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2017 Thanksgiving Buffets at Kentucky State Resort Parks

October 31, 2017 by Joi Sigers Leave a Comment

Rough River Dam State Resort Park's Grayson Landing Restaurant

Rough River Dam State Resort Park’s Grayson Landing Restaurant

Seventeen Kentucky State Resort Parks will serve a Thanksgiving Day buffet on Nov. 23, 2017.

All in all, the parks will serve 2,000 pounds of turkey, 1,500 pounds of sweet potatoes, and 750 pounds of country ham! Additionally, 4,300 pieces of fried chicken, 1,300 pounds of roast beef, and 12,000 rolls will be served along with 600 pies, including pecan and pumpkin.

The parks have hosted the Thanksgiving Day buffet for more than 40 years and typically serve around 10,000 guests.

For starters, the buffet includes soups, cheeses, and salads. The menu features turkey, dressing, baked ham, carved roast beef, and fried chicken. Vegetables include old-fashioned candied yams, country-style green beans, and mashed potatoes with giblet gravy.

The cost for the buffet is $19.50 plus tax (drink included) for adults, $9.50 for children ages 6-12, and free for children five and under.

The buffet will be served starting at 11 a.m. and closing time will vary by park.

Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park will be offering a reduced buffet and price (very cool of them – they’re obviously in the holiday spirit!).

For more information on the Thanksgiving Day buffet and other state park events, visit www.parks.ky.gov.

Filed Under: Autumn Fun, Holidays in Kentucky, Kentucky State Parks, News Tagged With: Kentucky State Parks Thanksgiving Buffets 2017

Pictures from Snap Apple Night at the Homeplace 1850s Working Farm October 14

October 19, 2017 by Joi Sigers Leave a Comment

Snap Apple Night at the Homeplace

We make just about all of the special events in the Land Between the Lakes – especially the ones involving the Nature Station, the Elk & Bison Prairie, and The Homeplace, so you’d better believe we were at Snap Apple Night last Saturday night. Guests gathered around the bonfires and got all comfortable and cozy while storytellers Robert Valentine and Jamie Futrel told stories (a few that were in the spirit of Halloween).

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Snap Apple Night at the Homeplace 2017

Like any event the Homeplace takes part it, the night was absolutely wonderful. God helped with some extraordinary weather, too. They even had hot apple cider to drink – it doesn’t get much better than that!

The “Working Farm” was decorated beautifully – fortunately we got there before it got dark so we could see everything. They did an outstanding job – as they do with everything, if we’re being honest.

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Snap Apple Night at the Homeplace 2017

When the sun went down, the lanterns and bonfire added to the ambiance perfectly.  Everyone involved did an exceptional job of making the night extra fun and memorable for guests of all ages.

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Snap Apple Night at the Homeplace 2017

There’s just something relaxing, fun, and (very) memorable about a night like this. Sitting back, sipping apple cider, and listening to wonderful stories. The storytellers were absolutely excellent. Jamie Futrel and Robert Valentine were both VERY funny and beyond interesting. I love a good story, so I was completely in my element.

Robert Valentine had an extra, extra special gift that I’m not sure I even knew existed. Heck, maybe he invented it. He was superb – and I mean SUPERB – at telling wonderful stories that seemed to be written especially for children and especially for adults.

Seriously, you could have set him and his stories in a roomful of children and they’d have been a perfect match. You could have set him and his stories in a roomful of adults and they would have been a perfect match.

Now, while this is a great and commendable gift to have with ANY story…  it is an absolute GIFT (all caps) when it comes to “scary” stories.

When I saw all the kids at the event, I kind of wondered how everything would play out. As a mother, I know all too well that young people may “think” they want to be scared out of their wits, only to regret it terribly once their wits begin to get away from them! I have to admit, I sort of wondered how many kids would be having nightmares that night!

This would be a problem I’d soon realize didn’t exist because Robert Valentine, after all, has the GIFT.

The one he just may have invented.

He was able to tell two very interesting, colorful, and “edge of your seat” type scary stories that had all the kids and all the adults spellbound. Best of all, they ended just the way they should have – in a manner that ensured zero nightmares.

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Snap Apple Night at the Homeplace

Whenever you read about an event at the Homeplace, just go ahead and mark your calendar and go. They do not do anything second rate.

I’m not sure they’d even know how to go about it.

Snap Apple Night at the Homeplace 2017

Filed Under: Autumn Fun, LBL, The Homeplace Tagged With: Kentucky events, Kentucky pictures, LBL, The 1850's Homeplace

Fly Fishing Weekend at Pine Mountain State Resort Park November 11-12, 2017

October 19, 2017 by Joi Sigers Leave a Comment

Fly Fishing at Pine Mountain
Fly Fishing at Pine Mountain State Resort Park (Photo Credit: Kentucky State Parks)

One of the most scenic and beautiful parks in the Kentucky State Park system is Pine Mountain State Resort Park. The views redefine breathtaking, so any chance you get to visit this park should be an opportunity you jump at. If you enjoy fishing, the Park will give you an opportunity you’ll especially love in November.

Pine Mountain State Resort Park will host its Fly Fishing Weekend on  November 11-12.

Participants will learn to fly fish in the beautiful autumn mountains during this two-day workshop. It will include choosing equipment, fly selection, reading a stream, casting, and hooking and landing a fish.

The weekend package includes a Saturday continental breakfast, classroom and casting instruction on Saturday, Saturday night’s lodging, a Sunday streamside lunch, and actual fly fishing on Sunday.

This workshop starts with an 8 a.m. Saturday breakfast, followed by a 9 a.m. classroom experience. After lunch on your own, the class resumes with individual casting instructions. After dinner, participants can watch the film “A River Runs Through It.”

Sunday’s class will include fishing instruction, fishing on your own and a box lunch along Clear Creek.

The package cost is $189 per person or $295 per couple.

For information and reservations, call 606-337-3066 or email Keith Bowling at keith.bowling@ky.gov.

The park has a 30-room lodge, cottages and a full-service restaurant. It also has a golf course and other recreational opportunities for guests. Pine Mountain State Resort Park is located south of Pineville, on U.S. 25E, 10 miles north of Middlesboro.

Click the pictures below to give you an idea of just how spectacular Pine Mountain and Pine Mountain State Resort Park are in Autumn… Stunning!

Pine Mountain State Resort Park
Pine Mountain State Resort Park Lodge
Pine Mountain State Resort Park
Pine Mountain State Resort Park
Pine Mountain Woods behind the Lodge

Filed Under: Autumn Fun, Fishing, News, Pine Mountain State Resort Park, Pineville Tagged With: fishing in Kentucky, News, November events Kentucky, Pine Mountain State Resort Park

Seasonal Deals for Golfers this Fall at Pine Mountain State Resort Park

September 7, 2017 by Joi Sigers Leave a Comment

Wasioto Winds Golf Course at Pine Mountain State Resort Park

Wasioto Winds Golf Course at Pine Mountain State Resort Park – Hard to Beat That View!

The golf course at Pine Mountain State Resort Park (Wasioto Winds Golf Course) will offer seasonal deals to golfers this fall.

The course is offering discount cards with a game of golf for $29 on weekdays and $34 on weekends. Golfers also have the opportunity to pay $50 to play all day Saturday. For those who have less time, the course has a deal for nine holes with a golf cart after 5 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays.

The course recently renovated its fairways with Bermuda grass and has added new golf carts.

For more information about the golf course, call 800-814-8002 or visit http://parks.ky.gov/golf/18_hole/pine-mountain/

Gorgeous Pine Mountain State Resort Park has a 30-room lodge, cottages and a full-service restaurant. It also has hiking trails and other recreational opportunities for guests. Pine Mountain State Resort Park is located south of Pineville, on U.S. 25E, 10 miles north of Middlesboro.

More pictures of Wasioto Winds Golf Course are below. Click the thumbnails to view the larger images!

Wasioto Winds Golf Course
Wasioto Winds Golf Course
Wasioto Winds Golf Course
Wasioto Winds Golf Course
Wasioto Winds Golf Course
Wasioto Winds Golf Course
Wasioto Winds Golf Course
Wasioto Winds Golf Course

Filed Under: Autumn Fun, Golfing, News, Pine Mountain State Resort Park Tagged With: golf deals, Kentucky golf, Kentucky State Park Golf Courses

Delicious Thanksgiving Day Buffet at Kentucky State Resort Parks

November 17, 2016 by Joi Sigers Leave a Comment

Tom Turkey at Kenlake State Resort Park

Tom Turkey has Kind of an Anxious Expression, Doesn’t He? And, Shouldn’t He?!?!

The pictures in this post were taken a few days ago at beautiful Kenlake State Resort Park – one of our favorites. The park is wonderful at decorating for each season – so much so that we always visit anytime we’re in the area just for the decorations, alone!

The other Parks are getting ready for Thanksgiving, too….

From the Kentucky State Parks:

Sixteen Kentucky State Resort Parks will serve a Thanksgiving Day buffet on Nov. 24.

Kentucky State Parks will serve 2,000 pounds of turkey, 1,500 pounds of sweet potatoes and 750 pounds of country ham. Additionally, 4,300 pieces of fried chicken, the 1,300 pounds of roast beef and 12,000 rolls will be served along with 600 pies, including pecan and pumpkin.

The parks have hosted the Thanksgiving Day buffet for more than four decades and usually serve about 10,000 customers.

The buffet will include soups, cheeses and salads for starters. The menu features turkey and dressing, baked ham, carved roast beef and fried chicken. Vegetables include old-fashioned candied yams, country-style green beans and mashed potatoes with giblet gravy.

The cost for the buffet will be $19.50 plus tax (drink included) for adults, $9.50 for children ages 6-12, and children 5 and under are free.

The buffet will be served from noon to 8 p.m. on Nov. 24 at most parks.

Thanksgiving Day buffet will be served at Kenlake State Resort Park from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., General Butler from noon to 7 p.m. and Pine Mountain from noon to 4 p.m. Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park will be offering a reduced buffet. Guests should note that the restaurant and lodge at Greenbo Lake State Resort Park are closed for repairs.

Click the pictures below for the larger version. Such adorable decorations!

Thanksgiving and Autumn Decorations at Kenlake State Resort Park
Thanksgiving and Autumn Decorations at Kenlake State Resort Park
Thanksgiving and Autumn Decorations at Kenlake State Resort Park

For more information on the Thanksgiving Day buffet and other state park events, visit www.parks.ky.gov

Thanksgiving and Autumn Decorations at  Kenlake State Resort Park

Filed Under: Autumn Fun, Kenlake State Resort Park, Kentucky State Parks Tagged With: Thanksgiving buffets at Kentucky State Parks, Thanksgiving Events in Kentucky

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