Sleepy Hollow

A week and a half ago we decided to take a little trip upstate. We had heard that Sleepy Hollow was a cool place to visit, so we packed up and took off. Our friends the Gedges decided they would like to come as well, which we were excited about. The next time we do a trip like this though, Joseph isn't leading. He took us over the Brooklyn Bridge and across and up Manhattan. I still don't know why we went that way, but they're the ones with the GPS, right Joseph?

Lunch was a disaster. Why do we keep thinking that going to lunch with 4 adults and 4 kids, all of whom are 2 and under, would ever be easy? But once we started walking around and looking at the sites, everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. Josh and Matthew had fun playing in the leaves, especially Matthew.

Here is where the bridge was in the story of the Headless Horseman, by Washington Irving. There is a little wooden bridge off on the side, which borders a little lake. On the other side of a lake was a cool old manor. Unfortunately we were there too late to go and check out the buildings.

As I was looking up more info on the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, I found some interesting things. One of which was the inspiration for the name Ichabod Crane. Washington actually knew an Army Colonel with the same name, from...... Staten Island.

Here is the old Dutch Church, right by the bridge and the cemetery. We went inside where they were having an organ concert. It was pretty cool. I must admit that my first thought was "Rameumptom". Anyone?

Here we are in the cemetery. The picture of all of us is right by the burial site of Washington Irving. We found out that there were lots of famous people buried there, like: Elizabeth Arden, members of the Astor family, Andrew Carnegie, Walter Chrysler, William Rockefeller & of course Washington Irving.

Walking around the cemetery. We were hoping that the leaves would still have some color to them. We were a little disappointed when we got there and most of the color was gone. Oh well, maybe next year.