We moved to Upstate New York last year just before Thanksgiving last year, and one of the first thoughts we had about the new house is “Where will we put the Christmas Tree?”
We were busy getting settled in so it took us a while before we got around to going to get one.
We found a lovely little place, Battenfeld’s Christmas Tree Farm, in Red Hook, Ny, where we were able to roam the fields and select our own tree. It was a blast.
Tree selection 2018
But this year, we were ready. So ready, in fact, that we tried going the weekend before Thanksgiving to beat the crowds.
That didn’t work. While it said they were open online, the place was a ghost town when we showed up.
So, defeated, we drove home and awaited the next weekend, when we could return. But it wasn’t all bad, being turned away. while the friend that was with us wasn’t able to roam the trees, We instead got the company of my brother, Dustin, and his girlfriend. And since Dustin is enthusiastically taking photos with his new camera, he did a little cataloging of our adventure.
Here’s what he shot:
After we selected and sawed down a tree, we noticed a tractor rolling by with a trailer behind it labeled “tree taxi”, where we deposited our seasonal decoration, which left us free to roam around until we went to pick it up.
On the walk back, I noticed a stream running through the woods, which Dustin and I climbed through the brush to photograph.
I’ve yet to take a photo of a stream that I love, but that’s not going to stop me from trying.
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