For years now, I've
been wanting to go and planning a Sleepy Hollow road trip. You know how it is,
things always happens or comes and we always end up pushing our trip to the
following year. Not this year! With Halloween around the corner and since Halloween
is my jam… Off we went to Hudson Valley in the covert of darkness (Hehe…
Doesn't that sound mysterious?!).
I love road trips!
Just the idea of spontaneously jumping into a car and driving to an impromptu
destination is just romantic. Think about it. Experiencing new places, foods,
and sites together… Romantic!
For a couple that
always late to everything (it's a Latin thing), we arrived in Sleepy Hollow
pretty early in the morning. See! There's actually morning dew on the leaves
and we were ready. Our day of sightseeing started at Patriot's Park and ended at
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
There was a cookout
happening at the cemetery when we arrived. I know that might sound weird or
macabre to some people, but I found this
quite normal. Growing up in Brasil, this is very normal. It's just common for people
to pack a picnic lunch to share a meal and stories with their departed family
members. So, I was pleasantly surprised to see this here. I was also pleasantly
surprised to see people decorating headstones for Halloween. As others left
toys for resting children.
Our walk through the
cemetery was really pleasant and peaceful. By far my favorite thing that we did
all weekend. We enjoyed learning about the people who rest there. We enjoyed
listening to stories of how some changed the course of our history. Whether its
how they changed our business world or how they impacted our literary culture.
So, we definitely paid our respects!
