Jake and I get cabin fever pretty quickly during the winter months and last weekend was no exception. We had a three day weekend and were determined to head out of DC for a fun and cost efficient trip. We waited until Thursday night to make this a reality.. We looked at a map of VA and decided we both had never been to Luray. It was in easy driving distance, had a good amount of fun things to explore, and wouldn't be too expensive. Our hotel deal we found sealed the deal. We got 3 nights at the Mimslyn Inn for under $150 total for all 3 nights with a special winter promotion they had! This Inn was gorgeous and had so much small town, but elegant, charm.
We walked into a big lobby with a fire place and a large winding staircase. There was a formal dining room and a Speak Easy restaurant on the floor below. A working outdoor hot tub topped off everything pretty well.
Here's a picture of our cute room:
The morning after we arrived we explored the hotel and found a sun room on the top floor and an amazing balcony with a fire place that over looked the gardens below.
View 1:
View 2:
We will definitely do this again next winter! We went to the caverns, made it through a garden maze, walked through an automobile museum, explored the town, and went hiking during our time there.
The food on the other side wasn't much to speak of. The best meal we had was on our last day heading home. We came across the Apple House in Linden, VA which boasted fresh apple donuts on their sign... enough said, we were there for lunch.
We split a hot apple pastry before our lunch came..
Pretty fabulous. Then came our pork BBQ sandwiches...
Awesome BBQ. And of course some apple donuts for the road:
Some of the best southern food I've ever had. I'm considering making the drive out there right now after reminiscing that meal..
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