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Pics of the Week! Food, Glorius Food! Barb and I Travel on our Stomachs

AmericanPressTravelNews.com-July 29, Goose Holler’ Farm and Ranch-Yes, we travel on our stomachs. Good foods, good bed, good G-D, thank you so much. On average as we are travel writers, we eat at all manner of different restaurants and our only caveat (and I do this if I have the slightest inkling that the kitchen is not up to snuff in the cleanliness dept.) is will we make it home feeling alive and well! Tips you’ve heard about before: 1-If there are no or only one or two vehicles in the parking lot, don’t be afraid to ask management why. 2-if anything is dusty, dirty crusty on the silverware, walk out! 3-Sloppy help people of  the waiter kind, tipoff is manager is probably same or just doesn’t care enough for customers or themselves. 4-Check kitchen out real fast, I sue several russes; one is I just go in and peek and when challenged say “oops, thought it was the bathroom entrance. 5-If the carpets are stained and the tables are sticky, bye, bye! 

This diamond -cut sirloin was excellent all the way around! Just like we like it, too!
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Pictures of the Month

AmericanPressTravelNews.com-July 13th, Goose Holler’ Ranch/Farm-Bob and Barb ” NOT on the Road Again” hanging at the ranch for a change and lovin’ it! So here are a few images we love and want to share with our 1.34-million viewers and visitors! The featured carp in Indonesia, is just one of the more than 550-different kinds of this giant minnow in the world. The most important protein for 90-percent of the world’s population and also the most expensive fish in the world as in various varieties of Koi (carp).

 

Son Brian knows where they live! That’s a mutton snapper and baked up for 20-people!
Kayaking N. Florida waters!

 

Outdated and Barb loved it!
On the TN. River!
Almost well done Japanese “eats.”
Barb and the Llama in their matching coats! It liked Barb and didn’t spit!
Jose Wejebe was a wonderful guy and angler. He is gone now in a plane crash and the young man in his teens is also gone now. He succumbed to CF.

The Great Tree Inn – Mayville, N.Y. – A feeling that you have come home

www.americanpresstravelnews.com – June 24th. When we arrived at The Great Tree Inn, we were welcomed by Innkeepers Mark and Shelia. This Inn is a 1850’s farmhouse and barn on 10 acres, in a beautiful country setting. Very private, yet just a couple of minutes to the town of Mayville. After we settled in to our room, we toured the other rooms and found that they are all furnished attractively and have private bathrooms. If you like farm animals, this is your B&B. From horses to pigs, ducks and chickens {their fresh eggs fed us our omelettes) and all manner of critters in between, this is a real down to earth spot for you.

After settling in, we decided to explore Mayville. It is situated at the northwest end of Chautauqua Lake and is the closest town to the Chautauqua Institution. The steamboat, Chautauqua Bell was parked on the lake which still operates out of Mayville and runs between Point Chautauqua, the Chautauqua Institution and the vessel’s home port in Mayville.

Mark and Sheila have a large selection of magazines, anytime coffee pot with home made goodies (great cookies) and a very comfortable living room to relax any time of the day. We enjoyed sitting outside in the cool evening chatting with touring couples who biked all over the area.

In the morning, we both were able to enjoy Mark’s creative, very tasty breakfasts that gave us a great headstart for the day ahead. The portions are extra-large, and all left overs are recycled by his many animals. Since Bob was leaving at 6:00 in the morning to go fishing, Mark insisted that he could not leave the Inn without one of his terrific breakfasts.  For more information the web site: www.greattreeinn.com or call: (716) 753-7989 or (1800) 421-0082

Vacations on the Water Norris Lake Condominium Paradise

Our large deck overlooking Norris Lake had a large barbeque grill, and views to write home about!
A Master Bedroom with a walk-out to the large deck overlooking Norris Lake. Each bedroom and the living room had wall mounted TV’s and the living room had a gas fireplace and walkout to the large deck lake overlook!

AmericanPressTravelNews-May 10th,–Bob and Barb “On The Road Again” this time in Anderson County-Clinton, Oak Ridge, & Rocky Top, TN.-we dropped our bags and tooth brush at a fabulous condo apartment (which is also on sale now) provided by “Vacations on the Water” in Clinton, TN. Three large bedrooms, two full baths and showers, one with Jacuzzi Tub that we thoroughly enjoyed and relaxed in after a hard day of fishing, museum cruising (more details in next postings), dining and learning all about this Appalachian historical area. Below the condo there is a marina store next door, down the shore a bit, with all manner of boaters and anglers needs and even a weekend restaurant! We went fishing, visited The Museum of the Appalachia for an article for New Pioneer Magazine, and spent quite a bit of terrific times at Oak Ridge, now designated as a National Park. 

The condo unit (with an elevator for convenience) would easily accommodate more than one couple or family and would be an extremely reasonably priced vacation rental. The one we stayed at in perfect condition with totally modern everything, is for sale now. If you’d like to rent at Pinnacle Point, with boat dockage on Norris Lake just behind your apartment.here’s the contacts: [email protected]  They say that “your dream vacation is only a signature away.” Address is 342 Pinnacle Point , Andersonville, TN. 37705  www.vacationsonthewater.com  NOTE* WE WILL BE POSTING SEPARATE ARTICLES ON ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES WHILE IN ANDERSON COUNTY, TN. EACH DAY SO PLEASE CHECK BACK AT OUR SITE, DAILY!