tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57279638760210464642024-03-12T21:27:27.348-07:00Fenton InnWilhelm the Woodcutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15150773841712970887noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727963876021046464.post-79687210640007873452020-10-04T14:56:00.000-07:002020-10-04T14:56:00.714-07:00High Bridge Trail<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjemplePPbfeY92I2fbniWkCNRbbjubKHPDr0jZjuom0NGXnKTxbKw8zO_CloMm7FegsYJYGhPVSuIlfy3G6XvkqZcA3zC5xypbU_ymdeiKsCgJ9hVEMALB7uZDse2YE60BKLJYRMJgaUy0/s2048/IMG_20200711_124724469.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="long wooden bridge" border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjemplePPbfeY92I2fbniWkCNRbbjubKHPDr0jZjuom0NGXnKTxbKw8zO_CloMm7FegsYJYGhPVSuIlfy3G6XvkqZcA3zC5xypbU_ymdeiKsCgJ9hVEMALB7uZDse2YE60BKLJYRMJgaUy0/w400-h225/IMG_20200711_124724469.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A nice day trip from the Fenton inn, is the town of Farmington. This sleepy former railroad town has converted the once important High Bridge and the railroad beds to a very long park perfect for biking and walking. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZU5MTDAPvQ_cmGCkz7p31KIH65ZKkag1YTUJkZa7f9jo0ERqzMuGcMWka2PqblldHzNZp8oWe3mkruaxFqVNq2d-S-bPkajZHEcUjS5pB6XlyuyoG8nb7pnpmYVDTjs9qwX6Zq3o87iek/s2048/IMG_20200711_124751568.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="people sitting on a wooden bench in a shade" border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZU5MTDAPvQ_cmGCkz7p31KIH65ZKkag1YTUJkZa7f9jo0ERqzMuGcMWka2PqblldHzNZp8oWe3mkruaxFqVNq2d-S-bPkajZHEcUjS5pB6XlyuyoG8nb7pnpmYVDTjs9qwX6Zq3o87iek/w400-h225/IMG_20200711_124751568.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The bridge is nearly half a mile long and has some scenic benches to rest in the shade.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrxY7XE8x0nfSLlsVacBJulcTGf2BN0XkQ4w4EyUd7kNc4_HLYluDbSW6SrL-TFbH3WRdB2dUHL94wWX85IK2iUQbhkjqbXG8K1GKqCADWB27KvFgirZjOyzVjqnzMxFIfXJ2W0bgjorU/s2048/IMG_20200711_124816306.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="view of the river from above" border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrxY7XE8x0nfSLlsVacBJulcTGf2BN0XkQ4w4EyUd7kNc4_HLYluDbSW6SrL-TFbH3WRdB2dUHL94wWX85IK2iUQbhkjqbXG8K1GKqCADWB27KvFgirZjOyzVjqnzMxFIfXJ2W0bgjorU/w400-h225/IMG_20200711_124816306.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Below the bridge is a small river meandering through the trees.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuepxWP4Jk1EW-7Ue39BUr9dR9ZkfNoGSphu_TCj8V-084vy_Mc4OmM4r2BlsbYvqHH_VkhGKeQL40Qk8Pl83zMxbS0g0nhxqb7OvWbKAKOIQExKND3ZMrs8YoR1jntID6w6WTOWP04-s/s2048/IMG_20200711_125111945.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="view from the bridge down" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuepxWP4Jk1EW-7Ue39BUr9dR9ZkfNoGSphu_TCj8V-084vy_Mc4OmM4r2BlsbYvqHH_VkhGKeQL40Qk8Pl83zMxbS0g0nhxqb7OvWbKAKOIQExKND3ZMrs8YoR1jntID6w6WTOWP04-s/w225-h400/IMG_20200711_125111945.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The aptly named High Bridge is way above the river below.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbdhWFRGeYJv7zgiWxbhtf62CnlIG_TxnxrS5lOemTQ-MX1ia1EdIvfWdXpEd7EUe5SZ3LDWIgzgmwfVt3KoCEjx65FVrdnA9y7YXBJ5MKDYreEYHSnKdnBcTnCBvGwrtms95YG9TRy89/s2048/IMG_20200711_125117136.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="views of support structures of the bridge from above" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbdhWFRGeYJv7zgiWxbhtf62CnlIG_TxnxrS5lOemTQ-MX1ia1EdIvfWdXpEd7EUe5SZ3LDWIgzgmwfVt3KoCEjx65FVrdnA9y7YXBJ5MKDYreEYHSnKdnBcTnCBvGwrtms95YG9TRy89/w225-h400/IMG_20200711_125117136.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The original bridge was actually two levels with rail and wagon crossing. Now it a quiet place to ride a bike or stroll in the wilderness.</div><br /><p><br /></p>Wilhelm the Woodcutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15150773841712970887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727963876021046464.post-256367305664218152020-09-28T09:00:00.003-07:002020-09-28T09:00:02.378-07:00Falls at Saint Mary Wilderness<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmFp0EAEW_P1gTlhs6pa3RQ75bu1Rnk2NwUHmOhUY0mbRCKo3pvq85odgBQx5B_wZv7kXZK3_I6cT8BHU51gTIfon4W_-P5hk97jfFAc5MWDLlvs3gidkgkdrLvb-4WFMHjRU2gAQmh0R/s2048/IMG_20200818_113815161.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="sign for Saint Mary wilderness" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmFp0EAEW_P1gTlhs6pa3RQ75bu1Rnk2NwUHmOhUY0mbRCKo3pvq85odgBQx5B_wZv7kXZK3_I6cT8BHU51gTIfon4W_-P5hk97jfFAc5MWDLlvs3gidkgkdrLvb-4WFMHjRU2gAQmh0R/w225-h400/IMG_20200818_113815161.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The trail head is about 25 minutes drive from the Fenton Inn. It is a windy road that will end at the trail head with a small parking area. The easier route goes through Vesuvius which despite its name sake, is not a volcano, but a small town near a rail road track. This route is mostly on paved road from 56 and the Blue Ridge Parkway.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyHqPdA23ht8_6lbrMkDPsBRihQFkbNNffADCA8bP_AM-s4GVPGdGRFUyj7kZuht9AVpJVM9auZ1qDBeRROKRxye74BLezu520WG36bMZoLrkqFv0MTLKKCPG8c0BNWedhEa8uD7XpS13h/s2048/IMG_20200818_120201570.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Mountain rocks" border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyHqPdA23ht8_6lbrMkDPsBRihQFkbNNffADCA8bP_AM-s4GVPGdGRFUyj7kZuht9AVpJVM9auZ1qDBeRROKRxye74BLezu520WG36bMZoLrkqFv0MTLKKCPG8c0BNWedhEa8uD7XpS13h/w400-h225/IMG_20200818_120201570.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The waterfall is about 2 miles in. Expect to get your shoes wet on the stream crossings. The first few are easier to stay dry on, but at some point it is just easier and safer to get wet rather than balancing on wet rocks in the stream.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7fy8E1q6IxL_trxjZLW5FgcDSupS3xjjReE3018RfizKXb1FFSt5R09eAlA_2JGlNjFMo1wMZpitHFlLRuDMtjq0AUnKKcGhpD4wJqYVacxXszRwXFAzDrXaTc3384QAvNhZh9QY4DHx/s2048/IMG_20200818_114533622.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Clear stream" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7fy8E1q6IxL_trxjZLW5FgcDSupS3xjjReE3018RfizKXb1FFSt5R09eAlA_2JGlNjFMo1wMZpitHFlLRuDMtjq0AUnKKcGhpD4wJqYVacxXszRwXFAzDrXaTc3384QAvNhZh9QY4DHx/w225-h400/IMG_20200818_114533622.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The stream is clear and inviting, but very very cold. Even on a hot day, you need to prepare for the cold shock therapy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8geZLqYYKLrAZe2QRxOyMnlPvYDZLAg7zP-hzrr7-IYeZTPK8OZ2OOE58NLBbxrmfab9_NSGUjMWvUmENI8H0iiGI1sQLsIp2ZWjpo9K8PMwGKFUZhCOdLHwbi4Oe5t59CN1K0Yiofnr/s2048/IMG_20200818_120438944.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Pass of stones in a water" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8geZLqYYKLrAZe2QRxOyMnlPvYDZLAg7zP-hzrr7-IYeZTPK8OZ2OOE58NLBbxrmfab9_NSGUjMWvUmENI8H0iiGI1sQLsIp2ZWjpo9K8PMwGKFUZhCOdLHwbi4Oe5t59CN1K0Yiofnr/w225-h400/IMG_20200818_120438944.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the four stream crossings, depending on the rainfall and water level it is an easy crossing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikno6BU3yzI1_9s6Edo-SewcIRpOEUQD0MN7oAfY6tuchkK9lI0Axw1P6MufwBRzVT-ljvt_HnmORG8WkpG_4M-edOJBf6XHseG_f2a8eDGFHu3ZDLG3KdxH8zhodnzFDV8-1fHllhbLA5/s2048/IMG_20200818_130230732.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Wild Mushrooms" border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikno6BU3yzI1_9s6Edo-SewcIRpOEUQD0MN7oAfY6tuchkK9lI0Axw1P6MufwBRzVT-ljvt_HnmORG8WkpG_4M-edOJBf6XHseG_f2a8eDGFHu3ZDLG3KdxH8zhodnzFDV8-1fHllhbLA5/w400-h225/IMG_20200818_130230732.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were a lot of wild mushrooms, but not being an expert, I never pick the wild ones.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijS7S5zqtT-v8ZOc_17prTlZx5KYGMAIBoYAaIU5Gx9cEUMLI7-61mq6qL0HvLKxjjmO3ONqLOn4y0L6QubwKXe4w9laI_J19gwzAVh_LKx_jHoDm4oeYUaFFg4BWt2faaEkBdkhBYomJT/s2048/IMG_20200818_122745302.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Swimming pond with a tree in front" border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijS7S5zqtT-v8ZOc_17prTlZx5KYGMAIBoYAaIU5Gx9cEUMLI7-61mq6qL0HvLKxjjmO3ONqLOn4y0L6QubwKXe4w9laI_J19gwzAVh_LKx_jHoDm4oeYUaFFg4BWt2faaEkBdkhBYomJT/w400-h225/IMG_20200818_122745302.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first little waterfall and swimming spot. I took a while to get in slowly, others jumped from the rock shelf and got it over quickly.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrxb9Wp-eU3EbviEHqJFyLaOd_dMrNmFHJD4IqoeS6u1u_hmd8TyQV_-fiQp8nAkLNxx4bSqBcHL5nUX6RYBbAap4s_26dGZgn-WRqU3pSH8BBaI5uqg7nhitrct5rMkJXKC7eTQMu9i6S/s2048/IMG_20200818_125938582.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Falls" border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrxb9Wp-eU3EbviEHqJFyLaOd_dMrNmFHJD4IqoeS6u1u_hmd8TyQV_-fiQp8nAkLNxx4bSqBcHL5nUX6RYBbAap4s_26dGZgn-WRqU3pSH8BBaI5uqg7nhitrct5rMkJXKC7eTQMu9i6S/w400-h225/IMG_20200818_125938582.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The main waterfall and swimming hole is more popular in summer, and the jump is over 10 feet into the cold water. People cheer and watch from the cliffs around it. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLH0oTyHQPYgXCxdY74a1uKzG1o9bF0q9-H5YWDH-kvyyjrXw4KILfVVw4muC6AAc1j5hGEyAimwLquKhfhOVfO-G9Y8rK3meZ8V2P_dk3u_xOkaLZ0TQwKsK0LEFJAhR432ti7XcgzPMk/s2048/IMG_20200818_130106667.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Person swimming in a falls" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLH0oTyHQPYgXCxdY74a1uKzG1o9bF0q9-H5YWDH-kvyyjrXw4KILfVVw4muC6AAc1j5hGEyAimwLquKhfhOVfO-G9Y8rK3meZ8V2P_dk3u_xOkaLZ0TQwKsK0LEFJAhR432ti7XcgzPMk/w225-h400/IMG_20200818_130106667.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">No one swims for too long in the cold water, but it will leave you feeling super awake and energized for the hike back down the trail.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p>Wilhelm the Woodcutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15150773841712970887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727963876021046464.post-12183781451154328482019-06-24T15:06:00.000-07:002019-06-24T15:06:56.460-07:00Summer time at Sherando Lake<div style="text-align: center;">
Just three miles away from the Fenton Inn is beautiful Sherando Lake.</div>
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There are two lakes. The lower lake has swimming and canoeing and the upper lake is for fishing.</div>
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There are a number of cook out spots with picnic tables on the left side of the lake. The trees provide shade all day long.</div>
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Each year they stock both lakes with rainbow trout. </div>
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Another view towards Wintergreen Ski area. Most of the fall leaves had dropped about a week or so before, but a few trees still held on to their leaves for a few days more.</div>
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A few flowers and ribbons made the event extra special. A great day and a great place to tie the knot.</div>
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Just a short drive from the Fenton Inn is the world famous Monroe Institute. Like many people from the area, I had heard of the place but had no idea what it was. We had several guests that visited the place last year including the author Graham Hancock and I decided to sign up for an introductory seminar.<br />
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So what is the Monroe Institute? I suppose the first misconception to dispel is that it has nothing to do with the former President James Monroe who lived near Thomas Jefferson just outside of Charlottesville in the next county over. The place is named after Robert Monroe who founded the Institute and developed the technology. He was a radio and broadcast engineer who created a system of sounds that facilitate brain wave changes for the purpose of meditation. He started the idea of the out of body experience (OBE) and took a scientific or nonreligious look at meditation and exploring the brain from with in. I am sure the website they have could do a better job answering more detailed technical aspects. </div>
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So the next question I get, now having gone through a short program... Does it work? I will say yes, it works but with an explanation. I think when people ask this, they assume that after a single session, I would have discovered all the hidden mysteries of the universe in an easily explained formula or ten simple rules. Understandably in our era, we watch shows where a guy goes into the woods for a hour and expects to find a bigfoot. In a day in the woods, you might find a deer, but most people will miss 99% of the wildlife and getting a good selfie with a bear is nearly impossible. The technology is designed to get you in the zone, as if you had a decade of meditation practice. It opens a window and what you see or don't see through this window is subjective.<br />
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We had a second session after lunch. Not to sound too much like my daughter's assessment of school, but I think lunch was the best class. The group had 27 people, some of whom had come from other states and countries. It was fun sharing stories and finding out what brought people to trek so far to Nelson County. There were a few other people from nearby, and I wonder if the Lourdes Effect might have any bearing on my ability to see things during my sessions. (The Lourdes Effect is the fact that the farther a person travels to the healing waters, the more powerful the possible cure, and conversely, no locals from Lourdes report any effect. Thus the struggle of a long pilgrimage makes one more a believer than a nearby person who had Lourdes water from the sink faucet with no effort to get it.) <br />
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A large quartz crystal is a focal point of the lawn. There was a lot to take in all at once. In the darkness of a little room, listening to phased sounds, it was easy to relax and day dream with out distraction. It would take a while to get good at it and harder still to explain to anyone who has not tried it. All and all, a fun day, with included lunch and interesting people and wonderful staff. Another strange fact, I went 8 hours with 27 people and no one used the phone, no phones rang, and even in the slide presentations, no one lit up their face by checking a text. That maybe be more unusual than anything I saw during meditation.Wilhelm the Woodcutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15150773841712970887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727963876021046464.post-34956020179701890602019-01-10T15:29:00.000-08:002019-01-10T15:29:03.935-08:00Hill Top Berry Farm and Winery<div style="text-align: center;">
One of the closest wineries to the Fenton Inn is Hill Top Berry Farm and Winery.</div>
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They offer wine tastings at $5 and will waive the fee with a purchase of a bottle. You can expect 8-10 selections at your tasting.</div>
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<br />Wilhelm the Woodcutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15150773841712970887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727963876021046464.post-50260396228123258952018-12-21T15:27:00.000-08:002018-12-21T15:27:13.314-08:00Flying Fox WineryJust a short drive from Fenton Inn is a Flying Fox Winery. It was open in 2018 .<br />
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There are several rooms where you can enjoy your wine tasting.</div>
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You can try several types of white and red wines.</div>
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Some of the tasting tables in a main room.</div>
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<br />Wilhelm the Woodcutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15150773841712970887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727963876021046464.post-18832104481609537422018-08-09T10:56:00.000-07:002018-08-09T10:56:04.155-07:00The Split Banana Ice cream and Gypsy Hill Park in Staunton VA<br />
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Another stop in nearby Staunton, is my wife's favorite ice cream place, The SplitBanana.</div>
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Located in the historic downtown area of Staunton, the town has a number of shops, artist galleries and restaurants.</div>
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If you going to have ice cream..have good ice cream and enjoy the whole process of picking a favorite and ...wow, I am getting hungry just looking at this picture here.</div>
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A list of the ingredients have many locally sourced organic items, such as Nelson County honey.</div>
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A stroll through the nearby park to leisurely eat your ice cream. The ducks enjoy watching people, especially anyone eating food.</div>
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Sorry ducks, this one is just too good to share.</div>
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Just a 30 minute drive from the Fenton Inn is the town of Staunton, the home of Sunspots, a center for glass blowing artists from around the area.</div>
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An artist loads up glass on the pipe for a demonstration.</div>
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A sign showing some of the basic tools for glass blowing.</div>
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An artist is shaping his ork with added heat from the gas torch.</div>
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Some of the many vases for sale at the center.</div>
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Several cute turtles.</div>
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A giant hand blow vase for $2000.</div>
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Decorative hand made glass works with many other artist tables in the distance.</div>
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A hike to Cedar Cliffs near the Fenton Inn</div>
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We hiked during the peak of the flowering Mountain Laurels. It was a very scenic trail and fairly moderate in terms of steepness. The trail head is on Wintergreen just near the snow tubing and adventure park. </div>
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The sign marks the beginning of the trail, which starts out as a gravel road used by the ski slopes for maintenance. It is not exactly scenic, but this quickly gives way to the trail in the woods.</div>
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Rhododendron flowers and Mountain Laurels line the path for most of the hike. They bloom in May for several weeks and with all the rain fall we had in spring, the flowers looked amazing this year.</div>
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With all the flowers, it is like walking through the green houses at Kew Gardens.</div>
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After about 45 minutes of descent, we reach the Cedar Cliff overlook.</div>
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Looking back up towards the now green ski slopes of Wintergreen as fog rolls in.</div>
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The trail is marked clearly and well traveled path. Much of the trail was easy walking with a few ups and downs. If you missed the flowers, the fall colors will be out before you know it.</div>
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One of the cascades at White Rock Falls. I can only guess the big boulder is the whitish rock, though there were no truly white rocks around. </div>
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There are two ways to the falls, the shorter of the two is by parking at the Slacks overlook, about 7 miles South on the Blue Ridge Parkway from the Fenton Inn ( MP 19.9)</div>
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The trail head is across the Parkway from the overlook and fairly subtly marked if you don't know where to look. There are orange flags near the road and a small sign. Once on the trail, the path is very well marked and cleared, with several wooden bridges across the stream.</div>
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A large fallen tree. This ancient giant Hemlock may have been the ancestor of the many Hemlock trees in the area. </div>
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A view out over the valley. The woods are a mix of pines and poplars just getting their leaves in late spring. <br />
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A Hemlock tree has needles that are flat and branches that are also flat, where as most other pines have rounded needles and grow three dimensional branches and needle clusters.</div>
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A Chestnut Oak with shelf mushrooms. </div>
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A lower cascade at the White Rock Falls where the trail crosses the stream. We turned back at this spot, but had we taken two cars, we could have left one at the other end of the trail and continued on the trail. As it was, we hiked for about 45 minutes to the lower falls and about the same to return to the overlook. There was a bit more climbing on the return hike, but mostly shaded in the cool woods. </div>
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Another cascade at the waterfall as the stream descends into the valley. It was a good afternoon hike, enough to feel like we went somewhere with out taking more than 2 hours. Some of the best views were back at the car at the overlook, but the woods along the trail were filled with spring flowers, mountain laurel, trillium flowers, and many scenic rock cliffs to make it a very rewarding hike.</div>
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Hiking the Plunge near the Fenton Inn</div>
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A panoramic view back towards Three Ridges from the Plunge rocky cliffs.</div>
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The trail head is just off Blackrock Circle, and the hike is only 0 point 2 miles or 1/5 of a mile. The decimal point is a bit faded on the sign.</div>
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Looking back up towards some of the large houses on Blackrock Circle. You will note that we have been hiking down to get the view, and will climb up to get to the car again. A bit opposite from most mountain climbing, but still great views from the Plunge.<br />
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A balanced rock on the edge of the cliff framed by some pine trees that cling to the rocks. </div>
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Ancient stone works were made in the early 1980s when the trails were cut around the mountain. </div>
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A natural table top and bench to enjoy the view.</div>
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Looking out over the Devil's backbone in the valley below. A perfect spot for a zip line, but then how would we ever get back to the car?</div>
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A panoramic view on a sunny spring day. We will have to come back and see it in the fall.</div>
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Downtown Staunton has a number of
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The theater called the Black Friars
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The chocolate shop called Cocoa Mill is
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The display has many hand dipped
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Large variety of truffles.</div>
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Assorted chocolates could be a great gift for any occasion.</div>
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A favorite restaurant called Zynodoa
offers a fresh menu and wine paring options. A number of our guests
have been there and recommend the wine pairing with sampler sized
plates of different menu items. It is a great way to try a variety
of different foods and wines rather than deciding on just entrée.
Life is about exploring and Staunton offers a fun day out on the
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Fireworks at Wintergreen were held to
celebrate the Winter Olympics. Wintergreen usually has fireworks on
the Fourth of July and New Years, but this year an extra fireworks
were held over the Ski Slopes. The entrance porch was decked out
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A panoramic view from the top of the
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The hike is fairly steep, but not very
long, so a few breaks for water at one of the many benches along the
way, and the top is in sight. Most of the lower section of the trail
is very wide with gravel surface. About half way up, the trail
changes to a more narrow climb, with sections having steps or
climbing over large boulders. It can be a bit slick in the rain, so
wear good shoes with some traction. The best method is to take
someone much slower than yourself on the hike. That way you will get
plenty of rest waiting for them at each switch back of the trail and
they will do all the complaining for you through the steeper section.
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The reward for the hike is to get to
the top and enjoy the view out over the Shenandoah Valley . The
rocks are sloped at about 45 degrees, remnants of some ancient
collision between the continents a half billion or so years ago. The
rocks of the valley are limestone from a long lost ocean and they are
going under the igneous rocks of the Blue Ridge Mountains right below
your feet. The uplifting of the two layers are why the mountain top
rock are pointed up and to the west all along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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A view of the rock layers, a half
billion years in the making. These are the oldest mountains on
earth, predating all but the simplest life forms. By contrast, the
valley limestone is formed by a build up of complex life forms that
used calcium to make shells at a much later period. These mountains
have seen an ocean as big as the Atlantic Ocean, come and go from
this view, seen dinosaurs, and multiple ice ages. Monican Indians
roamed these mountains for a few centuries. Two hundred years ago,
Peter Jefferson (Thomas Jefferson's father) surveyed the area, giving
us such names as Devil's knob and backbone after finding it
unsuitable to farming. In the 1930s, work crews put in the Blue
Ridge Parkway and at that time, much of the land around had been
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A new door with a bit of October themed
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On the bridge are two riders, the
headless horseman and Ichabod Crane. The riders move from one
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Below the bridge is a keystone archway.
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Another view of the covered bridge.
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Pumpkins and three scarecrows at our
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The first signs of fall are in the
Dogwood tree. Different types of trees decide it is time to shed
their leaves as much as a month apart. The hickories tend to be a
bit pessimistic about the winter storms about to arrive. They grow
slow and strong, waiting until the spring is in full bloom before
starting any leaves and dropping them at the first hint of cool
weather. The Poplar trees are ever the optimists, holding leaves
until the last minute, and budding out early in spring. They grow
fast and tend to lose a lot of branches and tops to the ice storms or
early snow. Rather than sulk and give up, they will regrow from the
roots if need be, still budding optimistically early and holding on
the their leaves through the fall. Two different ways to deal with
winter's adversities, both thriving on our sunny mountainside.
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We had Dinner at the Devil's Grill on Wintergreen. It is just 4 miles from the Fenton Inn at the top of Wintergreen at the Golf Club. There are a number of places called Devil's Knob, Devil's Backbone, Devil's Grill etc in the area, and apparently it dates back to the original survey done by Peter Jefferson (Thomas Jefferson's father). While surveying on the Mountain they lost a horse off a cliff and so had a bad day while naming the area. Plus it was considered poor land for farming tobacco (He never envisioned ski slopes or a golf course at the time). </div>
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The start of the golf course on the top of the mountain (there is a second in the valley called Stoney Creek). It is a fairly difficult lay out, with sharp turns and elevation changes. </div>
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The newly added outside dinning area at the Devil's grill. The top of the mountain can be quite a bit colder than in the valley, so dinning out in summer is a treat. </div>
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My wife got the Korean Barbeque which was also quite good. </div>
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I ordered the pan seared trout with pilaf. The unique flavor with bacon and plum was a good surprise to the side dish.</div>
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The cauliflower soup was a little over spiced.</div>
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A view out the bakery window to the hummingbird feeder. About five females have discovered the feeder and an occasional male. Hummingbirds are highly protective of their favorite flowers and will chase each other away from the feeder.<br />
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We have many flowers in and around the village. Spicebush and yellow tiger swallowtail butterflies are the most common larger butterflies. The occasional monarch will pass through and never seems to have time to sit long on their journey north or south. <br />
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More flowers around the village.<br />
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The hummingbirds can use their tongues to empty the feeder over the day. They can eat more than their body weight in nectar each day but lose 10% of their body weight each night while sleeping. Flower nectar, like our feeder nectar, is sugar and water with very little else. Much of the hummingbirds diet is actually flying insects and spiders, where they get the needed protein and vitamins to go with their sugary diet. <br />
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Looking up to the hummingbird weathervane on the tower of the hummingbird suite. Hummingbirds evolved in South America and while most species are still tropical, some have adapted to live as far north as Alaska. The Fenton Inn is as close as they will get to Europe, as they are native only to North and South America and migrate only over land where they can rest and feed frequently. We hope they enjoy their summer in Bavaria in the Blue Ridge Mountains.Wilhelm the Woodcutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15150773841712970887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727963876021046464.post-46297207734316846632017-07-14T14:05:00.000-07:002018-07-11T16:08:45.725-07:00Horseback riding near the Fenton Inn.<br />
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Just forty minutes from Fenton Inn is Star B Stables that is near Staunton, Va. The property is large and well kept. You can make reservations for horseback riding lessons even if you never tried before. They accept children from 6 year of age.<br />
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Saddled up and ready. The platform makes it easy to climb up in the saddle even for the novice rider.<br />
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Two pony tails, not sure which one is longer. <br />
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The trail loops around through the fields, woods and even a river, but the horses know the way back to the barn. Entire trails takes about one hour. Kids really enjoyed their first lesson.<br />
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This chest of drawers is made from a figured Maple that reminds me of fudge swirl ice cream, add to that the cherry accents on top and that it is joined together with biscuits (yes that is what they are actually called.) and it sound more like an ice cream Sunday. Even the handles and the attached hand plane where made from the same wood. <br />
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A closer view of the hand plane made from Maple and Cherry. I left the final edge detail stop under the hand plane, as if the work was still just a few passes away from being finished. I have made historic hand planes in different styles, but wanted this one to be a bit cute, with curved lines and more childlike proportions. In the older styles of planes, the adjustments were from either tapping the wedge to lower the blade or the heel of the plane to raise the blade. <br />
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If you look closely to the figured Maple on the plane, you can see two tiny worm holes. Acid from the worms eating the wood cause the color staining to travel with the grain, producing the wild patterns in the wood. </div>
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To join the top and side boards, I used a curving river of black cherry that runs up from one side, across the top and down the other side. </div>
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To jazz up the bottom, I went with an asymmetrical twist of a standard double S curve that I have used countless times even in the background timberwork on the Fenton Inn Bakery. This new twist is either a wave or a bird with wings out. The sides curves stem from the off centered cherry that flairs like a tree trunk as it touched the ground. I wanted to do something interesting with such nice figured maple that complimented the natural organic shapes.</div>
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A short hike along the Appalachian Trail starting from the Humpback Rock Picnic Area, leads to a rocky cliff overlook facing the Wintergreen Ski Resort. From this point on the AT you can see the entire ski area, the serpentine row of condos on Blue Ridge Drive and the new water tank that is used in the winter for making snow. Just beyond Wintergreen Mountain is the familiar slopes of Three Ridges (the mountain we view from the Fenton Inn). Beyond this in the distance is the Priest, which has Crabtree Falls at its base. Each of the three mountain tops are about 4000ft in elevation. </div>
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Here is the sign on the Blue Ridge Parkway showing where to park for the start of the trail. Drive into the picnic area and go all the way to the very back. There you will find the Blue trail which connects into the AT in a short distance through the woods. Turning left (North) on the AT takes you to the cliffs in about 40 minutes of fairly easy hiking.</div>
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While there are bear warning all around the Blue Ridge Parkway and Wintergreen, this picnic area is frequented by bear looking for left overs and picnic baskets. As always, don't feed the bears or they can become troublesome. We did not see any bears, but did see a number of large stones flipped over along the trail as they searched for ants. About half their diet is plants, acorns and berries, the other half is insects, grubs and scavenging. This is altered in areas where garbage and hand outs give them a taste for junk food.</div>
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The Blue Trail from the picnic area leads off through the woods. The area is heavily wooded today, but is covered in stone walls of an old farm. During the time of the Blue Ridge Parkway's construction in the 1930s, much of the land was still open fields.</div>
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A closer look at the trail head leading to the AT.</div>
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The AT, some 850 miles from the start in Georgia and 1200 miles from the end in Maine. About 2000 people complete the trail each year reaching our area in June.</div>
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The AT trail marker at the intersection of the Blue trail with the AT.<br />
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The sign show distances to nearby landmarks. A walk back to the Fenton Inn, which is 0.5 miles from the AT at Reeds gap, would be around 6.6 miles.</div>
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Being in the mountains at 2000 ft elevation we can enjoy beautiful views of the night sky. Just another night we had a very clear night sky with a new moon, the stars, Jupiter and its four moons that were on display for our guests that brought with them a high powered telescope and knowledge of the night sky.</div>
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Jupiter was up directly over head as the night sky slowly darkened. As much fun as the telescope was, the reclining chairs and the high powered binoculars were ever better. I was surprised how many different satellites were passing over head each night, invisible with out the binoculars. Most of the suburban and urban world has too much light pollution to see many stars and most days people are so busy with life to take the time to look up from their phones to take in the night sky.<br />
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The telescope set up to view the moons of Jupiter. Being at medieval village, I couldn't help but think about the first views of the universe with the discovery of curved lenses. Suddenly the inventions of the telescope and microscope showed the universe was vast beyond our grasp, and made up of parts smaller than we could imagine. <br />
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Even in our high tech age, the light from a distant star, that traveled for a million years to get to this spot, is still exciting to see.</div>
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The journey to the Natural Bridge from the Fenton Inn.<br />
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Considered one of the natural wonders of Virginia, the aptly named Natural Bridge is just a hour drive from the Fenton Inn. Two centuries ago, when the Blue Ridge Mountains were the frontier of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson bought the land with this unusual stone pass through. It was about a two days journey from his Lynchburg estate, Poplar Forest. The Natural Bridge would remain in private hands until just last year, when the park service bought the land. Earlier attempts as a profitable roadside attraction had struggled in recent decades, in spite of laser light shows and even a wax museum. All that is gone, leaving the short walk through the woods to a rocky canyon and the pathway to the natural bridge, a bit more natural than before.</div>
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A Monacan Indian village has been built upstream from the Natural Bridge, and helps visitors to see the wigwams and farming that would have been in this area. The Monacans believed the Natural Bridge formed after they were cornered by their enemies and the rocks opened up to allow their escape, much like the parting of the Red Sea. <br />
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The Monacan long house using Tulip Poplar bark and bent saplings for the frame. With a single fire inside, the entire village could keep warm in winter.<br />
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A view of the waterfall at the end of the canyon and where our pathway ends. <br />
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Back in the days of black powder muskets and cannons, the success of a battle might hinge on having a good supply of bat poo. Though technically it is from the bat urine. Bats eat insects and have a very high protein diet, putting more nitrogen in their waste. These salts when mixed with carbon from charcoal and sulfur make black powder. Original recipes in the middle ages for black powder used human waste, preferably from a wine drinking monk. So compared to this, the switch to bat droppings was down right sanitary as well as significantly more powerful for your cannons.<br />
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An unnatural bridge at Natural Bridge, that takes you to the bat caves.<br />
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Our trip to the Virginia Safari Park from the Fenton Inn.</div>
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Just an hour drive through some back country road, is the town of Natural Bridge. Aside from the Natural Bridge, the town has a few road side relics that might have seen better times. The Safari Park is the exception to this, as a newly build and animal friendly drive- thru experience. They do have a small zoo area with the tigers and a few other animals you probably would not want to feed from your car, but most of the park is devoted to the friendlier herd animals that roam around in series of large pastures and woodlands. Above is an Alpaca, a member of the "Llama mafia" that greets each car as it crosses into park. One will stop the car by standing in front of you, while the others look you in the eyes to see who will be the most generous with the food bucket. <br />
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A Llama mama with a young one learning the proper way to get attention. Beyond are Fallow deer from India. <br />
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Our day exploring the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton.</div>
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A scenic half hour drive from the Fenton Inn is the quaint town of Staunton. Tourists like to pronounce the U, but locals seemed to have dropped it to be called "Stan-ton" and are just as sure that way is correct. Either way, the town has a few good restaurants and one of our favorite museums, The Frontier Culture Museum. They have taken old houses from where the Shenandoah valley people came from, to show how the melting pot of architectural ideas made our American styles. The museum has representation from Africa, England, Ireland, Germany and Native American and finally some American farms from the area. Above is the English farm. In England, as in much of Europe, social mobility was nearly impossible. Most families were renting land they farmed, where as in America they would own their land and have the ability to keep their profits from the farm.</div>
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The blacksmith shop in Ireland. Before the industrial revolution took hold, tools, hinges and nails were made locally by the village blacksmith. Old metal objects could be reheated and formed into new tools over and over. It was in little shops like these where the ideas for new plows and farming tools would help to start the agricultural revolution. This boom in food production and labor saving farming would result in the massive migrations from rural farming villages through out Europe, to rapidly growing cities and to the Americas.</div>
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An African farm from central Nigeria. What looks like a village would actually be one extended family. They would raise goats and grow yams as their primary food source. This region of Africa, home of the Ibo tribes, was the primary location for most slaves in Virginia. While we tend to think historically of large plantations in the South, most farms in the central Virginia region were much smaller and had 3-4 slaves on average. </div>
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Playing an African game. The goal is to get more stones as you move them around the board and keep the one stone from each end. I am sure there is a bit more probabilities to figure to know where best to start each turn, because like chess there are no random dice in the game. </div>
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The German farm from the early 1700s. Having built our own Bavarian Village, we are a quite partial to this one. Wood was a bit more scarce in much of Germany at the time, and so they used some trees to timber frame that most Americans would not even bother to cut into firewood. I really like the almost cartoon effect of the wavy and curved timbers. I tried to reflect a little of that in our Village at the Fenton Inn, particularly on the Wilhelm's House. Just as the Germans used what ever wood they could get, we made use of some rather curved trees from our property. It was not due to a wood shortage, but rather to honor the trees that stood here by making full use of even the quirkiest of logs. In a world of factory made objects, these custom curved boards and timbers seem to really make people smile. As I say about wood and people, it is the flaws that make them interesting.</div>
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A Native American Wigwam. Depending on the area, they would use tree bark, reeds and cattails, or in more western locations, the teepee used buffalo hides. The Native Americans that were in this area are called the Monacans. Long before the Appalachian Trail along the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Monacans were the master hikers and hunters of this area. Arrowheads and stone tools can be found on mountain ridges and near streams, but try as I might, I have yet to find anything.</div>
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