Not home even a full week yet and we could not sit still on Sunday. After a morning down at the shop and some laundry, cleaning and getting things in order, Big Man came home and asked the typical weekend question...what do you want to do? Adventure, of course, but where , I had no idea. This week, I was very unprepared as we have been out of the state for the past week and I am just trying to get myself in some type of order. Upon talking, Big Man discussed his crave for his favorite dinner meal at The Tavern at Penn State. I ventured online to find some spots in the Centre County region and came upon Curtain Village. Also known as Eagle Ironworks, this was an area, or district, that ncludes buildings and structures related to an ironworks mill dating back to 1810, when founded by the Curtain family. I was not aware that it was a whole historical landmark thing before we left and obviously prior to our arrival, but once we got there, it was quite obvious that it was partially restored and that there were probably tours that one could take to see the various buildings.
We saw the mill, in which we were in awe. It loomed all and strong, including the sluice what seemed to go on forever. Little Girl decided that it looked like it would have been a really fun ride. To be quite honest with you, it looked that way to me too. The wheel in the mill was huge, and iI could only imagine the way it rolled when the creek below it was rushing with water. we ventured over the makeshift bridge to get back and forth to the mill and the street. It was so nice to be outside again, although it was only less than a week, and to be seeing things that were new to us. We also saw various homes, including the workers homes and also the main mansion. All buildings were locked, but we were able to look through wood slats and some windows to see inside. There was a dirt road behind a gate that looked like it led to other buildings, and based upon the research I found on Wikipedia and their website, but because the tours don't begin again until June, we didn't think it was a good idea to go back there.
However, we did walk around the area, down to Nittany Creek and then on to State College. On our way into State College, we ended up seeing three locations that we tried to ge to: 1... this two wall stricture in a field, 2. these barns in a valley, and 3...a greenhouse by the prison. we tried to get to all three, off-roaded to two of them, but were unable to get to the first two due to road blockage, and the third was on prison property, so we were not allowed to go there. I am contacting the prison location and the other two will be seen via walking to them the next time we are in the area. However, it was getting late, so we decided to cut our trip at that point, go have a great meal at one of our favorite spots with the oldest of nieces and then headed home. Funny side note...we totally didn't go home the right way. we were so into our conversation in the car while Little Girl slept in the back that we never got off the one road we were on, looked around and collectively decided we did not recall the area in which we were in, hopped on Google maps, only to find ourselves winding through farmland in the dark on this amazing road to which we decided we must to return to in the light hours. Until we meet the road again....
We saw the mill, in which we were in awe. It loomed all and strong, including the sluice what seemed to go on forever. Little Girl decided that it looked like it would have been a really fun ride. To be quite honest with you, it looked that way to me too. The wheel in the mill was huge, and iI could only imagine the way it rolled when the creek below it was rushing with water. we ventured over the makeshift bridge to get back and forth to the mill and the street. It was so nice to be outside again, although it was only less than a week, and to be seeing things that were new to us. We also saw various homes, including the workers homes and also the main mansion. All buildings were locked, but we were able to look through wood slats and some windows to see inside. There was a dirt road behind a gate that looked like it led to other buildings, and based upon the research I found on Wikipedia and their website, but because the tours don't begin again until June, we didn't think it was a good idea to go back there.
However, we did walk around the area, down to Nittany Creek and then on to State College. On our way into State College, we ended up seeing three locations that we tried to ge to: 1... this two wall stricture in a field, 2. these barns in a valley, and 3...a greenhouse by the prison. we tried to get to all three, off-roaded to two of them, but were unable to get to the first two due to road blockage, and the third was on prison property, so we were not allowed to go there. I am contacting the prison location and the other two will be seen via walking to them the next time we are in the area. However, it was getting late, so we decided to cut our trip at that point, go have a great meal at one of our favorite spots with the oldest of nieces and then headed home. Funny side note...we totally didn't go home the right way. we were so into our conversation in the car while Little Girl slept in the back that we never got off the one road we were on, looked around and collectively decided we did not recall the area in which we were in, hopped on Google maps, only to find ourselves winding through farmland in the dark on this amazing road to which we decided we must to return to in the light hours. Until we meet the road again....