Rays of Light and the Drum Circle
Yesterday I spent my Sunday with two of my friends, Brendan and Laura, hiking in Woodstock, NY! We went to overlook mountain, where Brendan, Julie and I went hiking earlier in summer.
Its about a two mile, easy hike up the mountain.
It was a gorgeous day.
Creepy ruins of an hold hotel.
Amazing view, again! This time with some fall colors!
Can you see the rays of sunlight?
On the fire tower.
It was COLD up there.
The hike back down went quick, but for some reason its harder on the knees and feet. My toes end up hurting!
We headed into the village of Woodstock for a quick look around.
The drum circle!
We decided to have dinner at the Red Onion, again! Brendan and I loved it there, so we went back there for a post-hike dinner.
We shared fresh house made guacamole for an appetizer.
The chips were amazing.
Dinner: goat cheese ravioli with arugula, figs, pine nuts and truffle oil.
I had no idea what truffle oil was- but it was good. This meal wasn’t too heavy, it was great. But I wish the ravioli had more of a goat cheese flavor. I didn’t bite into them tasting goat cheese. But they were still good.
I had left room for dessert: local honeycrisp apple and strawberry crisp, with honey almond ice cream.
Yeah, this picture doesn’t do it justice. It was incredible.
The Red Onion is expensive, but the food is so worth it! If you ever get to Woodstock, come here for dinner. You won’t regret it!
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So, I have a midterm exam coming up on Thursday, so I won’t be posting too much this week, because I need to spend all my free time studying!!! Wish me luck! 🙂
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Katie @ Healthy Heddleston
Looks like a great hike Jen! Good luck with your exam!
Christina @ Food.Fun.Fabulous.
That hike looks awesome! Love that there are old ruins!
thetreadmilldiaries
Looks like such a great scenic hike! Best of luck with your exam.
Heather
HOORAY for the return of Brendan to JIG.
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Your blog initials are JIG. that makes me want to dance!
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missed you this weekend! hope to see you SOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!
Alicia
Wow! It looks like you had a great time! I love day trips.
Nicki
Love the photos! The food looks delicious! Good luck this week.
Katie H.
Good luck on the midterm! Eeek. The old hotel photos are so creepy, yet really cool. I wonder what it was like back in its heyday? I love seeing rays of sunlight like that. Beautiful.
I really want to hit up the Red Onion. Your dinner looks amazing!
Teri [a foodie stays fit]
that hike looks gorgeous and the old hotel looks creeeeepy!
Your ravioli dish sounds incredible! Truffle oil comes from the expensive, fancy-schmacy truffle (a kind of mushrooms). Although, I’ve heard most truffle oils are really made from truffles but just imitation flavoring.
moe
Jen! This post is mentioned in All Over Albany! AWESOME!!!