Colorado
6 Great Days in #Colorado! Day 1
The last time Dan and I had a holiday was a great, 3-week road trip out to Colorado to go elk hunting almost exactly 2 years ago, which I wrote about on this blog… As luck would have it, I Read more
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BBQ & BLUEGRASS: J.Q. Dickenson Saltworks, Malden, West Virginia
Chef Dan & I had a lovely evening last night (Aug. 27, 2022) at the J.Q. Dickenson Saltworks in Malden, West Virginia (Charleston), at their “BBQ & Bluegrass” event. There was live Bluegrass music by Kanawha Tradition, & a whole Read more
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An Etrog Tree Grows in West Virginia…
This is a story about growing etrogs in West Virginia… First, a bit about etrogs! An etrog (or esrog) is a special kind of citron that is used in celebrating the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in the fall. Sukkot is Read more
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#Chilehead Heaven: Hot Sauces & Other Yummy Recipes From The Garden!
This year’s garden wasn’t perfect, by any means, but the hot peppers- all of them in pots on the front patio of the Elkhorn Inn this year- did great! When October arrived, and frost was imminent, with the pepper plants Read more
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Road Trip! Missouri & Indiana: Foodie-Winey-Boozy fun!
For several days on our Road Trip home to West Virginia we’d been having trouble finding Hilton brand hotels (that we could pay for with our HH points) that had an electric outlet outside for our freezer full of elk Read more
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Road Trip Colorado: Trains, Planes & Wine! The WWII Aviation Museum & Royal Gorge Railroad!
The next day (12/13/20) of our 3-week Road Trip from West Virginia to Colorado and back, we went to the National Museum of WWII Aviation: https://www.worldwariiaviation.org/ in Colorado Springs, which I only learned about thanks to a hotel rack card, Read more
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A Dodge City, Kansas Cocktail- with HISTORIC Boot Hill Prickly Ash Bitters!
The other night I made the #Kansas Cocktail that was created for me by the owner of Casey’s Cowtown Steakhouse and Club in Dodge City, Kansas, with those AbFab, historic “Prickly Ash Bitters” from Boot Hill Distillery! When we arrived Read more
Colorado
Road Trip Colorado! Wines, Whiskies, & (Hot Springs) Water!
Our freezer full of Yum-O elk, on December 8 we started our road trip back home to West Virginia, seeing a lot of Very beautiful Colorado countryside: We stopped first at Palisade (remember- I made Dan promise…), so we could Read more
Colorado
Road Trip! Gold-Panning, Garden of the Gods, and a Ghost Town!
Today (12/11/20), on our wonderful 3-week long Road Trip from WV to Colorado and back, was Gold Mine Day, and we drove to the historic (since 1875!) and operational Phoenix Gold Mine: https://www.phoenixgoldmine.com/, where we got a tour of the Read more
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Road Trip! Dodge City, Kansas & Boothill Bitters!
Our next stop on our Road Trip back home to West Virginia was infamous Dodge City, Kansas, where we checked into the Dodge City Hampton Inn https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/ddctyhx-hampton-suites-dodge-city/, again on our Hilton Honors points 🙂 When we asked about nearby restaurants, Read more