Coffee – Page 5 – ON THE ROAD with Maria + Stephen

Returning Home Part 2: Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania

31/03/202013/05/2020 by Maria+Stephen, posted in Art, Coffee, Scenic Drive

We accelerated the pace of our return home to the Fort as more towns, counties and states issued tighter restrictions on a daily basis. Ever in need of espresso and tea to sustain the journey we did venture into a number of towns for take out beverages and food. While passing through we usually managed to take a quick tour of the historic or downtown areas before departing for our next fika.

Below are some photos from the final days of OTR 4.0.

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Huntsville First United Methodist Church, Huntsville, Alabama

First Presbyterian Church, Huntsville, Alabama

Church of the Nativity Episcopal, Huntsville, Alabama

Harrison Brothers Hardware, Upper Right, Huntsville, Alabama

Video Clip, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina

Crucible Coffee in beautiful Staunton (pronounced Stanton) Virginia

Top:Cardinal Coffee Bottom:Anchor Coffee

Emanuel Bell, United Lutheran Seminary, Gettysburg, Founded 1823

Lutheran Seminary, Seminary Ridge, Served as a Field Hospital for Federal and Confederate Soldiers after the Battle at Gettysburg

C.S.A. cannons on Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg Battlefield

Route 12 to Escalante

04/04/201730/04/2018 by Maria+Stephen, posted in Uncategorized

We traveled from Torrey to Escalante on Scenic Byway Route 12. The views from the sinuously curving road with were breath-taking, especially from the summit at 9,600 feet. Stopped at Lower Calf Creek to hike to the falls, and, finally in Escalante, a good capuccino (with a view) at Kiva Koffeehouse–Stephen’s vacation is complete!

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**Lower Calf Creek, viewed from Kiva Koffeehouse**

**Grand Staircase – Escalante National Monumment**

Day Trip to Nelson

28/02/201730/04/2018 by Maria+Stephen, posted in Coffee, Scenic Drive

On Sunday we took the day off from skiing and snowshoeing and hit the road to visit the “big city” of Nelson (pop. 10,000). The ride up provided the excitement of driving through the Nancy Greene Summit Pass (check out the video) and then motoring along the Kootenay River (pictured below). Of course, a major goal of our trip was to find the best coffee roaster in the region.

Happily, we can report that we had productive and delicious stops at Oso Negro Coffee Roastery and John Ward Fine Coffee both located on Ward Street.

Snowshoeing Nancy Greene Summit

26/02/201730/04/2018 by Maria+Stephen, posted in Snowshoeing

Today we drove up to the Nancy Greene Summit and snowshoed in the Kootenay Boundary. A beautiful day. The trailhead is at 5100 feet. There is an extensive trail network with a number of small cabins heated by wood burning stoves. We met several other snowshoers and several people back country skiing. Everyone here seems to have dogs and they accompany their owners with great enthusiasm while snowshoeing and skiing. We hiked to the Red Dog Hut which is maintained by the Rossland Senior Citizens Association!

Alpine Grind and hot tub followed by early bed.

Maria Monique

Cookie’s Road

Red Mountain Rossland BC Canada

25/02/201730/04/2018 by Maria+Stephen, posted in Coffee, Skiing

Our first day at Red Mountain after a smooth but long travel day on Thursday. A beautiful day! I met an 84 year old women named Renata while riding the chair. She is originally from Germany but while mountain climbing in the Colorado Rockies in 1960 met a Canadian mountain climber. They fell immediately in love and she never retruned to Germany. She is an avid skier. Her son was on the Canadian olympic team and has skied all over the world.

After skiing Maria and I drove into Rossland and had our first cappuccino and london fog of the trip at the Alpine Grind and finished with dinner at Idgies.

Rossland is a small town with a year round population of around 3500 people. Everyone is very friendly and the place is very mellow.

A great start to our Rossland adventure. Tomorrow we will be snowshoeing and heading north to Nelson, BC (the marijuana capital of Canada) in search of coffee roasters.

View from Grey Mountain

Schulz Trees “Trail”

Alpine Grind

Plenty of snow!

Montana Coffee Traders – Every road trip requires an excellent coffee segment on day one to set the tone!

15/09/201630/04/2018 by Maria+Stephen, posted in Coffee

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