We had some good times over the past weekend. We drove up to Rhinebeck, New York to go to a fiber festival, usually just referred to as "Rhinebeck," by those in the know. This was our second year attending, so we were well seasoned to the ways of Rhinebeck. It was great. On the way there, Simon the Subaru joined the 100,000 mile club.
Pretty exciting, for us intrepid roadtrippers.
Even Anders found it pretty cool.
Usually there is a lot of equipment for herding and shearing sheep at these fiber festivals; but, this year it seemed like the fiber merchants outnumbered those selling sheep management equipment--not necessarily a bad thing for me.
The main goal this time around was to test drive a spinning wheel, it's fun getting a lesson for free!
There were lots of pretty things to look at and buy...
But Anders was most impressed with the livestock.
Especially when there were people riding the livestock.
We also got a chance to meet a blogging friend and her family (we've never actually "met" before finding each other at Rhinebeck...fun stuff!).
We had a great meal...a grown up meal (don't let anyone tell you pumpkin ravioli sounds weird...so good), even (though, the place is VERY kid friendly).
And then the next day we spent time in Congress Park walking around...
watching ducks....
riding the carousel...
and enjoying the fall foliage.
It was a quick trip, but we had a lot of fun.
There are lots more pictures over in flickr, as always.
2 comments:
nova...that last picture is spectacular...not that the pictures of shaggy aren't. are you planning on coming down south to see your mom anytime soon?
Isn't that area gorgeous? I loved the colors and massive mountains when we lived at West Point. Anders is maturing so fast!
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