Four Springs Farm day 2 part 2

 

Deep in the woods on the farm we found a stream of water and sunlight.

 

Our favorite time of day......dinnertime.  

We made bison sliders, cooked pumpkin, potatoes and roasted corn on the cob.

 

Cook my pretties!

 

C'mon, would you want to leave this place????

 

Sorry if I keep posting this one, but the colors are spectacular!

 

Setting.........

 

Sepia after dark.

 

Our late night snack, we roasted pumpkin seeds fireside and sprinkled them with maple sugar.

Four Springs Farm day 2

 

Sunrise at the farm, it was so peaceful.

 

This pic was just awesome, I love the moon in the upper corner.

 

This is the sun rising over the opposite hill, the picture is beautiful but does not do what I actually saw justice.

 

Mr. Mouse took the reigns for brekkie, he made roasted eggs and we reheated the potatoes, let me tell you, roasted eggs are GREAT, and it was really fun to watch them cook.

 

This was my first conscious experience with instant coffee, I have to say it was pretty good.

 

More sunrise.

 

Morning dew on the spidey webs.

 

The quaint little town of South Royalton (about 15 minutes form the farm)

Four Springs Farm day 1

 

 Sepia sunset at the farm

 

The beginning of out campfire, I am prepping dinner for the hot coals.

 

I just had to plug this beer.  It's local VT beer called Long Trail and the type if Blackbeary Wheat....

it was truly delicious!

 

So the meal for the first night was a veal stew.  The veal and cheese was purchased at our friends farm in West Pawlet, VT.  The fresh produce was procured from various market stands on the roads we drove upon.  I kind of flew on by the seat of my pants in the tomato preparation; I cut the top off and added some goat cheese, fresh garlic and a splash of beer it cooked down into this wonderful tomato soup. I added corn to the potato dish, it was seriously the BEST corn we have ever eaten.  Oh and the veal stew........what can I say - it was unforgettable.

 

The beginning of sunset from our camp site.

 

Even in Bl & W it's really beautiful

 

Check that sexy tomato out!

 

Unbelievable.

Vermont Photos 1

 

View from the car window

 

Harvest Moon

 

We stayed at the Dovetail Inn in Dorset the first night, 

it was just the cutest and truly very New England town.

(view from the front porch)

 

Mr. Mouse making friends with some chickens at our friends farm 

Consider Bardwell Farm located in West Pawlet, VT.

 

So apparently if you see a sign like this, you are supposed to turn around.....um...we did not do that, we forged on like two stubborn Brooklyn Mice and ended up wrecking the car a little.  We ripped the bottom up on a rock......*sigh* lesson learned!

 
 

Driving on the scenic highway 4

 

Seriously........it's just beautiful

 

We turned into Four Springs Farm and this was the view.  Spectacular!

Straight to the source- totally honest food, people and place!

Last weekend we went on our long overdue camping trip to Vermont.  On our journey we planned to stop at roadside markets and plan our meals based on our purchases.  We also were able to stop at a farm that we purchase our cheeses from at the local Brooklyn farmers market.  It was awesome being in the actual barn that the goats and cows get milked.  Unfortunately we did not get to see any of the fine ladies, they were out playing in the pastures, which is where they should be.  We arranged to camp on a farm, apparently this is a very common thing to do in Vermont.  Our trip was fantastic!  I really REALLY did not want to leave.  The people were wonderful, the farms were beautiful, Vermont itself is very beautiful and camping was a really fun release from our city life.  It was hell getting out of the city but once we were on the highway it was a really pleasant drive.  We had three glorious days of campfires and cooking on them as well as drinking some delicious local beer fire side and watching some of the most unforgettable sunsets I have seen on the east coast (the photo above, is the view from our tent!).  We also got to help with farm chores, although I can't exactly call them chores, it was really quite a good time.  Mr. Mouse made friends with a bunch of chickens and I helped pick plums and wild blackberries, really not a bad day at the office I must say, I even managed a little bit of a sun tan.  I have a ton of photos from our weekend, I am going to break them up into different posts for east of loading everything, sit back and enjoy some great pics.  We will definitely be back to good 'ol VT, hopefully SOON!!!!!!


later
~City Mouse.........thinking that Country Mouse sounds like more fun.......hehe