Dear Capon Friends,
For over 82 years, Capon Springs and Farms has maintained a tradition of serving made-from-scratch meals, incorporating ingredients fresh from our farm and other local farms. This week we created a video that shows the delicious transformation from harvesting the sustainably grown pontiac potatoes at Capon's River Meadow Farm, to serving a bowl of our creamy, mashed potatoes... enjoy!
Greetings Capon Friends,
The other day Kevin Ambrose, of The Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang, snapped a series of photos from Capon's Sunset Lodge of a breathtaking sunset over the Allegheny Mountains... check out the article which explains why this particular sunset is so vibrant. Beautiful work, Kevin!
Dear Capon Friends,
Earlier this
week as I, Jonathan (3rd generation family member and Recreation Manager), was sitting up at Sunset Lodge overlooking the rolling WV hills, I
paused to reflect on the coming summer events.
This particular time I was surrounded by three generations of my wife
Betsy’s family, all enjoying a big heaping slice of Americana….. literally. We were all gathered for the traditional
outdoor Chicken BBQ , slow-cooked on poles over a coal-fired pit. After feasting on meat that just fell off the
bone, we made sure we saved room for a piece of made-from-scratch Apple Pie
(yes, crust is still made with lard!) topped off with a scoop of Hershey’s vanilla ice cream.
Then the teens and
adults worked off the meal with lawn games like bocce, cornhole and Frisbee,
while the elementary age kids played a friendly game of softball. Watching a feisty nine year old girl hit the
first home run of the evening, I relived my own turn at bat over 40 years
ago. Then after the sun set over the
mountain, we headed down to the Main House porch as various age groups took their
turn to be pulled by a 1950s tractor in a haywagon around the grounds by my
nephew Sam Brill. The teens and
collegians have fewer participants than in years past, but several reported the
walk back from the golf course in the dark was still a thrill.
In this
setting it is easy to imagine those carefree days of summer when days stretched
end upon end and time stood still. When
you would make plans with your friends to run around and explore, climb, build
and have great conversations about imaginary adventures. You never wanted to get out of the pool,
discovery was around the corner and at the end of the day, food tasted better
and refueled you for more fun.
Though June
21st marks the first official day of summer, here at Capon Springs & Farms
we experience the freedom of summer over and over again each week as generations
of reunions fill their time by building on these memories. Yeah, you may not be able to go back to your
own childhood, but you can certainly recreate those memories for your kids;
keeping those wonderful times alive and real for those that come after you.
~Jonathan, For the Capon Family
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