Staying at the Farm Sanctuary, Watkins Glen, NY - May 2023

Описание: 5 of 40 Birthday Experiences! April 2023 - We spent a long weekend upstate New York near Watkins Glen - in a tiny house at the Farm Sanctuary!

We rented a car and drove upstate to the amazing Farm Sanctuary. This was our third time there and we stayed again in one of their beautiful tiny houses. They have three tiny houses and three cabins. The tiny houses each have their own kitchen, bathroom, and a little porch to sit and watch the sunset over the farm.

Our drive on Friday included a breakfast stop at Denville Diner in Denville New Jersey, multiple stops at Target, Best Buy, and Game Stop - looking for the collectors addition of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Rick already had the game on the way but decided to see if we could find the full collectors addition. We finally did! At a Game Stop in a mall somewhere in Pennsylvania. We stopped for lunch at a great pizza place in Sayre Pennsylvania - The Grille. Then a quick stop for groceries and beer/wine in Watkins Glen, New York. We made it to the farm about 4:45 and had just a few minutes to wander into the farm and say a quick “Hello” and give a few scratches to some of the goats before heading to our little house for some snacks and drinks while watching the sunset.

Day two: A stay at the Farm - comes with breakfast (vegan of course) which you can take and eat back on your porch or in the main building. Then each morning, the people who stay in the cabins and tiny houses get a private tour prior to the farm opening for public tours for the day. We get to learn more about some of the occupants and get in some love with the cows, goats, and pigs. Then, we headed into Watkins Glen. We wanted to head all the way back to see all 19 waterfalls in Watkins Glen State Park - but unfortunately the path was closed off for some work being done so we just saw a piece. Highly recommend though and we’ll be back! Then we headed to Shequaga Falls which is just off a main road and easy to see and walk to. We stopped at lunch at the wonderful Stonecat Cafe - with a great view before heading to Lucky Hare Brewing Company - great reviews and a great spot. A quick stop and tasting at the Finger Lakes Distilling Co to get a new bottle for our home cabinet - and back into Watkins Glen. Of course a stop at Ben & Jerry’s (who always has a vegan option or two in stock) before heading back to the Farm for snacks, a beer, and another beautiful sunset.

Day three: We enjoyed our breakfast and our second tour - with more cow, goat, and pig love and scratches - before packing up and starting the long drive home. Including a stop in Watkins glen for Green Elephant - the new vegan Thai restaurant - and then a 2 hour traffic delay getting into the city. Whirlwind weekend but a great visit as always!

Important Links and additional information:
Farm Sanctuary: https://www.farmsanctuary.org/
Denville Diner - Denville New Jersey: http://denvillediner.com/?fbclid=IwAR...
The Grille at the Train Station - Sayre, Pennsylvania: https://www.thegrillesayre.com/?fbcli...
Watkins Glen State Park: https://parks.ny.gov/parks/142/
Watkins Glen Waterfalls: https://www.explorewatkinsglen.com/th...
Stonecat Cafe: https://www.stonecatcafe.com/?fbclid=...
Lucky Hare Brewing Co:   / theluckyharebrewingcompany  
Finger Lakes Distillery:   / 243138852438149  
Green Elephant: https://www.greenelephantsthaivegan.com/

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What started as 40 from august to august has expanded to the start of 2023 to August 2024. Due to other people planning things that we want to join… before August 2023. This is the celebration of “omg Kassie survived 40 years - we never thought it would happen.” Maybe the next 40, I’ll be more careful so it won’t be so surprising. 40 “experiences” have to be #1 unique, #2 require the day and night in the location to count, #3 that’s it.

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Originally from Iowa (Kassie) and Kansas (Rick), we met in Kansas in 2005 and immediately found that we had so much in common - including our desire to someday see the world. We now live in NYC and quickly started catching up on travel after our first (just us) international trip to Iceland in 2015. We decided to start making videos for us and our family/friends to track our travels. Kassie is in Marketing, an Author (see her poetry + author videos), and Puppet Creator. Rick is an Engineer and Script Writer (see our current and coming puppet movies!)

Kassie's Author Site: https://www.kassiejrunyan.com/
Travel Blog: https://www.kassiejrunyan.com/explore...
Joint Instagram:   / explore_many_paths  
Kassie's Magazine: https://www.opendoorpoetrymagazine.com/