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Countryside Artisans Adventure Trail
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Explore Nature's Beauty on the Countryside Artisans Adventure Trail

Saturday July 12, 2008 11 AM - 4 PM & Saturday July 19, 2008 11 AM - 4 PM

A fundraiser for PNH, a rare bone marrow disorder.

  1. Calkins Schoolhouse Pottery
    See how potters turn lumps of clay into beautiful objects by hand or on the wheel, and discover the artistry of making tile in the centuries-old traditional way.
    Ed and Anne Nocera
    489 Calkins Road
    Milanville, PA 18443
    570.729.7946
    artile@voicenet.com
    http://art-tile.com
  2. Calkins Creamery
    Farmstead artisan cheeses from one of the Upper Delaware River Valley's oldest family farms.
    570.729.8103
    happycow@CalkinsCreamery.com
    http://www.CalkinsCreamery.com
  3. Calkins Creek Vineyard
    Located on a 6th generation farm 10 miles north of Honesdale, PA. Learn about our winemaking process, tour the 5 acre vineyard and visit the large underground wine cave. Sample our wines in a vintage airplane hangar.
    Open: May - Dec, daily, 10 - 4
    Jan - April, weekends, 10 - 4
    Mike & Vonnie Stone
    192 Fallsdale Rd
    Milanville, PA 18443
    570.729.8077
    http://calkinscreekvineyard.com
  4. Arts and Cures
    Painted furniture and glass, handmade cards, jewelry and much more. Creations that support research for PNH, a rare bone marrow failure disorder.
    www.pnhfoundation.org
    Open by appointment all year.
    335 Valley Ridge Road
    570.729.7306
    artsandcures@aol.com
  5. Fallsdale Farm
    Handmade Artisanal Cheeses
    fallsdalefarmcheese.com
    1 Fallsdale Farm Drive
    Tyler Hill, PA 18469
    570.729.0401
  6. Gnomeman's Land
    Artistic Signs & Designs
    Studio & Gallery
    Multi Media Folk & Sign Artist Pat Baker Smith
    Wood Sculptor & Folk Artist Olivia Tolson
    Open to the Public
    May - December 6 days a week (closed Tuesday)
    January - April by appointment
    1323 Cochecton Turnpike
    Tyler Hill, PA 18469
    570.224.6669
    pbsart12@yahoo.com
  7. The Turtle's Nest
    Art Studio of Nancy Wells
    Painting, Digital Art, Photography, Printmaking, Dolls, Sculpture, Mini Art Cards, & Drawing.
    Art and Doll Making Workshops ongoing. Visitors welcome.
    Open by appointment all year.
    3 Damascus Manor
    Damascus, PA 18415
    570.224.4192
    nancywellsart@yahoo.com
  8. Liba Puchmajer
    Quilter, Photographer
    147 Delaware Drive
    Damascus, PA 18415
    570.224.1407

The Countryside Artisans Adventure Trail is a fundraiser for PNH. For more information visit http://www.pnhfoundation.org

Thank You to our Sponsors: Calkins Creek Vineyard, The Halvorsen Family, S.R. Price Excavating - 271 Valley Ridge Road, Honesdale, PA 18431, 570.729.8907

Pack a picnic lunch and enjoy it at any of our beautiful destinations!

Countryside Artisans Adventure Trail

Driving Directions:

from Honesdale, PA Start at Route 6 and Cliff Street. Travel about 8 miles, noting the road changes name to Fox Hill Rd., then to Hartman Rd, then Butternut Flats. The road comes to a ³Y². Turn left sharply onto Boyds Mills Rd towards Calkins. About 2 miles ahead you¹ll reach a stop sign at Calkins Rd. The old Calkins Cemetery is to your right. You are facing the first stop on the Trail, Calkins Schoolhouse Pottery, at the intersection of Calkins Rd and Boyds Mills Rd.

from Sullivan County, NY Route 97 The road from NY Route 97 to our first stop on the Trail crosses the scenic Delaware River at Skinners Falls, NY into historic Milanville, PA. At the stop sign bear left and travel two-tenths of a mile to Calkins Road. Turn right to travel through 4 miles of beautiful rolling farmland. We¹re just past the little white church with the steeple, two doors on the right, at the intersection of Calkins Rd. and Boyds Mills Rd.

1 to 2 Turn right out of Pottery driveway, stay on Calkins Rd, pass Fallsdale Rd on right. DISTANCE 1.0 MILE on left
2 to 3 Turn right out of Creamery driveway, go to Fallsdale Rd, turn left. DISTANCE 1.6 MILE on left
3 to 4 Turn left out of Winery driveway, continue on Fallsdale Rd to Valley Ridge Rd, turn left, second house on right. DISTANCE .7 MILE on right
4 to 5 Turn left out of Artisans¹ driveway. Bear left at corner onto Fallsdale Rd. DISTANCE .8 MILE on right
5 to 6 Turn right out of Farm driveway, go to Cochecton Tpk. (Rt. 371), turn right. DISTANCE 3.7 MILE on left
6 to 7 Turn left out of Gnomeman's Land driveway. Go straight. Pass the school. Stop 7 is just before the bridge on the left. DISTANCE 2.4 MILE on left
7 to 8 Go back the way you came on Cochecton Tpk. (Rt. 371) for about four-tenths of a mile. The beginning of the cemetery will be on the left. Turn right onto Conklin Hill Rd. Immediately take the left fork (Galilee Rd) to the all-way Stop sign. (4.3 mi). Turn right onto Cemetery Rd. You will pass the cemetery on the right; the road turns sharply to the right and goes past an old red barn and pond on the right. Go to Marks Rd. (total from stop sign 1.5 mi). Turn right on Marks Rd. for about one-tenth of a mile to Delaware Dr. on the left, turn left go up the hill eight-tenths of a mile. DISTANCE 7.1 MILE on left

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