September 21, 2017
Sleepy Hollow/Tarrytown, New York
Today my friends Stacey, Brenda, Hilda and I took a day trip to Sleepy Hollow to explore Washington Irvings home and the surrounding area that he loved.
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| A view of the Hudson as we made our way to Sleepy Hollow |
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| Brenda, Hilda, & Stacey |
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| Brenda & me |
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow was published in 1820 and was set in what was Tarry Town, New York which morphed into Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown. Irvings home, Sunnyside, is right on the Hudson River and has beautiful landscaping. We spent a couple hours there just soaking in the beauty.
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| The gardens leading up to Sunnyside |
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| Creepy trees that fit right in to the Sleepy Hollow story |
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| Irvings man made pond by the house |
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| Ducks walking freely around the area |
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| The trees were so much bigger than my pictures can show |
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| Just look at that view! |
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| Sunnyside was tucked right in to the trees |
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| There were no pictures allowed so this is from the website |
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| Irving's study (pic from the website) |
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| The back area of Sunnyside |
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| Another view of the back area of Sunnyside |
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| This area was once an inlet for Irvings boats |
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| Brenda, Hilda, me & Stacey |
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| Brenda, Hilda, & Stacey |
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| Brenda, me & Stacey |
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| The pond again |
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| This is definitely happening next year! |
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| This one is definitely happening this year! |
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| I loved this drawing of Rip Van Winkle, another of Irvings stories |
We then had a quick lunch and proceeded to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery just to see the quaint Church and where many historical figures are buried.
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| I loved the town signs! |
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| Just really cool, super old ones! |
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| Heading to Irving's grave |
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| His area! |
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| Owen Jones...no idea who this fella was but he really wanted people to notice! |
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| A real Van Tassel in the Sleepy Hollow grave! |
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| Ha! Starbuck's is really EVERYWHERE! |
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| I just thought this was beautiful...I think this was Andrew Carnegie's area. |
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| Walter Crysler's grave |
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| William Rockerfeller's grave |
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| The Sleepy Hollow Bridge |
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| Leona Helmsley's grave |
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| She is surrounded by the New York skyline for ever |
So that was our Sleepy Hollow adventure. It was a great day and I look forward to many more day trips with these lovely ladies!
