Monday, July 19, 2010
Local Eateries within 10 minutes of Isabelle's Cabin
Experience solitude in the woods without being separated from civilization. Get in to Roanoke for a meal or a great cup of coffee...
Starbucks inside the Kroger grocery store at Cave Spring
The Brambleton Deli
Ruby Tuesday of Cave Springs
Annie Moore's Irish Pub
Carlos Brazilian International Cuisine - voted Best Restaurant Overall by The Roanoker Magazine
Plus, a variety of fast food restaurants await you at the intersection of Brambleton and Electric Road.
Starbucks inside the Kroger grocery store at Cave Spring
The Brambleton Deli
El Rodeo - featuring outdoor hilltop dining with view overlooking the valley
Annie Moore's Irish Pub
Carlos Brazilian International Cuisine - voted Best Restaurant Overall by The Roanoker Magazine
Plus, a variety of fast food restaurants await you at the intersection of Brambleton and Electric Road.
Amenities
- Fully furnished
- Full kitchen including microwave
- Window unit air conditioning in the bedroom
- Washer and dryer
- Linens provided
- Grill on the deck (bring your own charcoal and lighter fluid) / Picnic table on the deck
- Just 5 minutes to a grocery store and 10 minutes away from Tanglewood Mall
- Restaurants and coffee shops convenient to Isabelle's Cabin
- No smoking allowed inside the cabin - smoking permitted on the decks
- Bringing your pet? Talk to Ed about a deposit to be paid in advance
Roanoke Times Article about the Historic Cabin
Cyrstal Creek Drive is a crooked road without shoulders or guardrails that winds past dwellings that range from battered log cabins to substantial homes to landmarks like the old Toby's Lodge, a famed party place that operated until the 1970s.
Back Creek tumbles over the rocks, and ducks feed and blue jays streak upstream at low altitudes.
Roanoke County's effort to enlist the Virginia Department of Transportation in a plan to improve the road -- straightening it, taking out the blind curves and making it less frightening -- went on the shelf in the early 1990s after citizens complained.
It seems almost incredible that the area by the creek -- well out in the country in the 1930s and '40s -- has remained so untouched. It's a wild place just a short walk from heavily developed Cave Spring, where, during rush hour, thousands of vehicles using multilaned U.S. 221 create a swift sea of sheet metal that can be hard to break into.
Crystal Creek Drive is full of anomalous, eclectic, even incongruous dwellings. Just off Brambleton, through the trees to the right, stands a brick manse with columns in front. Downstream sits a deep-red-colored house with windows that give it a vaguely Alpine air. On the opposite bank, stands a 1940s-era log cabin on 2.31 acres. It's reachable by a wooden footbridge less than 2 years old.
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Come stay at Isabelle's cottage only if you want to "escape" from home to a haven of solitude. Let the rippling river lull you to sleep and the birds wake you each morning. The colors of blue and yellow throughout the rustic cabin will make you feel as if you are outside even when you are inside. Play a game of cards, work on a jigsaw puzzle, or read a favorite book to get away from the hustle and bustle of ordinary life. No TV and no phone. Just you and creation....
For information regarding reservation and rates, call Ed at 540-293-2318.
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