Loose Leaf Notes

It’s hard to describe the aesthetics and the feeling of being inside my son and daughter-in-laws renovated and repurposed  Old Marshall Jail in Marshall NC.

Jody may call it being transformed to a foreign country and I may say it feels like we’re staying in a castle, but Amy coined the best description of the night with “Steam Punk Chic.”

Jody was pleased with her room. She’s the owner/agent of Rose of the Winds Travel and her mind is already turning with plans for the place.

We walked the country town streets as if we were in Piccadilly Circus window shopping and looking for cafes.

And then the the Floyd family take-over for the jail’s soft opening began to arrive.

We converged on the deck.

This is the hall in the entrance and I love it because Josh incorporated the metal bed frames from the jail into the ceiling lighting. It took him five years to complete the this Art Hotel.

Dinner overlooking the French Broad River near sunset turned out to be a communal affair with story telling, beer cheers and all the best take-out.

The kids loved the lofts and the bunk room bunks and Pizza from the nearby brew pub.

It turns out that this is my favorite picture of the evening.

Or maybe this. Our room is the Sheriff’s Suite and Josh gave it to us because he knows how much I love getting in hot water at the end of the day (and the Sheriff’s Suite has a bath tub.).

We didn’t see much of our friend Katherine once her grandson Allister arrived with his mom and Dad. Today we’ll be touring the jail, the flower farm, the Copus clay compound and more. _________Read about Day 2 HERE.