A Hauntingly Merry Journey (10/17-11/8)-updated 12/2

[mickey916]

10/21 Entering Phase 2 Of Our Trip Cass/Snowshoe WV​

We checked out of our hotel and headed to Ida’s Cafe for breakfast. This is a new to us restaurant that I found through Trip Advisor. They are known for their stuffed pancakes, French Toast and waffles. It is an odd set up, as you order at the counter but then take a seat and they bring everything to your table.

I ordered the Apple Caramel Crumb French Toast: Texas French Toast topped with cinnamon apples, caramel, and a brown sugar crumble.



This was excellent! It was definitely dessert for breakfast. The French Toast was perfectly cooked and the apple topping and caramel were delicious. I also ordered a side of bacon even though I thought it was pricey at $5 for 4 pieces.



...At least it was high quality bacon and was well cooked. Dh and DS-27 both ordered the Pumpkin Filled French Toast: Texas Toast stuffed with pumpkin cream cheese filling topped with walnuts, caramel and whipped cream.



They both loved this French Toast. It was extremely unique and tasty.

DS-29 always goes a different direction so he ordered two eggs sunny side up, corned beef hash, homefries and rye toast.



He gets corned beef hash whenever it’s offered and he thought this one was very good. He enjoyed his meal as well.

While a little on the pricey side, this was an excellent breakfast and we all felt it was worth the price. We gave it an A!

After our delicious breakfast, we dropped DS-29 off at the Lancaster Amtrak station. He took the train to Philadelphia and a shuttle to the airport to fly back to Boston.

DH, DS-27, and I continued our drive to our next destination, Cass, West Virginia. After a five hour drive through beautiful mountains and farm land, we stopped at the Cass Scenic Railroad to get dinner at Shay’s Restaurant, the only restaurant in Cass. This area is very remote and there weren’t too many people around. In fact, there were only two other people in the restaurant.

We took a look at the small menu and the waitress came over to tell us they also had chicken dumpling soup and grilled cheese as the nightly special. I ordered a Diet Coke but was informed that their soda machine was broken, so I ordered a water. Then, I ordered the fried chicken dinner and was told that they also didn’t have any fried chicken. So, not to be turned down again, I decided the safest bet was to order the special. DH and DS-27 followed my lead and ordered the same.



So, this was a pretty basic canned soup that seemed like it was microwaved and not long enough. It was barely warm. The grilled cheese was two slices of white bread, one slice of orange cheese, barely toasted. It filled our bellies but that’s about it. It was better than my soup and sandwich from Casey’s but not by much. We gave our meal a C-.

After dinner, we drove to Snowshoe, WV to check into our hotel Wyndham’s Corduroy Inn. The hotel is at the top of the mountain at a ski resort. We needed steps so we walked around the mountain and caught a beautiful sunset.



After our walk we settled in for the night at our hotel, which was very nice. We appreciated the heated floor in the bathroom!

Total steps: 10,659 (4.13 mi)

 

[ddluvsdisney]

I love a good French toast and those look amazing!
The soup and grilled cheese looks and sounds pathetic. Haha
The sunset is beautiful. Yay for heated floors in bathroom! Nice!
We have a heated strip of floor in our kitchen bc there wasn’t enough wall space for baseboard heaters.
I do love how your boys still like to vacation with you. My DS24 will go to Florida with us still but not often.

 

[ThreeBoyMama]

Your breakfast looked great! Dinner…not so much

 

[Wood Nymph]

I ordered the Apple Caramel Crumb French Toast: Texas French Toast topped with cinnamon apples, caramel, and a brown sugar crumble.

I live French toast. This version is similar to the french toast at Ale & Compass in the Yacht Club. The bacon looks like it was worth it.

DH, DS-27, and I continued our drive to our next destination, Cass, West Virginia. After a five hour drive through beautiful mountains and farm land, we stopped at the Cass Scenic Railroad to get dinner at Shay’s Restaurant, the only restaurant in Cass. This area is very remote and there weren’t too many people around. In fact, there were only two other people in the restaurant.

Now we know why the restaurant was almost empty.

The hotel sounds nice and the sunrise is gorgeous.

I'm not too familiar with the east coast but it blows my mind that you would drive through West Virginia on your way to Florida.

 

[mickey916]

Yay for heated floors in bathroom! Nice!
We have a heated strip of floor in our kitchen bc there wasn’t enough wall space for baseboard heaters.

DH was trying to figure out how he could install some at home, haha! It was really cold there especially on our second day so when we got back to the room, he was standing in the bathroom to get warm, haha!

I do love how your boys still like to vacation with you. My DS24 will go to Florida with us still but not often.

I love it too, we'll take it as long as we can!

Your breakfast looked great! Dinner…not so much

Good thing the breakfast was good! We only had pretzels for lunch on our long drive.

I live French toast. This version is similar to the french toast at Ale & Compass in the Yacht Club. The bacon looks like it was worth it.

You're right! It is like Ale & Compass. I hadn't thought of that. It was a bigger portion though! The bacon was definitely worth it!

Now we know why the restaurant was almost empty.

Yup! We had been there several years ago but it had a different name. I wonder if it's under new ownership because it was very good last time.

The hotel sounds nice and the sunrise is gorgeous.

It was very nice but coming up soon is a very odd experience with our dinner at the hotel...

I'm not too familiar with the east coast but it blows my mind that you would drive through West Virginia on your way to Florida.

Haha! It definitely would not be a direct route by any stretch of the imagination. We detoured because DS-27 wanted to ride the train at Cass Scenic Railroad.