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The Bandits are Back!

The Bandits are back! And there is frost on the grass and wood smoke in the air! Yay! Fall has arrived!
Can you tell this is my favorite time of year? It is SO beautiful and peaceful on the mountain when Mother Nature begins preparing for her yearly nap. A great time to wander the State Parks and get a glimpse of the geology and fauna that are usually hidden behind all the green of the forest floor during the Spring and Summer. Or take a drive on the quiet back roads of the beautiful Southern Laurel Highlands and Garrett County, Maryland, and bring your binoculars to get a glimpse of incredible variety of birds you can spy when the leaves begin to fall.

We have our Free for Vets campaign going full blast on our Facebook page, and our Thanksgiving Special is up and booking out quickly - but three rooms are still available. This is a great time of year to take advantage of our Mid-week Special and our Work-Away-Your-Stay program, so give us a call and come visit!

We'll put the cider on for you...

Vets Stay Free

As we do every year, we are offering our active and retired military a free stay on Veteran's Day, November 11. New this year is that we are offering this exclusively through our Facebook page, and we are offering it one room at a time. We will start with the the first randomly chosen room becoming available for reservation next Monday, and finish it off with the last room on October 22. The rooms will be blocked off, and only available via FB message request made after the room is posted. No phone calls for this special, please.
Like us on Facebook and be sure to keep an eye out for upcoming posts!

Hartzell House now offers Fallingwater Tickets

Photo courtesy of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

Hartzell House has become a proud Lodging Partner in Education, and has made a financial commitment to supporting Fallingwater's educational programming for area school children.

Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob are only a short, picturesque 30-minute drive from Hartzell House, and tours can be booked through us by either adding the package at check out or by phoning in your reservation and requesting either the in-depth or the regular tour and giving us your time and date preferences.

Mother Earth News Fair comes to Seven Springs!

Book now for the weekend of September 21 - 23 and receive two tickets (a $70 value) for this awesome three day event. Come join us in learning and being inspired to care for ourselves, our neighbors, and our planet in a more enlightened manner!

This weekend will have early, buffet-style breakfasts with a pleasing array of our favorite menu items, and we will encourage guests to carpool with us and eachother up to the resort. We expect to be inspired, enlightened, and informed in order to return to our homes and become part of the solution to some of the ills on Mother Earth. We hope you will join us!

Autumn in the beautiful southern Laurel Highlands

Ahh... The smell of wood fires in the morning warms my attitude when I look out and see the frost on the strawberry patch. It is my favorite time of year! The leaves have scattered and dance on the bike path and I know that Mother Nature is preparing for a quiet slumber. I love to see the woods without their petticoats on and the stark legginess of the deciduous trees and shrubs bared for my painter's eye all the way down to the river's edge. Lovely. Why not make some plans to take a hike and breathe in the crisp air up here on the mountain? We’ve logs on the hearth and some new recipes to share....

Rain, rain, go away...

Well, here we are in the early days of May and facing frost on Wednesday night!

Our once acceptable front landscape is a muddy, rut-filled disaster area as we wait, and wait, and wait… on our poor, soggy landscape contractor who has been waylaid by the weather.

We are asking our guests to turn their eyes toward the improvements in our greatroom, and enjoy the new widescreen TV and regulation pool table, or relax in the supremely comfy parlor of our 1870, gently renovated, east wing. Even discretely spying from the back deck on the varied birds, chipmunks, and very determined red squirrel can be a nice diversion to the chaos in the yard.

I keep myself sane by remembering that in the works are swaths of bluegrass, pathways, and organic, raised-bed, edible flower and herb gardens, as well as happy hens and glorious garden rooms. Ahhh… worth the wait? I think so!

We invite you over this summer to enjoy the changes! And if you are handy with a rake or hammer, call about our working vacation specials – 814-395-5248.

Hope to see you (and our contractor) soon!

With Joy,

Kitty Stemac

Here come the Carver's

Father’s Day weekend … what to do?!? Bring dad down to the National Road Chainsaw Carving Festival and let him get his power-tool fix!
The carver’s arrive on Tuesday at the Addison Community Park to fire up their blades and start creating phenomenally detailed sculpture that is ready for auction on Saturday afternoon. The public is welcome to peruse the grounds and enjoy conversation with the artists, carving demonstrations, and food booths. On Friday night be entertained by our hometown parade and an awesome fireworks display by Addison VFD and Little Big Shots. Saturday afternoon brings the Silent Auction winner announcement, raffle drawing, and the carving auction. The net proceeds from this event benefit the Somerset County Blind Center. Thank you Confluence Lions Club!

http://www.carvingfest.confluencelions.org/

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