Category: Harvest Hosts
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BearGulch Pictographs in Forest Grove, Montana
We feel so fortunate to have stumbled across this special Harvest Host, unlike any we have visited before. Bear Gulch is privately owned land that holds nearly 5,000 pictographs and petroglyphs encompassing more than 1,000 years of Blackfeet history. The family, who has owned the property since the early 1900s, now provides tours of these…
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Hidden Hills Vineyard & Winery
This Harvest Host is located in Galesburg, IL off of Interstate 74 at County Route 9. The address is Galesburg but the winery is just 1.3 miles from downtown Knoxville, IL. It’s a convenient stop for the night if you’re passing through or plan to visit Knoxville. Hidden Hills is a family-owned winery and vineyard…
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Bones Distillery, Washington, PA
As with so many of our trips, the first leg of our journey was heading west across Pennsylvania. We usually stay at Bella Terra Vineyards, however we were traveling on a Saturday and Bella Terra doesn’t accept Harvest Hosts on the weekends. That led us to choose Bones Distillery in Washington, PA and we are…
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Harvest Host: James River Cellars Winery
We spent the final night of our trip at James River Cellars Winery in Glen Allen, VA. This is one of our favorites, as it’s close to Midlothian and Joe’s mother and sisters. Plus, the wine is terrific and the grounds are lovely. It was late afternoon when we arrived so we also had dinner…
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Harvest Host: Straw Hat Distillery
Straw Hat Distillery is a micro-distillery located in Florence, South Carolina. A micro-distillery produces small batch spirits, using grains grown locally and focuses on quality and unique flavors. In South Carolina, micro-distillers are limited to producing 125,000 cases of spirits a year. Straw Hat Distillery was started by two avid home-brewers, Steve (pictured above) and…
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Harvest Host: Grace Note Brewing
As mentioned in our previous post, we elected to stay at Harvest Hosts on the way home. Because we were planning to drive for four days and would not have access to a place to fill our fresh water tank, we showered before leaving Port Charlotte and ensured that we had a full tank of…
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We like to sip our corn
We have frequently commented on how the Harvest Hosts program has enabled us to visit so many wineries, breweries and distilleries. These overnight stops eliminate any concern about getting home safely, so long as we are able to walk to our home-on-wheels in the parking lot. We decided to visit a few distilleries along the…
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Uke N’ Brews
We have started our second RV trip to Canada. As some of you may recall, we had to cut last year’s trip short because we contracted COVID-19 – for the first time – while on Prince Edward Island (see Oh, Canada!). The first half of this trip is dedicated to visiting areas of eastern Quebec…
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All Fun, Games and Peanuts™ Too!
We have mentioned Harvest Hosts many times in our travel blogs. As a reminder, Harvest Hosts is a membership organization that provides access to businesses that allow one overnight stay in their parking lots, so long as you frequent the business. We typically use Harvest Hosts for heavy travel days, which are days when we need to…
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Sulphur Springs, Texas
Sulphur Springs, in the northeast corner of Texas, was only planned to be a convenient overnight stay. However, as in this case, we have found that many small towns have one-of-a-kind features that provide a unique experience. The Sulphur Springs town motto is “Just Play. Have Fun. Celebrate.” And that we did! The town was…