A very cool 36 hours in Woodbury CT. Not sure where I saw information about Hogpen Hill Farm, but it got my attention so we made a plan. The Farm is only open 2 months a year and only Fr-Sa-Su. Our plan, a Thursday night stay in the 1754 Inn and Restaurant, and tickets for Friday admission.
We drove up via the Sawmill Pkwy, always pretty and especially as the leaves are changing color. Lunch at New Market in Woodbury, some antiquing (unbeknownst to us we were on the the CT Antique Trail). Note here: if we are new to hiking and adventuring, we are definitely neophytes to antiquing! Hence we ended up with 2 crystal and very pretty beer glasses, a Thanksgiving turkey salt/pepper shaker set, a pork pie hat, and a rusted bath towel hook for the bathroom. Nothing gets by we two brilliant shoppers.
Dinner at the Inn, low light very innish, good dinner.
Woke up early, ate at West Egg, drove on to Hogpen and figured we’d wait for the gates to open. They let us in early which was super cool. We had the farm to ourselves for a bit. Both of us blown away by the structures, the engineering, the creativity, the artistry.
And per the artist, Edwards Tufte, “Old words deform new seeing, so go and see as only you can.”
Just a few of the amazing structures on this 235 acre farm.
Drive home included lunch at a GREAT British pub in Mt Cisco, NY. The Ambleside, highly recommend.
We saw with fresh eyes. Take the leap.
Hope to see you along the way.