The Best of the Bog and the Bay

Jan 1, 2015 | Archive

Day one of a three day tour

•   Oyster Farm
•   Coffee and Cranberry Scones
•   Interpretation of Oyster and Oyster Industry
•   Walking tour of first Oyster settlement
•   Hands on Demonstration of Oyster Shucking and Sample of product
•   Box lunch from local restaurant featuring fresh baked breads and pastries
•   Lunch at historic school house
•   Stories about area pioneers by local historians
•   Afternoon concert in Old Church with High Tea
•   Memento shopping at quaint historic area store
•   Cranberry Queen story
•   Interpretation and tour of bogs and museum
•   Tour of international processing plant for the Cranberry
•   Evening buffet with food and wines from the Cranberry

Day two of a three day tour

•   Green Angel Gardens
•   Coffee and pastries
•   Tour and presentations
•   Chef guided wild mushroom hunt and harvest
•   Cooking class utilizing the mushroom and the greens
•   Lunch with Chef featuring the harvested mushrooms and produce from Green Angel Gardens
•   Local water color art gallery featuring NW subjects and presentation
•   Dining with Chef Jimella

Day three of a three day tour

•   Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum
•   Cranberry muffins and coffee
•   Clamshell Railroad – retracing the route of the “Daddy Train”
•   Railroad lunch catered at the Long Beach Train Depot
•   Continue Clamshell Railroad – retracing the route of the “Daddy Train”
•   Dinner and cooking demonstration at Depot Restaurant with Chef

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