The Secret Bed & Breakfast

09/04/2026

Have you noticed how food choices change with the seasons? Lots of salads and fruits in the summer, heartier stews and root vegetables in the fall and winter. For us, its Strawberry Cheesecake French toast for spring and summer and Apple French toast for fall and winter. We do however have a couple of heartier breakfasts that we serve year round. The most popular is the Hillbilly Biscuits. Given to me by one of our guests, it is the one that I cannot resist! Top it with some homemade pepper jelly and you have a mouth watering combo that cannot be turned down!
Here’s the recipe, but if you want to have it made for you, head on up to Leesburg and let me do the work for you.

Hillbilly Biscuits
2 containers of crescent rolls
1 roll of sausage, any flavor
1 8 oz bar of cream cheese
1 cup shredded cheese, any type
Place 1 container of crescent rolls in the bottom of a greased 8.5 x 11.5 baking dish. Brown sausage and drain. Combine sausage and cream cheese in warm skillet or small bowl. You can microwave for about a minute to melt cheese together with sausage or just put skillet on low setting to combine. Place sausage mixture on top of crescent rolls. Top sausage mixture with 1 cup any type of shredded cheese. Place 2nd container of rolls on top. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 20-25 minutes.

09/03/2026

Salutations! Sally here at The Secret Bed and Breakfast! Labor Day? Kris keeps saying that we have lots of guests here for this day, but I don't really understand why. My understanding of the word is that it is work. Kris and Charlie work all the time and most days so how can they work anymore? And why do they need another day to work? I think that they need a "Rest Day"! Perhaps I can suggest that to whomever named the day. What do you think?

09/02/2026

Hummingbirds. I can't keep up with the feeders these days. They are like bees swarming all around the patio! This is the time of year that they migrate, some ruby-throated hummingbirds fly 500 miles nonstop across the Gulf of Mexico during both spring and fall migrations. Here in North Alabama we keep our feeders out until the middle of October just so the stragglers can get some last minute nourishment. They actually have very good memories and know each feeder along their migration route. You know fall is not far behind when Labor Day comes and the hummingbirds swarm!

09/01/2026

When Millard Weaver built what is now the main lodge of The Secret Bed and Breakfast in 1965 it was considered extravagant for its time. Built on solid bedrock, the tile for the floor was imported from Italy. The wood beams in the ceiling are 2′ x 8′ double tongue and groove pine that was imported from British Honduras. The beam that runs the length of the house is actually metal but was painted to look like wood by and artist that Mr. Weaver hired. The entire home is concrete and steel that was meant to stand the test of time! Fifty years later, what was once built for entertainment now serves as a quiet retreat from the outside world. The built in intercom system has long since quit working, and we all know how useful the 42 phone jacks are today!
With Autumn fast on the heals of summer, make plans to visit our mountain “Secret”. The house itself is not the only spectacular sight on the property. The view off the bluff colored in reds and golds is an amazing sight that should not only be seen but experienced!

08/31/2026

The Beauty Berry Bushes are beginning to turn a gorgeous purple! They grow all around our property, especially in the pasture. I think that the goats and chickens eating them has spread their seeds everywhere. The berries can be made into jelly and the leaves have properties that ward off mosquitoes and ticks. When the berries begin to turn you know that fall is on the way!

08/28/2026

Are you looking for a Labor Day getaway? We’ve had a cancellation in the Sugar Shack Cottage. Give us a call at 256.523.3825 or visit our website

The Secret Bed and Breakfast in Leesburg, Alabama. The Secret's lodge and cottages sit atop Lookout Mountain in northeast Alabama overlooking Weiss Lake.

08/28/2026

I set my alarm. My plan was to get up at 11:00 to see the Lunar Eclipse. When it went off I turned it off and went back to sleep. I missed the eclipse, but before I went to bed I got a good photo of the full moon. This morning I was greeted by a beautiful pink sunrise. During the summer months I miss the sunrise because it rises to far behind the trees. As winter approaches the sun moves across the sky in line with the lake in the distance. The best sunrises are in December and January when the view from the rooms upstairs can be seen from your bed!

08/27/2026

Tonight at 11:15 is the Lunar Eclipse. How fitting that it is happening just days after the world lost one of its cherished philanthropist, Dolly Parton. The moon will go dark in her honor. Like many out there I was a big fan, not only of her music but of her person. If more were "like Dolly" and cared about the rest of the world more than themselves what a wonderful world it would be. Perhaps this is a wake-up call to all those politicians and people out there fighting among themselves to just stop. Stop and for once put others first.

08/26/2026

Salutations!! Sally here at The Secret Bed and Breakfast! It's National Dog Day so I am thinking that our pack deserves a special treat! And maybe some extra pets!

08/25/2026

It's National Park Week!!! The week long celebration of our Nation's National Parks actually started on August 22nd and goes through August 30th. Here in North Alabama we have our own National Park, Little River Canyon. Today in honor of the National Park Service 110th birthday as well as to celebrate the week, all National Parks that charge a fee are having a "fee free day".
Officially created in 1992, Little River Canyon Preserve protects what is considered to be the nation’s longest mountaintop river. Most of its entire length flows down the middle of Lookout Mountain beginning with headwaters in Georgia and emptying into the Coosa River and Weiss Lake. Over time the waters of the river have carved out one of the Southeasts deepest canyons and is said to have the cleanest and wildest waterways in the South. The canyon walls with its shear rock cliffs are more visible in the winter time with the dying down of vegetation. Eberhart Point along the Scenic Drive is the most convenient point to descend onto the canyon floor. This hike, however, is not for the faint of heart as it has a steep incline back up to the top! Remnants of what use to be an amusement park, including abandoned picnic shelters are still visible on its floor. If you can physically make the hike down the views are spectacular. And don’t forget on your way out to stop and take in all the other overlooks as well as take in the movie at the Canyon Center. Used as a research facility for Jacksonville State University, it is a must see for anyone interested in the natural history of the area.
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