Quality Mother Daughter Time, Danville, Kentucky

Darling Daughter and I had a Mother Daughter week.  We rented an Airbnb in Danville, Kentucky (part of the Bourbon Trail area).  We really had fun picking out our house and were very pleased with it.  I would love to have known how old the house was, but look at some of the details...the flooring, the woodworking throughout.  We did lots of knitting here in the living room.

The furnishings were all antiques which added to the feel of the place.

The kitchen was well appointed, giving us the ability to have fun cooking together.  We had selected a handful of new recipes to try and that added to the fun.

Even the bathroom had the antique feel.

Two nice sized bedrooms with comfortable queen beds.  This was my room.

This was my Darling Daughters Room.

Night one

Night 2 or 3, can't remember which.

This was nice and refreshing on a hot day.

Don't know which night this was either, lol.  

Our last night.  I seem to be missing a few pictures.  Darn

**We toured Bourbon Distilleries

***We tasted Bourbon, and bought Bourbon

****We found a yarn shop

*****We knitted

******We cooked

Stay tuned for more of our trip to Bourbon Country!

Danville is a nice small town with a pretty university, lots of history, and right on the Bourbon Trail.  Check it out.  It also has a nice selection of Airbnb of varying sizes to accommodate different sized groups.

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Wineries, Airbnb and Mother Daughter Trips

Ell Cove Winery in Gaston, Oregon.  On a recent Mother Daughter trip to the west coast we spent a few nights in Portland at a Airbnb.  The purpose of the trip was business for my daughter, but I was able to accompanying her for about half the trip.  She kept busy during the day, while I knitted and walked and explored the neighborhoods where we stayed, but on our first wkend we were able to visit some wineries and to some wine tasting.

General View of Elk Cove Winery which was started in 1974, very early in the Oregon Winery Story.  At that time there were less than 10 wineries in Oregon.  40 years later there at 700.

 A beautiful and very peaceful hill top patio/deck area for wine tasting.

We really enjoyed our time at Elk Cove with our knowledgeable guide.  The story behind the name of the winery is cute.  Back in the early days Pat and Joe Campbell were working in the field near their trailer (which preceded them building a home) when 40 Roosevelt Elk showed up.  

 Very pretty in every direction.  In some areas you can see Mount Hood off in the distance.  Truly a very pretty area.

 We enjoyed a flight and selected what we liked best.  We purchased a bottle of Pinot Noir to take with us and a Rose, and had a half of a case shipped home.

This was the first of our stops.  We both enjoyed it and highly recommend the staff, the views, and the wines!  My daughter's been able to locate a local wine shop at home (St. Louis) to purchase Elk Cove.  Thus far, I've not been success in Columbus Ohio; but still have 1 bottle left from my shipment...so hopefully I'll find more locally.  If not, I can order and have it shipped.

My daughter purchased some beautiful flowers at the farmers market prior to picking me up at the airport, which added to homey feel at our airbnb.

She likes traveling using airbnb's over hotels for added comforts and space of having a kitchen and living room.  And when you're multiple nights in the same location it is generally more cost effective.  I got a kick out of the canisters and thought them picture worthy.  If you're a child of the 60's, you no doubt will chuckle.

 A huge benefit of an airbnb over a hotel room is fixing your own meals.  My daughter loves to cook and is a rather good one.  We had wonderful avocado toast for breakfast for several meals.

 She prepared a lovely salmon dinner one evening with fresh salmon purchased at the local farmers market.

Recently I read an article with some stats from research about how important, and healthy mother daughter trips were.  See how smart we are, lol.  We've enjoyed several trips together prior to reading the article; but both agreed it's time to consider where we go next.

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