Sheila ShoutOut 1

Sheila Jenkinson6min

Sheila Jenkinson

00:00

Welcome to the first episode of Sheila's Shoutouts, bonus content for the Growing Small Town Nebraska podcast. Here I'm going to talk about my favorite places, spaces, food events, activities, and more that I've discovered, either growing up in Nebraska or traveling throughout the state. You can find pictures and more details of the places I talk about in Sheila's Shoutouts on our website growingsmalltown nebraska.com that's growingsmalltowne.com Click on read it or read more, I don't know I'm gonna have to look. Click on the Read section and then click on Sheila's Shoutouts for more information. Don't forget the Growing Small Town Nebraska podcast regular episodes, they come out the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. And that's where Marcie and I interview business and community leaders about what they're doing to revitalize their small towns throughout the Cornhusker State.

Sheila Jenkinson

00:55

So in this first episode of Sheila's Shoutouts, I'm going to talk about a great getaway spot that was brought to my attention during our travels with the podcast. Marcie and I were invited to visit Nebraska City and do a few podcasts from that beautiful, well-known hotspot in Nebraska. We not only got to tour several points of interest, but they also put us up at the beautiful Whispering Pines Bed and Breakfast. Now previous to this, I hadn't had much experience staying in a bed and breakfast. But yeah, thanks to my stay at Whispering Pines. Well, I expect that to change. I was so impressed with the location, the beautiful decor.

Sheila Jenkinson

01:37

Every room is different, right? And the amazing hospitality of the owner, that great food and the robes! You heard me. You guys, the rooms each had their own plush embroidered robes in the bathrooms. It's okay if you laugh at me. but I read a lot of books. And I've watched a lot of movies, including a lot of old movies. And because of that, I have always dreamed of staying somewhere where there were those super white, super soft robes. Yeah, I almost didn't leave my room. But we had work to do. So I did. I stayed in the Rose Room by the way. It was so gorgeous. That is also where we recorded three podcasts from while we were there.

Sheila Jenkinson

02:17

The wraparound porch and Whispering Pines had so many great spots to sit and read. I almost couldn't take it. Right when we got there, we were shown where the fresh baked cookies were to snack on. We also had the perfect breakfast right out on the porch.

Sheila Jenkinson

02:32

Whispering Pines also has beautiful grounds to explore and more great sitting places, you could just get lost sitting somewhere there in the beautiful surroundings. Just giving you a little bit of information about this. But really, you do need to check it out for yourself. They had a really hard time getting me to leave. They just promised that it could come back sometime.

Sheila Jenkinson

02:52

Also, in this episode, I want to talk to you a little bit about something I've already talked about on my blog. But that's escape rooms. Nebraska has some great escape rooms. And the ones that I've been to through so far, that includes the S.T.A.R. Escape Rooms in Columbus, I've been there a few times, always fantastic. There's something kind of unique about that one. So when you go there, you need to take a look around at how they have the place decorated. And it kind of carries throughout their rooms. And I'm not gonna give me more information about that. So just you talk to me privately, and I'll let you know. And also their escape rooms are just very unique and creative.

Processing audio...