Claremont Inn , Stratton, Colorado.

Claremont Inn is a magnificant Bed and Breakfast which has been in existance for 25 years and is owned by 2 gentlemen called Harry and Dave.   Dave is the chef and apart from offering wonderful accommodation and delicious food and wine they also offer gourmet tours of Italy and many other parts of the world.  They also offer cooking demonstrations as well as murder nights and number of different events.

This is wine tasting area as well as the cooking area for demonstrations.

They blend their own wines.

This is their elegant dining room.

We stayed overnight in the Kansas Room.

It had an African feel about it.

There were photos hung around the room .  This is a a photo taken of the Cavalry Polo Team ,  India 1908, however they called it Calvery Team and must have lost something in translation.

This is a photo the Melbourne Pier 1870.

The spar bath.

They have 10 rooms and this was a room close by ours.

Rooms are connected by elegant corridors.

They serve coffee to your room at 8 am and have the most delicious macadamia and cranberry cookies.

After our cooking demonstration we enjoyed a delicious 3 course meal.

Beautifully cooked beef.

A sinful dessert.

We enjoyed several glasses of fine wine and Port was served with dessert.
It was a fantastic stay.

Cheers,
Ross and Beverley 

Cooking Class - Claremont Inn

The Claremont Inn provides lots of things for people to enjoy.  Cooking classes and demonstarions are just part one of the many things to enjoy.  We enjoyed a 3 hour Italian Cooking Class presented by Dave, one of the owners and is a Chef.   He had recently returned from Italy hence the Intalian Class.  

This is Dave and Harry who are the owners with Sherrie who works there .  They were discussing if the ricotta had worked.  

It did and here is Dave straining it thought cheese cloth.  It is easly to make and consists of only 4 ingredients.  It was delicious.

Here is Dave showing us how to roll out a pizza base.  It was the best pizza dough we have ever tasted.

There were 12 of us and we were all encouraged to make our own pizzas.  Everyone got into the swing of things are we were treated to some delicious servings.

We got to see how to make a variety of different foods including focaccia as seen in the following photo proudly shown off by Sherrie.

We were introduced to the grill method of pizza cooking.

As well as the pizza oven.   When using the pizza oven the pizza has to be rotated 30 seconds.

This is the storage room where staff like to go for leftovers.

This was our creation before it went into the pizza oven.

The finished product.  It was delicious.

We picked up lots of trips from Dave and met some wonderful people.

Cheers,
Ross and Beverley 

Old Town Museum - Burligton, Colardo

Old Town Museum is set on 61/2 acres and embodies "Life in the Past Lane".   It includes 21 restored buildings wih authenic artifacts from the turn of the century.

This is the Methodist - Episcopal Church was built from donations of the community.  It orginally served Armel, CO.  The church is unique  because of its sloping floor an metal ceiling.  The Last Supper was crocheted in 1952 and still hangs in the original place.  

The church houses its original pulpit, minister's chair, communior set, attendance record and the pews that are on the platform.  It is still used for weddings today.

Some of the buildings include The District Justice of the Peace and it is set up inside ith the tools of the trade in the day.

The soda shop set up with a soda fountain.

The Barber Shop.

It served a wide variety of services.  A bath anyone.

Ladies hair styling.

A  Slave Comb was used in the early 1800s.  It was heated in the fire and when hot was combed through the hair to straighten it.  The comb has a brass fitting, whih made it one of the nicer Slave Combs.

A shave anyone.

A Sod House.  These were an economic and quick way to build a house on a new homestead.  The building began with plowing up the sod with a sod cutter that was pulled behind a team of horses.   Each slabwas 4  inches thick by 18 inches long.  These slabs were placed grass side down since the grass served as mortar.  The walls are two foot thick and serve as a good insulation and a strong windbreak.

The stove inside is a Windsor cook stove.  Coal was expensive, so buffalo or cow chips were used.  The mattress on the bed is made of corn husks.

There is also a Mansion.

Some photos inside the Mansion.

Also a Saloon.

The music of the day.  The Yellow Rose of Texas.

The Museum covers all eras.  From the wars fought to the earliy days of tis country.

Early history.

Cheers,

Ross and Beverley