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HarvFest Offers Annual Chance to Reconnect with Farm Heritage

Locals and visitors reveled in food, fun, music and history at Clermont Farm just east of Berryville, Virginia on Saturday. HarvFest, Clarke County’s annual summer celebration at Clermont Farm’s historic 360 acres, provided a venue for city folks and country folks to come together to acknowledge the importance of farmland to modern America and to honor farmers, past and present, who have fed our country for generations.

“Elizabeth Rust Williams left this beautiful farm in her will to benefit the public” said Clermont executive director Robert Stieg. “Her vision was for Clermont to help people connect with their agricultural, economic and social heritage. This property has been farmed by white people and black people for 150 years and Elizabeth Rust Williams wanted that heritage to be more visible and accessible to all people.”

The late Elizabeth Rust Williams was the last living descendent of the McCormick family, owners of Clermont since before the Civil War. Williams’s ancestor, Ellen McCormick sold property from Clermont Farm to previously enslaved African Americans after the Civil War. The area went on to become what is known today as Josephine City.

HarvFest offered something for young and old alike; from crafts to music, from pony rides to heritage tours. Guided tours included Clermont’s historic main house, the slave’s quarters and a 1917 bank barn. But if history wasn’t a high point on Saturday’s “must see” list for Clermont visitors, kettle corn, crafts, great food and beautiful music were easy alternatives.

Farmer Matt Szechenyi and Cornelius Conway offered smooth guitar jazz as their audience strolled among the many exhibits and vendors assembled for the day. The Berryville Grille served up delicious bar-b-q sandwiches while the Childs family offered lamb and beef sandwiches.

Nearby Geneva Jackson sold her world-famous baked goods but took a moment to reminisce about the days that she spent as a young girl working at Clermont Farm.

“It’s a good feeling to be here again, to be back home at Clermont” Jackson said. “I worked here for three years when I was about fourteen-years-old. Those were good days.”

The Top of Virginia Quilting Guild offered raffle chances to win a quilt made by the Winchester stitchery club. “Our quilting guild has 65 members and we meet at 1pm in Middletown at the gray stone church on the first Thursday of each month” said quilter Sue McDonald of Winchester. Top of Virginia guild chairman Janet Miller added that proceeds from the Guild’s annual quilt raffle go to support the Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation.

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I have been in the RV industry for a while and I noticed that a lot of people ask about key features and quality on RVs that go unanswered. So I am going to review a new travel trailer, toy hauler, fifth wheel and motorhome each week. Feel free to post your own review of an RV on our site. Go to www.timetorv.com , scroll down the home page. On the right hand side click login icon, then click creat account and that’s it.

The RV that I reviewed is a Forest River Cedar Creek. This unit is a luxury fifth wheel and is made in Indiana. Cedar creek has been in production for 10 years and the market cap continues to grow for this brand. This unit is usually not a first time Rver unit. It’s price point is between 50K to 70K, depending on options.

Here are some key features about the Cedar Creek:

* Insulated tanks for cold weather ( this helps prevent your tanks from freezing and cracking ).

* Gel-coat exterior, including entry door and all compartment doors ( this helps the exterior hold its apperence ).

* Automotive UV Clear Coat Paint, Guaranteed for 7 Years, Door Window Frames, Preventing Early Discoloration

* Handmade 2 x 2 – 16″ (or less) OC Sidewalls with Individually Fastened Custom “L” Brackets Combined with Uniroyal®Silaprene Adhesives for a Strong Flexible Frame without Welding or Lamination. (475 PSI at 2″ Per Minute, Marine Grade) The benefit of having this is, when your side walls are welded they can stress and crack over time without you even noticing it until it’s to late. Remember these unit flex while on the road.

* All slide-outs are insulated all the way around ( 5 sides ). This may sound crazy but a lot of manufacturers don’t insulate the whole slideout.

* R-7 insulation in the walls. It is not possible to get thicker insulation without having thicker walls. If some one says they have R-10 or R-14 in the wall then they must have 2×4 studs not 2×2. Also, some RV manufacturers count the side wall skin as insulation.

* All end caps are insulated for better climate control in the fifth wheel.

* Day and night shades, no more radeling from mini-blinds.

* Central Vacume, for ease of cleaning

* Huge out-side storage to take every thing including the kitchen sink.

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