My good friend Ellen and I spent two nights at a river cottage in North, Virginia. Right here’s the recap of our peaceable keep!
Cottage By The River
My good friend Ellen booked this tremendous charming Airbnb in Japanese Virginia for 4 nights. She invited me to affix for as many as I might get away, so I spent final Thursday and Friday along with her having fun with the peaceable quiet by the water.
The home is situated in North, Virginia roughly quarter-hour from the city of Mathews and 20 minutes from Gloucester. It was second again from the water with entry to a pleasant dock.
The home was SO CUTE!
I took so many psychological notes concerning the cute decor.
And properly appointed with kayaks, bikes, an outside bathe, a hammock, adirondack chairs, an outside desk, and extra.
It had 2 bedrooms, aspect by aspect, and one tub. Excellent for 2 buddies or a small household!
The quilt cowl was sooooo delicate AND it had a zipper closure, which is my new requirement for duvets due to the cleaner line it makes. I checked the tag and the quilt was by Kotten Cuture and 100% Egyptian cotton. A fantastic worth too! I feel I’m getting one…
The view:
Chef Salads
For lunch we had chef salads. Scrumptious!
Paddleboarding and Kayaks
Ellen loves all outdoorsy stuff and she or he introduced her stand-up paddleboard. I gave it a check run with wobbly legs. I’ve the worst steadiness.
We additionally went kayaking. The kayaks had fairly a number of spider webs on them, and I used to be uncertain if we must always go. My worry was {that a} spider would crawl out whereas I used to be on the water and I might be trapped!
IT HAPPENED! AHHHH. Right here we’re stuffed with adrenaline. I virtually jumped within the river!
Dinner At The White Canine Bistro
We took showers and dressed up for a pleasant dinner in downtown Mathews at The White Canine Bistro.
The restaurant has received many awards, and I can vouch that each one of them had been properly deserved. We had an unbelievable meal!
Amuse-buche: watermelon and feta
Wonderful crab and crawfish hushpuppies
a heat bacon and maple salad with herby goat cheese and candied pecans
Pineapple scallops in a vanilla bean beurre blanc for me
Surf + Turf for Ellen
Pecan Pie with vanilla bean ice cream and caramel sauce
Tidal Flooding
Once we returned, we realized the water degree had come up fairly a bit! Apparently they’ve tidal flooding. It was creepy to see the place we had stood earlier was coated in water.
We watched the film “This Is 40” to unwind. Very applicable!
Friday
On Friday morning we had leisurely espresso and breakfast – bagels from residence and the most effective cantaloupe ever.
Bike Paths
The neighborhood had a number of sandy bike baths to discover. We went on a forty five minute experience throughout.
Energy Stroll
Then I went on an influence stroll and Ellen when kayaking! (I used to be nonetheless recovering from the spider incident so I stayed on dry land).
Chef Salads Spherical 2
This time we added a half glass of wine……after which extra!!
Afternoon Chill Time
Studying + nice views by the water. The climate was completely good!
Dinner at Gap In The Wall
For dinner we drove to Gwynn Island to eat at Gap In The Wall.
It was on the informal aspect, and we received the primary spot at a picnic desk on the deck.
Oysters on the Half Shell!
Hushpuppies
Blackened Flounder, Brussels, Cottage Potatoes
The potatoes had been out of this world – pimento cheese fashion! We cherished the meals. Ellen had blackened flounder tacos.
Sundown
Our cottage faces due east, so we made a degree to get residence early sufficient to take pleasure in it on the dock.
The tip!
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