Penn Alps on The Casselman

Yesterday we met Rachael and the girls along with Jim and Jane Meeker at Penn Alps located along the Casselman River in Grantsville, MD. Penn Alps Restaurant and Craft Shop are housed in the last log hospitality house on the National Pike still serving the traveler. It is situated between a 1797 gristmill and a historic stone arch bridge ( the longest single span of stone in America when built in 1813 ). Three of its six dining rooms were once part of the log stagecoach stop, Little Crossings Inn.

Grandma and Granddad Meeker live now in Arizona so we appreciate any time we can get together and visit. We had a great lunch and an equally great sharing time. You will notice that Lucy is certainly in charge of the grandparents!

The Grandpas took Flora for a walk through the Spruce Forest Artisan Village. This area, a part of the extended Penn Alps campus, has grown from a few cabins to some 12 log and frame structures of early vintage, two of which date to the Revolutionary War Period. Most of these provide studio space for artisans.





































As you can see, our Flora was in charge of collecting spruce pine cones.