Cedar Creek Grist Mill

Today I went to the Cedar Creek Grist Mill in Woodland, WA with my friend Teresa and her daughter, Carrie.  The Grist Mill is a real water powered mill which was originally established back in 1876.  To read more about its history, click HERE.  The grounds include a beautiful covered bridge.  We explored the area and took lots of pictures, then went inside to join a tour already in progress.  The volunteers gave a brief history of the mill then set about grinding up some corn and wheat.  I came away with a bag of freshly ground cornmeal and a recipe for sweet corn muffins.  Teresa & Carrie got a couple of bags of ground Red Wheat flour to make bread.  So glad we got to go!

Covered bridge over Cedar Creek.  Water from the Cedar Creek is what  powers the mill.

Seen from the other side.

They also have these water powered cider presses.  They will be pressing apples next Saturday.  The volunteer said they will yield about 750 gallons of cider in one day!

Here is one of the volunteers grinding corn to make cornmeal.