Using the handy feature of our GPS to find restaurants nearby, we decided to eat at the Joshua Wilton Inn & Restaurant.
Wow, what a find it was! A beautiful Victorian inn, but what was even better was the restaurant. For starters, I had the AUTUMN OLIVE FARMS PORK BELLY - with a.m fog mushrooms, grilled bread, poached egg and a truffle-chive buttermilk dressing. Mark had GRILLED QUAIL - turner ham-cornbread stuffing, fire roasted corn salsa and ancho chili vinaigrette. For the main course, we both had GRILLED DUCK BREAST - creamy polenta, pan roasted green beans and a maple balsamic glaze.
After a meal like that, enjoyed on their outdoor patio, we just weren't ready to face another 3 hours of driving. So we asked about rooms at the inn and were lucky to find that they had a couple available.
Harrisonburg is in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia and is home to James Madison University. The town's nickname is "The Friendly City" and they weren't kidding with that. When we took a walk though town after breakfast the next morning, everyone we passed greeted us with a big and friendly hello.
The Virginia Quilt Museum is right in downtown, just a short walk from the inn. Unfortunately, we didn't have the time to wait until it opened that morning, but it would be worth taking a look another time.
I love mosaics and this one is in the downtown area.
The unexpected discoveries on a road trip are what make road trips so appealing to me. We always stay at B&Bs for the unique and special experience that each one has to offer, which is something we've done since way before we became innkeepers ourselves. It is definitely the "Better Way to Stay"
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