September 21, 2017

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow


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.

A view of the Hudson as we made our way to Sleepy Hollow

Brenda, Hilda, & Stacey

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


Creepy trees that fit right in to the Sleepy Hollow story

Irvings man made pond by the house

Ducks walking freely around the area

The trees were so much bigger than my pictures can show



Just look at that view!

Sunnyside was tucked right in to the trees


There were no pictures allowed so this is from the website

Irving's study (pic from the website)




The back area of Sunnyside
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Another view of the back area of Sunnyside

This area was once an inlet for Irvings boats


Brenda, Hilda, me & Stacey



Brenda, Hilda, & Stacey

Brenda, me & Stacey

The pond again



This is definitely happening next year!

This one is definitely happening this year!

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.  

I loved the town signs!






Just really cool, super old ones!



Heading to Irving's grave

His area!




Owen Jones...no idea who this fella was but he really wanted people to notice!


A real Van Tassel in the Sleepy Hollow grave!

Ha!  Starbuck's is really EVERYWHERE!

I just thought this was beautiful...I think this was Andrew Carnegie's area.

Walter Crysler's grave

William Rockerfeller's grave

The Sleepy Hollow Bridge

Leona Helmsley's grave

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!



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