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When we walked into the Cottage Inn in Red Creek on a recent Saturday night, co-owner Joanne Venette asked if we were in town for the Renaissance Festival, about 20 minutes away in Sterling. After 22 ...

Upon arrival at Water Meadow Cottage you are greeted by the classic bucolic scene: a gurgling river, grazing sheep, wandering pheasants ... and, happily, not a lot else. The recently renovated cottage ...