I've been making my way through the state parks in West Virginia, and it's always exciting when they have restaurants.



North Bend State Park has lots of hiking trails, streams and more in a beautiful setting.



The restaurant is simple, seat yourself with lots of beautiful lighting.



The dinner menu is straightforward with a few really unique items.



Since when I travel, I usually try a few little things at a bunch of places, I didn't want a huge dinner.



But first, warm bread.



Then, an interesting take on bruschetta with capers, tons of melted mozzarella, tomatoes, garlic and red onions.



Chicken corn chowder!



Also, on this day, I got to see the Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park!



I took a tour of the mansion.



And rode around on the property with these beautiful guys! Such a fun day.

A little midday jaunt to Berdine's Five & Dime (which is so cool) led us to North Bend State Park (also cool), which led us to stumble upon Shemp's Cafe. As we made our way through the little town of Cairo, this ice cream shop just popped up out of nowhere. An who am I to say no to ice cream?

The shop has an old-school Three Stooges theme. They have a cute ice cream bar with all sorts of flavors like cherry nut, Turtle Tracks, Moose Tracks and butter pecan.

They also have a food menu full of fried appetizers, sandwiches, wings, pizza and stromboli.

I ordered a Turtle Tracks ice cream cone, because I can't really think of anything more fitting. Fun Fact: Moose Tracks- vanilla ice cream with chocolate chunks and peanut butter cups all swirled together in chocolately peanut butter goodness. Turtle Tracks- vanilla ice cream with chocolate caramel turtle chunks, with chocolate covered pecans and a caramel swirl.

Verdict: Turtle Tracks are pretty good. But, it was almost a little TOO sweet. It was kinda like pure sugar. And, I was totally bummed it wasn't this old ice cream shop restored and was instead crafted to look like that. But, it's cute and has ice cream, so it can't be all that bad.



Grade: B