The room wasn't fancy (Super 8 Motel) but it was clean, the mattress was firm and the AC worked like a charm! Sometimes all it takes is one night away to get you out of your 24/7 work routine and on the road to feeling a little more relaxed.
Dinner at Elderberry Farm was most memorable.
Yikes...just scrumptious from beginning to end,
We were on the road a little after 6am and our first purchase was made at 6:17! The pickin' was good nearer the top but that was probably also because we were shopping at the screech of dawn! After a few miles, we just couldn't resist following a hand lettered sign in Union Springs which lured us off the main road.
We were met by a decrepit old kitty cat named Jack who we later learned is 19 years old and thinks everyone comes by the barn just to see him and give him some love.
Such a sweet crusty old boy.
Jack's owner (a man of at least 70) fashions tables from the giant old wooden pulleys they used to use nearby on the canal locks.
His barn was full of interesting treasures and each came with a story.
This solid brass lamp-looking thing is made from WWII shell casings.
It is part lamp, part food cart. The heat from the lamp would heat up the individual compartments on the outside where various hot foods would be kept. Very cool but a little out of our price range - $500 maybe $1,000, he wasn't sure (and we weren't sure he really wanted to part with it!).