The Patriot House Near Hershey, PA

I  am   going ahead of myself here to share about  our  return trip home from   Amanda's.. as I noted in the previous post, we got to  add a day to our itinerary since we were not travelling   so far on our  first day....  from the coast...  we  adjusted  our stay and   Amanda found us a  great  B &B about halfway in Annville, PA...right outside of Hershey Pa... There are so many wonderful PA  sites to see about  halfway  along our trek to visit the kids...  and  I had promised some friends we'd stop at  Chocolate World

 and bring home  some  chocolate treats .. although I had never been there in midsummer before and  wasnt exactly  expecting  a MADHOUSE... I was  afraid Id never see Lynn again once  the   myriad 

crowds devoured me!  

I'm talking thousands of   revellers  amid  aisle after aisle of   displays of  every   kind of     chocolate  delights!

 Finally, I found the   one special order from Lynn's cousin, Marnee...

 

And thankfully,  Lynn  soon thereafter, found me!!!

 Yahoo!  we could   get back to our fabulous B&B   enjoy the good life!

 We  stayed in the Patriot House , in a  delightful small town   outside of Harrisburg, PA.  Loved it!

Situated on a  corner  on Main Street, it  lies right on the  edge of Amish country within a short drive of Lancaster  and only minutes away from Hershey theme park.... the house was  built in 1870  and retains   it's    Victorian charm, yet, the rooms    are  exquisite while  providing all the modern   comforts.

we stayed in the Constitution Room on the   ground floor  and had our own   separate  entrance to the back porch and garden area.....  loved that... next I want to take my coffee there!!!

 First, of all,  the Innkeeper, Amber,   introduced us to the inn  starting in the music room..    well  appointed with  entertainments and stocked with goodies!!!

 With the flash the   true colors  reveal  a  rosy room  just waiting for  someone  to  share their   talent and   while away  a melodious hour or two!

I  love this    vignette....  I so wished  our virtuoso, Amanda  was there to  share a lilting  tune on the violin!

 The parlor  was ready for  anyone with reading or viewing on their mind...

 A glimpse of the dining room in passing

 and the  morning  breakfast room  ... my favorite room!!!!!

 Our table was  set in a private corner   by a  side porch  doorway...   our view was   so   lovely   whether  toward the room,

or  out the set of double doors to the porch!

Ah,   and then there was  breakfast..  french toast souffle'....  uh... yummm!

Our room was    perfect....   the bed,  royally   outfitted.. the mattress was   perfection.....

 

 I wanted to dismantle this bathroom and bring it home with me....  just exactly how I  want to redo mine downstairs...

Just one step outside of our garden door     to this magnificent  pergola....

That path led to off street parking  at the back of the property...

 beautiful  gardens   throughout the yard

 multiple seating areas  under the     pergola and   around the   huge  yard...   we just  need to have more hours to  enjoy  the  amenities...

  We told Amber we would definitely be back.. it is so  central   to   every  attraction and almost  exactly halfway  to our kids!

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My Husband Rocks Friday

Lynn is so cute.... he works so hard keeping not only our yard looking great, but also mowing and trimming over my parents' home. But if ever I notice that he cant be found motoring and tooling around the house or yard, I'll invariably find him chatting over the fence with his buddy, Jeff!

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My Husband Rocks, Friday

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This week Katy shared a link to Focus on the Family which has listed the top Ten Secrets to a Successful Marriage. I hope you will visit this list and take it all to heart! How we view our spouse and how we are willing to change daily, what I believe is actually dying to self, is what keeps marriage new and fresh after 37 years.

Amanda tells me" Mom, you have got to stop catching dad on camera unawares. He looks like a deer caught in the headlights!" I think he's cute!

#10

"A crisis doesn't mean the marriage is over. Crises are like storms: loud, scary and dangerous. But to get through a storm you have to keep driving. A crisis can be a new beginning. It's out of pain that great people and marriages are produced."

I love to drive, not I like to be the controller, but actually it mostly started because I used to get rather carsick. Now I see that just keeping driving, keeping the marriage on the road, heading on down that rocky road together is so very important. The road can really throw you come nasty curves, but then it smoothes out and the view is breathtaking~~ something one just does not want to miss! So keep driving!!!

(Karen's Whimsey's)

My Husband Rocks

I have to say that my dear husband in the light khaki shorts looks pretty good here at last summer's Sunday School picnic. Lookin' good at 59, I'd say!

This week Katy asks us to share what we like to do for fun. We definitely enjoy our time together. I am always trying to get him to come home early especially on Fridays to extend our weekend time together. We enjoy planning our life, what we wish to do and how regarding home management, budgeting, what we need to do around the house, etc. We are now in the habit of taping each episode of 24 which is the only nightly show we watch, but Monday is not a good viewing night so we look forward to our tv night together, ususally on a Thursday. And would you believe it? Lynn has really gotten into What Not to Wear with me- we sometimes watch it as we eat dinner. He is mesmerized by the transformations.

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