Vacation day 4

Day 4 we woke up in Newburg, New York.  This was the other main stop on our list for this trip.  This was the sight that greeted us from the hotel parking lot as we packed up for the day!

 

Little did we know we spent the night right across the freeway from the Orange County Choppers' shop!  This ties in with the big event we came to see but it was to take place on day 5. More about that later. 

We didn't actually have any set plans for this day so we decided to see what we could get into.   After consulting the map, (yes and old school paper map) we set off for Frederick Vanderbilt's Mansion!  This home is part of the National Park Service and was donated by a family member for $1 after the urging of their neighbor, Franklin D. Roosevelt.

We got in on the 10 am tour.  Wow, what a place to see.  I tried taking pictures of the interior but they came out pretty dark since it was dimly lit.  We learned this home was owned by the "frugal" Vanderbilt child.  Seriously?!

This is the back porch!  It's amazing.  Can you even imagine?!  I can't!

This is the view of the Hudson River from the back porch!  At one time the Vanderbilt family owned this entire valley as far as the eye could see!  This sure was an interesting place to visit.  I'm so glad we stumbled upon it.

After we left the mansion, we headed over to Deer Hill Farm Cross Stitching.  A huge shout out with thanks goes to Margaret for recommending this treasure trove to me!  Oh. My. Goodness!  It didn't look like much from the outside but the inside was a completely different story!

This is the front of the store!  I barely got two feet in the door and was in pure heaven!  Iswear they have every single bead Mill Hill makes as well as a plethora of stitching gadgets.

This one of many walls of floss!  Just look at those juicy colors just begging to be turned into something breath taking.  I could have spent several hours in here pawing through all the charts and fabrics too.

 

The shop is separated into six separate rooms.  Each containing so much goodness it was overwhelming.  I finally had to just focus on the list I brought with me for time's sake.

 

This was the find of the trip for me!  It's been on my wish list forever.  I'd almost given up hope of finding it and then there it was in the discount bin!  Can you believe my luck?!  I almost let out a squeal when I saw it there.  I snatched it up and immediately went to the floss wall to pull the floss so I could start on it in the hotel that night!  Swoon!!!

 

Here are the other things I couldn't live without!  I couldn't believe I found a couple Mary Beal charts in the discount bin too!  It was my lucky day for sure.  I also found a couple other charts I'd been wanting, some charms and some fabric pieces for a couple smalls I want to make.

This shop is one of the better ones in my opinion.  It's probably a good thing I don't live closer because I could get into some serious trouble if I had more time.  LOL!  Thanks again Margaret!  You are one lucky girl to live close enough to visit this one.

After leaving the cross stitch shop, we had lunch at the Eveready Diner.  My honey saw it on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.  Guy Fieri recommended the mac and cheese so that's what I had.  Yep, it was as good as it looked on TV.  Yum!

Since we had plenty of afternoon left, we went for a drive to Woodstock Harley so my honey could collect his T-shirt.  That's the deal with the two of us, he collects Harley shirts and I collect stash.  We both go home happy.  It's worked for us for the past 16 years!

 

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Again, this post has gotten way longer than I thought it would.  I'll come back tomorrow and finish up my trip tales.  I hope you enjoyed what you've read so far.  It's been fun reliving it though these posts.  Thanks again for stopping by.

 

 

More later,

 

The Inspired Stitcher