Castle pictures...just for fun

Our badge of honor!

Working backwards, this morning.... I managed to get the 'brake for moose' sign. Sadly, the only moose we saw, was dead, in the back of a truck. This was posted on the gate to an inn's dumpster. I took it for reference, so I'd know what to do if we ran into a bear. We did not.

Back to the castle...

We had lunch after our tour. There is a small restaurant in the carriage house. We ate in old horse stables! So cool!

Okay...more castle pics:

Hubby making a wish Awesome tiles in the bathrooms

There were several sewing machines in this house...at least 3 This one was actually in a 'sewing room' with this basket I thought this looked like a giant tarantula!

The bedroom the couple used when married The wife later moved down the hall to her own room when she got tired of Mr. Plant's infidelity.

The awesome library to the right of this little alcove, was a secret room he had built for himself He was just 5 feet tall (his second wife was 6 feet tall). The door was short, but the ceiling inside was of normal height.

The game room is the first thing you see as you enter (front or back) and this is the view coming down the 'grand staircase'

there were lots of really interesting things, and this is the 'brine cooled' refrigerator. Everything was just so beautiful...vacation eyes, maybe?

And, the needle shower sounds scary, but it's just a surround-type shower. And I want one! Again...it's just beautiful to look at! Obviously, my pics don't do any of it justice!

A visit to a castle

Before heading off to Jackson, New Hampshire, a few of our friends said they had actually been to the area where we were headed! And a couple of them said, if we had time, that we should check out a place called Castle in the Clouds. It seemed that no one could really recollect where exactly this place was, but having the internet to tell us anything we could ever need to know, I researched it and realized that it was only a short drive out of the way. Since we had nice weather on the way home, and didn't want the whole day to be about driving, we decided to see what it was all about.

I'll skip the wordy commentary and post a few pics:

a long winding road to the top of the mountain had two stops for photo ops New Hampshire is loaded with waterfalls, and this one was on the way to the castle Once we got to the 'carriage house', we took a trolley up to the castle (and then later walked down a short path to get back to the carriage house).

The castle entrance this was technically the 'front'...it looked out onto Lake Winnipesaukee.

There was so much cool stuff to see. Here are a few of my favs. I think i might have to dedicate a whole separate post for the rooms and views! Cool old typewriter.

Stickley furniture in the entrance. I worked with Gustav Stickley III, and he said, 'sure, everyone knows his stuff now, but he never made any money from it.' The Gus I knew was working at least 3 jobs when I knew him.

Intercom system of yore. View from the second floor veranda.

This was such a beautiful place, I honestly didn't want to leave. And we only got to hike a bit of the 45 miles of trails they have on the property!

You should check out their site if you're at all interested... www.castleintheclouds.org

I will post pics of the interior...including one of the 'needle shower' system!