Cara Aungst

Cara Aungst

Fun Guide Managing Editor

130 articles

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Safe Health Protocols

Happy Valley Pivot: Big Springs Spirits

Keeping Happy Valley running with house-made sanitizer and to-go cocktails

For Big Springs Spirits, this season has been, in a word, everchanging. “Overall, I’d say that we’ve been fortunate,” says Tasting Room Manager Lucy Rogers. “We’ve been able to maintain our core staff of employees throughout shutdown and into reopening, from 25% capacity to 50% capacity, and we’ve been pretty busy.”

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Getaway

Happy Valley Pivot: Fullington Trailways

VIP Trips and Safe, Smart Bus Lines Keep Happy Valley Moving



For Fullington Trailways—a company dedicated to get us from here to there—COVID travel restrictions meant an immediate change to status quo. “The last several months have been incredibly challenging,” says Jennifer Corman, director of business development at Fullington Trailways. “During April and May of 2020, not one charter bus rolled out of our lots.” But thanks to proactive cleaning protocols (in place even before CDC guidelines were rolled out) as well as a pivot toward offering more VIP luxury travel, Fullington continues to help us enjoy the journey, no matter how far the destination.

RE Farm Cafe

Food & Drink

RE Farm Café at Windswept

RE Farm Café offers a unique dining experience that serves as a community resource providing educational opportunities while expanding the diversity of agricultural growth opportunity. RE is designed to optimize a healthy community of individuals who value our natural environment, sustainability, have a concern for the future, and a commitment to healthy food, grown with responsible intentions. Owner, Monica Gastiger, reflects on the on vision, nourishment and the power of community.

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