Okay, it is only long-awaited by Jane. And she was there, so she already knows what happened and shouldn't be that excited to read this. I tried to convince her to write the post herself as a guest blogger. Alas, she did not. So I have to do it.Anyway, it was our first weekend away from Hannah. We decided to meet the McGuires, Baileys, and Vroomans in Hermann. It was set up months ago and we all booked our rooms in the bed and breakfast and got babysitters for our kids. Then Norah got sick and the Vroomans couldn't go, so the Whites went in their place. Although we missed the Vroomans, the Whites proved to be a strong replacement.
Friday night it was just us and the McGuires. After staying at our house way too long to say goodbye to Hannah we finally got on the road. Steve made me stop at Graham Cave on the way there. He likes to do random things like that. When we got to Hermann we had dinner with the McGuires, but that was about it for Friday. 
Saturday morning after convincing the McGuires to stop watching HGTV, we did a wine tasting at Adam Puchta Winery. It is the oldest family owned winery in the country...or something like that. We started listing all of the "fun facts" we learned about the city of Hermann, and I think that was Fun Fact #1 but I'm not sure. Luckily the McGuires have most of them on videotape. Saturday afternoon the rest of the crew arrived. We toured Deutschheim State Historical Site to learn a little history about the town. Then we had the bright idea to walk to Stone Hill Winery. We had to climb huge hills in the hot July sun. Luckily none perished on the way. We finally made it and did the tour and tasting. Fun fact #11 (?): Stone Hill was the 2nd largest winery in the nation before Prohibition. That night we decided to take a drive and eat dinner at Rivers Edge Restaurant. It was a long winding road and Steve 
took a couple of wrong turns. We finally made it and were very impressed with this great restaurant in the middle of nowhere. It even had a ferry. Unfortunately it was closed by the time we finished dinner. On the way home the GPS tried to route us in a circle, but we finally made it back to the B&B with only one person being carsick. As the McGuires said, "It's always an adventure with the Kerrs." Although I think that is just a nice way of saying that we get lost a lot.
took a couple of wrong turns. We finally made it and were very impressed with this great restaurant in the middle of nowhere. It even had a ferry. Unfortunately it was closed by the time we finished dinner. On the way home the GPS tried to route us in a circle, but we finally made it back to the B&B with only one person being carsick. As the McGuires said, "It's always an adventure with the Kerrs." Although I think that is just a nice way of saying that we get lost a lot.We had a great weekend hanging out with friends and meeting some new ones. Most of all, it was nice to relax and have some time off from Hannah duty.
5 comments:
I can't believe you gave that restaurant such a glowing review. Jason and I have eaten there only to find the waitstaff very rude and the food mediocre at best. Two thumbs down from this family. The only thing to save the afternoon was a ride on the ferry.
What? I think I mentioned once about the trip to Hannibal going on the blog. You made me sound like I checked every day, more than once. Crazy.
Two thumbs up on the blog, and for the River's Edge, I agree with Amanda and Jason.
Technically Steve was the one that thought the food was really good. I just liked the building and ferry. :)
Somebody who ordered chicken fingers has no right to make any comments about the food. Seriously, you are forming an opinion on the quality of food base on chicken fingers.
Those of us who actually ordered food made at the establishment in question enjoyed it. I hope to return one day for more fried okra and a ferry ride.
I'd just like to remind everyone that the Ferry is for sale. "Unique Business Opportunity".
My food was outstanding. The service, on the other hand, was definitely lousy.
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