For those of you who have attended our fabulously funny Conrail Affair Murder Mystery weekend, it's time for a return visit - we have a new mystery! Entitled The French Flying Machine Murder, we explore the beginnings of aviation - all the gossip, all the spying, all the jealousies, all the backstabbing!

The year is 1912. The incredibly rich, brash and adventurous Viscount Earnest d'Archdeacon of France, has flown to the scenic mountain burg of Eureka Springs, United States of America, to visit his good friend and fellow aviator, Curtis Glenn.

The Viscount has invited the crème de la crème of aviation society across the globe to witness the presentation of and to seek investors for his revolutionary aircraft engine design, aviation fuel, fuselage material, and instrument design. Some of the invitees see the Viscount's designs as great innovation and progress. Others see the Viscount's plans as a threat to US aviation superiority. And who invited that shadowy government type?

All gather at the plush Glenn mansion for a pre-presentation cocktail party. Suddenly, the Viscount's plans stall. Who clips the Viscount's wings and why? There's something on the wing! Is it a… body?

(price dependent on room)

*Dessert and clue discovery gathering Saturday morning

*Around-town clue hunt Saturday afternoon

You can win $250.00 in a bed and breakfast gift certificate from bedandbreakfast.com just by going online to review our inn! If you have stayed here and were happy with your stay (and we always want to hear from you if you were not!), find Bridgeford House on the bedandbreakfast.com website and click on "Review This Property". When you win, you can use that $250 at any bedandbreakfast.com inn in the country!

Soon you will be able to purchase bedandbreakfast.com gift cards here at the Bridgeford House - to take home as gifts for friends and family. Look for those on our gift shop table in the dining room in the near future.

Banana Crumble

4 bananas

1/4 cup flour

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 cup rolled oats or granola (granola is better)

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/8 tsp. salt

4 TB butter, softened

Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. Slice bananas and evenly distribute among 4 ramekins or casserole dish, lightly sprayed with Pam.

Place all dry ingredients in a medium mixing bowl; add the butter and work the mixture with your hands until it is crumbly. Sprinkle the mixture over the bananas, crumbling further with your fingers, enough to cover. Bake until the crumble gets firm and golden in color, about 10-12 minutes; serve warm.

.