The Best New Coffee Shop in Town

Since we arrived at the Harpers Ferry KOA in January, we have had Christmas just about every day. No snow, no manger scene, no snowperson-shaped cookies, but definitely a new surprise around every corner. Usually it is not a good surprise, like that the store roof had a small leak..."small" meaning large enough to cause flooding of the theater and almost 100% rottage of the stuff between the shingles and the ceiling. Or that the foundation of our house is caving in in the garage. Or that many of the full hook-up sites were improperly wired, causing power outtages and a few sparks here and there. Or that all of our first aid supplies expired two years ago. Or that our laundromat was THOROUGHLY infested with termites. Or that 0% of our propane lines were up to code. And the list goes on. As we frequently say, "We are in a rebuilding stage. Right now you go to fix one thing and ten other things break."

But we did actually have one nice surprise yesterday. Nate discovered a relatively new but hardly used coffee grinder and espresso machine in some random storage area while trying to get the snack shop together. Thinking it would be great to follow up on the coffee craze and add coffee drinks to our menu, Nate decided to bring the machine home to try it out. Let me remind you this is an industrial sized espresso machine and that he wanted to bring it HOME. :)

It sat in the kitchen for 24 hours before I made him move it, and it has since been relocated to the laundry room. The funniest part is that it is set up to be hooked up to a faucet; it's not the kind you just fill up. So Nate ran a hose through the laundry room window to the water spicket outside. I've included a photo to help your imagination.



It is not quite working yet...the hose leaked all over the table/ironing board. But Nate assures me he can fix it. :) So we're not open for business yet, but the Lail Laundry Room may soon be the hottest coffee shop in Harpers Ferry. Just step on up to the window to order. And while you're out there, turn on the water for the espresso machine.