Mohican County Rambles in Ohio

Written by Melody Schubert


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It’s these unexpected moments in small towns I’ve come to enjoy most on our trips after growing up inrepparttar big city of Los Angeles. Loudonville has fabulous shops likerepparttar 133653 Books, Bangles, and Brews, offering dining, hand-dipped ice cream, homemade desserts, and previously read books. I love books, but before I could get too close Leroy quickly steered me towardrepparttar 133654 door and gently reminded me I have plenty at home on my shelf to finishing reading first. That’s all right; I also like Southwest décor and found a great selection of gifts, Indian art, and jewelry inrepparttar 133655 Creative Outlet, which also has a wonderful Relaxation Center . Acrossrepparttar 133656 street I discovered unique gifts for family and friends and heavenly scented homemade bath products by Grandma’s Cupboard and at a precious shop called The Extraordinary Shoppe.

To complete our day we took a trip to Landoll's Mohican Castle located seven miles from Loudonville. We climb a tree-lined drive and take in an amazed breath of awe; here stands a German-style castle from a fairy tale with turrets and oriels, right in Ohio. It is notrepparttar 133657 castle that makesrepparttar 133658 man, but his compassion and kindness. We knew this was true when we shook Mr. Jim Landoll's hand.

The castle is a reflection of hard work and dedication to his family who work with him on site to makerepparttar 133659 dreams of guests come true. We listen while he describesrepparttar 133660 preparations forrepparttar 133661 fairy tale wedding. His eyes light up when this humble man speaks about past weddings whenrepparttar 133662 bride becomes a princess standing onrepparttar 133663 balcony of his castle and waves down at her prince below. In addition to weddings, Landoll's Mohican Castle also host conferences and banquets. Guests staying at one ofrepparttar 133664 eleven elegant suites or luxury cottage atrepparttar 133665 castle can wanderrepparttar 133666 30 miles of trails throughoutrepparttar 133667 1,100 acre woodlands, or work out inrepparttar 133668 fitness center adjacent torepparttar 133669 pool with sauna rooms,and a cascading waterfall. The elegant suites have convenient kitchens, luxury Jacuzzi’s, and inviting fireplaces.

Legends At The Castle Restaurant.

After a tour ofrepparttar 133670 grounds, which are held daily, we stop for a

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Quinault Lake Lodge in Olympic National Park

Written by Pam


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We arrived at Quinault Lodge on a rainy, foggy July afternoon. The cedar, spruce, and hemlock trees linerepparttar roads like green velvet curtains. As we walked throughrepparttar 133652 lobby torepparttar 133653 back deck,repparttar 133654 sun broke through overrepparttar 133655 lake. This brings up a bit of advice - and a secret - aboutrepparttar 133656 Washington Coast. The weather onrepparttar 133657 Olympic peninsula is NOT seasonal. It's completely random. July can be wet and foggy and cold, and January can be clear and sunny and you can even find winter days when you can put your feet inrepparttar 133658 Pacific Ocean. That means that if you can go off-season, you should. Prices are down,repparttar 133659 trails are empty, andrepparttar 133660 weather may surprise you. Still, don't head out there without being prepared for rain. It rains between 140 to 167 inches - that's 10 to 12 FEET - a year at Quinault and that rain can fall in any season. Trust me on this, I've been heading out torepparttar 133661 coast for years now, and not once hasrepparttar 133662 weather beenrepparttar 133663 least bit predictable.

While waiting for check-in, we visitedrepparttar 133664 Lake Quinault Historical Society and Museum, temporarily housed inrepparttar 133665 ranger station. If you're lucky, you'll arrive on a day when one ofrepparttar 133666 long-time residents ofrepparttar 133667 area is watchingrepparttar 133668 gallery and get to hear a little bit about what life was like onrepparttar 133669 peninsula when loggers were still heroes and a trip out torepparttar 133670 lodge was a big adventure.

The lake, home to steelhead trout and salmon, is a great spot for fishing, paddling, canoeing, and even swimming. (Sincerepparttar 133671 lake is on reservation land, special restrictions apply. Be sure to ask atrepparttar 133672 front desk about purchasingrepparttar 133673 appropriate permit.) You can rent a variety of low-impact watercraft right there atrepparttar 133674 lodge, or bring your own and launch yourself from one ofrepparttar 133675 nearby campgrounds. We stayed offrepparttar 133676 water, but watched a couple of hesitant guests carefully helped in to kayaks byrepparttar 133677 dockside staff.

A short walking distance fromrepparttar 133678 lodge isrepparttar 133679 trailhead forrepparttar 133680 Quinault Loop Nature Trail. We decided to give it a miss, as both of us have walkedrepparttar 133681 trail before, and got inrepparttar 133682 car to go over torepparttar 133683 Maple Glade. The self-guided trail is ½ mile, with a longer option, which we took, that goes through an old homestead. Old growth maple trees are draped in moss here,repparttar 133684 air is wet with mist, andrepparttar 133685 environment is, well, a little mysterious. We hadrepparttar 133686 trail to ourselves, butrepparttar 133687 park leads ranger guided walks from most ofrepparttar 133688 more popular trailheads and if you'd like to learn more aboutrepparttar 133689 natural history ofrepparttar 133690 area, these walks are a great way to go. We also stopped onrepparttar 133691 North side ofrepparttar 133692 lake to take a look atrepparttar 133693 one giant Western Red Cedar. The tree is one of a half dozen trees inrepparttar 133694 area that arerepparttar 133695 largest of their variety inrepparttar 133696 U.S. Lean back and look up!

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