Since we opened December 17th, we have had 15 rooms nights and wonderful guests! Jack even prepared his Creme Brulee oatmeal for some guests.  He didn’t like the way the broiler made the crust so dark, so later that day, he ordered a food torch. Watch out next time we serve this!

We have found our rhythm in the kitchen and have been enjoying inn keeping!
As this was our “soft” opening to figure things out, we have now started to consider some marketing.  We have added ourselves to Trip Advisor so you can do reviews and we have  become members of the Virginia Tourism website as well as the local Bedford County Visitor’s Center. Here is how we are listed in the Va Tourism site but it took even me 4 times to find it! and in Trip Advisor, it looks as if there needs to be some reviews added to get this going. Visit Bedford (the area visitor’s center) lists our B & B.

The local magazine, the Laker did a really nice spread on our Bedford Landings opening for their special lodging issue. The Laker Weekly is visiting us again next week.  We have been very fortunate with local media outlets!

Upcoming specials are listed on the “Specials” page but include a Superbowl special and a Valentine’s special. Y’all come, we’re ready for ya!

With a Full House on New Year’s Eve, we entered the New Year with much love and laughter!  It was amazing and we so enjoyed the time.  One of the couples flew in so we were able to test our inn keeping and tie down strategies all at once! Everyone got along; some worked jigsaw puzzles, some watched a football game in the theatre room, some went to dinner, and others shared munchies and wine by the fire.  We could not have asked for a more cordial group than we had for New Year’s 2013! Jack even got his bagpipe out to blast in the New Year! On New Year’s Day after the guests departed, friends who helped us build the hangar flew in.  Vicki and Jon came to check out Bedford Landings so they might share back with their neighbors in their fly-in community near Chapel Hill, NC.  So, we cleaned and flipped the rooms in a few hours to put on our best face! So what can guests expect at Bedford Landings? Tested recipes.  We are testing recipes for taste and presentation.  We try to test them prior to you coming but sometimes you get to help judge! Just look at this jelly belly roll that I made today!  I couldn’t resist the sequence!  Each time we are expecting guests, I put out a sideboard of some homemade snack bread, cookies of treats. Last week, Jack made sweet potato biscuits. But today he is toying with Baked Crème Brulee oatmeal. We think it’s a winner! A home theatre room.  Jack finished wiring today and the sound proofed walls work pretty well in that I could hear (but wasn’t blown away) by the max volume Top Gun when I was in the kitchen.  (Photo).  The room is a work in progress as far as décor, but the movies play! If it is chilly outside, then we try to have a fire going inside! And if fire is not part of Shakti, how about water?  The guest hot tub is ready and warm!  It’s awesome!

Of these amenities, what would be your favorite? The fireplace?  The hot tub, tasting recipes or watching movies in the theatre room?

 

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For historical purposes, we should document our first guests.  Phil and Candy signed the guest book and Jack gave them the key to the Fourth Room.

We are proud to announce that the background music is playing, the floors and sheets are clean and fresh, a snack is on the sideboard, and we are standing ready to open the door for our first guests!  Thanks one and all for your support!

Today is the 110th anniversary of the Wright Brother’s first airplane ride and our opening day!  We have been so busy setting up and are not finished yet.  We only have one television hooked up but it works and it is in the theatre room.  We only have rods in one closet and that is for tonight’s reservation. But Jack just today put up pantry shelves today and we have menus planned.  The reservation page on the websites seems to have worked out the bugs.

Here are just a few shots to entice you!