After the Hike

After our hike on Sunday afternoon, Lon and I stopped at the LaGrange General Store for a sandwich. Only a mile from the Nordic Trail trailhead, this unique and old-fashioned store is always part of our hiking experience.

The store appears to have been a house which morphed into a place for hikers, cross-country skiers, bikers and others to pause for a light meal, a snack, a bottle of wine, beer or soda or to leisurely browse amongst the many gift items awaiting purchase on old and worn wood shelves.

Lon's good and hungry and wastes no time crossing the porch to the front door.

We claimed this table for lunch and a root beer.

We shared this generously prepared ham sandwich and chips. I would have made a more exciting choice but since we were sharing, I let Lon choose. I must say it hit the spot and made me forget that I'd been dropped earlier in the day. :)

Several bikes are available for purchase and others can be rented for the day.

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Notice the eye-catching shopping bags constructed of a shiny vinyl material.

A wide and unusual variety of ales filled this section of the coolers.







Sometimes I order a side dish of potato salad from the deli. Oops! I had a close up photo of the deli posted here a second ago but it's suddenly vanished. I swear, one wrong move and they're gone. If I reload it, it will appear at the top of the blog. You can't imagine what I have to go through if a picture I absolutely must have on my blog suddenly disappears. It makes me crazy!!

Squeeze me, Stomp Me, Make Me Wine!!! I got a kick out of that sign.

All's well after all. See the deli? It's on the left in this view of the store.







That's about it, folks.



By the way, do you enjoy shopping in old-fashioned stores like this as much as I do?

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Check out my previous post titled TAKE A HIKE for more fun with Shaddy.