a href="https://www.kosher.com/recipe/zucchini-roses-recipe-3906">https://www.kosher.com/recipe/zucchini-roses-recipe-3906</a> </b>I made a few changes- basically I jazzed up the Tomato Jam with cumin, and a bit of chili powder and cayenne, as well as a good dollop of mixed Italian herbs on top of the fresh oregano- but the biggest change was that <b>I actually made them in the TOASTER OVEN- </b>and it worked great! Hubby <span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;">Chef Dan is a Chef. He is the Latke King of Landgraff, WV, the Pastrami King, the Smoked Salmon Guy, Brisket Bubba, the Rib Meister, & the Smoked Lamb Chop Maven of McDowell County. <b>But I AM THE TOASTER OVEN QUEEN! </b>And if I can make really great Puff Pastry Zucchini Roses in a Toaster Oven ANYONE can!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The next step is to wash the zucchini and slice it paper thin. <b>Use a mandoline or an electric slicer-</b> you need <b>very thin</b> slices to make roses- see my photos for thinness. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #48494c; text-align: left;">Blanch the zucchini slices in a pot of salted, boiling water for two minutes, and then drain and run cold water on them to stop the cooking. (You can also microwave them in a bowl covered with Saran Wrap for about a minute). Lay them out on paper towels to dry. Unfold the </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #48494c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: left;">defrosted Puff Pastry Dough and roll it out with a floured rolling pin on a floured surface until it's at least 14" long on the longest side. Cut into 2 1/2" strips. Spoon the Tomato Jam in the middle of one strip of dough as shown in the photo. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Place the zucchini slices so they overlap, and so 1/3 of each slice is over the top of the dough - see the photo. (You should then fold up the bottom of the dough strip over the sauce and the bottoms of the zucchini slices- I forgot to do this. LOL) . </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then carefully roll up the rose, fairly tightly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bake at 350F for approximately 45 minutes, until fully cooked, and the dough is golden brown and nicely done. Make SURE they are done before removing them from the oven. If you see that the zucchini "petal tops" are starting to burn, you can cover them with aluminum foil for the last 10-15 minutes of baking. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You can serve them in the porcelain ramekins, or (and if you've baked them in a muffin tin), remove them, carefully, with a spoon, and set them on a plate.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I do not usually write reviews of products online, but I gave this<b> digital meat</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b> thermometer by <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FAdoric-Wireless-Digital-Thermometer-grilling%2Fdp%2FB07K83TBWM%2Fref%3Dsr_1_27%3Fs%3Dkitchen%26ie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1545219145%26sr%3D1-27%26keywords%3Dmeat%2520thermometer%26fbclid%3DIwAR1Oef8owqNNxN-3Ix4rp8D0fs3WBumn4hzE0K6Rn4YscTOMkYxu7BGQW-Y&h=AT01Ko-rT6KPZaX_eA0I2lYzEwl3wAug4IsUQveXWFUAz3pu0-JGI1svqTy6uDgApmbAGz1d8nMjM67bnf60ouzeGjaXDqYeRlUGrysjy0VHxjPzgBX7FObCB5o-rUWr4QM" target="_blank">Adoric</a></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b> </b>to my husband (aka Chef Dan) for the holidays, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">and he loved it- and I gave it 5 Stars!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Chef Dan BBQs, grills, and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">smokes a lot of meat on our covered grill/</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">smoker and Big Green Egg, and he h</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">ad been wanting one of these for a Long time! But as most thermometers like this are around $200, we kept putting of getting one... until I found this- a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">t $25 this was a great deal! </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">A guy who hates to read directions, LOL, h</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">e found it very easy to set up and use; the numbers are large and easily readable, and as they are LCD and “glow”, he can use it outside in the dark- he grills a lot at night- which he did! </span><span class="_47e3 _5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 0; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle;" title="smile emoticon"><img alt="" class="img" height="16" role="presentation" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4c/1/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: -3px;" width="16" /><span aria-hidden="true" class="_7oe" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0px; width: 0px;">:-)</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> The 2 probes make it really easy to use successfully, as you can get the temperature of different parts o</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">f the meat- such as a chicken breast and leg- at the same time.</span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The leads on the probes are long and slim enough that he was able to pass them through the holes on the cover of our smoker/grill, and so he didn't have to close the lid on the leads, which might have damaged them. Monitoring the meat temperature with the use of the probes like that you don't have to open the grill, either- you can keep the grill closed and use the thermometer, and you don't lose heat (or smoke if you are using it as a smoker) by opening the grill!</span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">When you turn on the thermometer, you set it for what you are cooking (i.e. pork, chicken, fish, lamb, ham, turkey, veal, beef), and it tells you the temperature it's supposed to be when it's done, which is Very helpful! As it has turned out, it's truly accurate, and the meats he's made have turned out perfect! </span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>Here is the link to amazon where you can get your own: </b></span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FAdoric-Wireless-Digital-Thermometer-grilling%2Fdp%2FB07K83TBWM%2Fref%3Dsr_1_27%3Fs%3Dkitchen%26ie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1545219145%26sr%3D1-27%26keywords%3Dmeat%2520thermometer%26fbclid%3DIwAR1Oef8owqNNxN-3Ix4rp8D0fs3WBumn4hzE0K6Rn4YscTOMkYxu7BGQW-Y&h=AT01Ko-rT6KPZaX_eA0I2lYzEwl3wAug4IsUQveXWFUAz3pu0-JGI1svqTy6uDgApmbAGz1d8nMjM67bnf60ouzeGjaXDqYeRlUGrysjy0VHxjPzgBX7FObCB5o-rUWr4QM" target="_blank">Adoric Wireless Remote Digital Meat Thermometer with Dual Probe for Cooking Smoker Kitchen Oven grilling and BBQ</a></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you can see in the photo, the chicken, sitting on its Beer Can, has the two probes inserted in different parts of the chicken:</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Then Chef Dan put the bird in the smoker, pulled the probes through the vent in the smoker, and covered it- he never had to open the smoker to check the temperature</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> and lose heat and smoke!</span><br />
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Elkhorn Inn & Theatrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16364735911576701948noreply@blogger.com83tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905749888184805940.post-84979728380126151712018-09-08T02:46:00.000-04:002018-09-08T02:46:57.735-04:00EASY Puff Pastry Apple Roses for Rosh Hashanna!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This post is for everyone who thinks they can't make <b>Puff Pastry Apple Roses</b>- If I can do it - and I am not known as "Ms. CraftFail 1959" for nothing- you can do it! I am NOT "crafty", and most of the things I have tried to make based on Pinterest pins and Video Tutorials have turned into Epic #PinterestFail messes. But this one actually worked- and on the first try, too! <b>Puff Pastry Apple Roses </b>seem to be this year's "Hot Desert" for Rosh Hashanna (Jewish New Year), when it's traditional to eat apples and honey to usher in a sweet new year, and there are at least a dozen recipes, tutorials, and videos on the web showing how to make them, but most are professionally photographed, and, while gorgeous to look at, incredibly intimidating in their perfection! This recipe, on the <b>To Simply Inspire</b> blog, sounded easy and actually do-able:<b> <a href="https://www.tosimplyinspire.com/apple-rose-puffed-pastries.html#comment-426815">https://www.tosimplyinspire.com/apple-rose-puffed-pastries.html#comment-426815 </a></b>and it is where I started from... <br />
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<li>1 box of Pillsbury Puff Pastry (Yes, you can make your own puff pastry, but this is for people like me who won't. LOL) The box contains 2 packs of dough. I made 6 roses using one pack. You can make 12 roses at once, or make 6 and keep the other pack in the fridge or freezer.</li>
<li>3 red apples for one pack of dough</li>
<li>Lemon Juice</li>
<li>Flour to dust your work surface</li>
<li>Apricot Preserves</li>
<li>Butter for greasing the Muffin Tin or Ramekins</li>
<li>Sugar & Cinnamon (aka Cinnamon-Sugar LOL)</li>
<li>Powdered Sugar for dusting</li>
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<li>Sharp Knife, Spoon</li>
<li>Rolling Pin</li>
<li>Melon-Baller to scoop out the seeds from the apples</li>
<li>Mandoline to slice the apples thinly</li>
<li>Microwave to gently par-cook the apple slices</li>
<li>Muffin Tin or Ramekins</li>
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The first thing you do is <b>halve and core the apples</b>- you want red apples, so the edges of your rose petals are red. <b>:-) </b> I used a <b>"melon-baller"</b> to scoop out the seeds, and then cut the ends off with a knife. Three apples will give you more than enough slices for 6 roses.<br />
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The next thing you do is <b>slice the apples very thinly, </b>using a <b>Mandoline.</b> Yes, you can do this with a knife, but unless you have the Knife Skills of an Iron Chef they probably won't be thin and perfect, and for this you want thin and perfect. A cheap plastic Mandoline with a good, sharp blade (be Careful when using it!) is one of The best kitchen tools to have around...<br />
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Slice all the apples thinly, and, as you slice them, IMMEDIATELY put them in a <b>bowl with water and a little lemon juice,</b> so they won't turn brown! Toss the apple slices gently in the lemon water to make sure they all get coated.<br />
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<b>Microwave the bowl of apples and lemon water for about 5 minutes, </b>tossing them gently in the lemon water every minute or so, until the slices are soft enough to roll. You don't want them mushy, but they have to be soft, or you will not be able to roll them up into roses.<br />
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<b>Flour your flat rolling surface and lay your cool (defrosted) Puff Pastry out on it. </b>You need the pastry dough to be cool in order to work with it, so if it starts to get warm and sticky, pop it into the freezer for a few minutes or the fridge.<br />
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<b>Using a rolling pin, roll out the Puff Pastry</b> until it's a large, thin rectangle. Cut off any wavy edges so it's straight. <br />
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<b>Cut the Puff Pastry into 6 even strips.</b><br />
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<b>Spoon the Apricot Preserves on each strip of Puff Pastry.</b><br />
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<b>Drain the apple slices and cut each one in half. </b><br />
<b>Place the slices, slightly overlapping them, as shown, all along the edge of the Puff Pastry strip</b>, with the red edges of the apples sticking out a bit over the edge of the pastry. <br />
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<b>Fold the Puff Pastry up over the apple slices as shown. </b><br />
<b>Starting at one end, quickly roll it up like a jelly roll- and you will have a rose!</b> Don't try to roll it tightly- just roll it gently, but quickly.<br />
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Voila! A Puff Pastry Rose! Isn't that the cutest thing ever? :-)<br />
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Immediately put each Rose in a BUTTERED muffin tin, or into porcelain baking ramekins. I found they fit perfectly into our trusty old muffin tin. (If you don't butter the tin or ramekins the pastry may stick, and it will be impossible to get them out).<br />
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Dust each one with cinnamon-sugar:<br />
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Bake then for 40-45 minutes in a pre-heated oven. I baked them at 375F for the first 10 minutes, and then at 350F for the last 30 minutes. (Everyone's oven and pans are different, so bear that in mind!)<br />
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When done, this is what they looked like!<br />
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Once they are cool, pop them out and put them on plates or in ramekins to serve them. (If you bake them in porcelain ramekins, you can serve them like that, straight from the oven- just sprinkle with powdered sugar and go!)<br />
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I heated them in the microwave right before serving, and then sprinkled them with powdered sugar, and we served them with a bit of caramel sauce on the side!<br />
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They came out so well, in fact, that we served them as a special treat to our <b><a href="http://www.elkhorninnwv.com/" target="_blank">Elkhorn Inn</a> </b>Dinner Guests and they loved them- and wanted the recipe! :-)<br />
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I can think of a number of interesting variations you could try with different fruits- and I want to try it with veggies like squash or beets- anything you could slice really thin and get soft enough to roll would probably work- and make savory ones! Maybe using pesto instead of the preserves???<br />
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Have you made these yet? Let me know how they came out in the comments- and if you have a really funny "Fail", let me see that, too!<br />
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