As part of our wedding gift my artist friend Trey Speegle gave us a weekend in his renovated barn in the Catskills. Eager to get a weekend away we took Friday off and headed upstate first thing. It rained for two days but seriously, who cared? The barn was incredible, funky, open, airy, and on acres of beautiful rolling lawns surrounded by miles of trees changing color. We made fires, played cards, watched scary movies. But most of all we were able to relaaaaaaax. Remember what that feels like all you city folk out there? Quiet. Peace. Stillness. Heaven.
Saturday our good friends Jamie and Kim came up from the city and we picked them up in the small college town of New Paltz. It was misting rain all day, but it was warm and we powered through. Had brunch at Main Street Bistro - a bustling cafe with menu options like Breakfast Stir Fry's, chock full of artichokes, feta, and avocado. We loaded up and headed back out to take a walking tour of the city. The foliage is exquisite beyond belief, the air sweet and clean. We walked through the historic district, took pictures of old gravestones, shopped the local antiques, browsed the college record store. We were damp but happy, and all cried a resounding YES when Bryan suggested we take a drive to a local whiskey distillery for a tasting.
We pulled up a gravel road and parked right in front of a barn that is Tuthilltown Distillery. Eight dollars got you a tasting of three whiskeys at the bar and we got started immediately. Shots of Corn Whiskey, Baby Bourbon, and Four Grain Bourbon were poured. My favorite was the Four Grain, peppery, sharp and smooth, it heated us from the core outward. We chatted with the locals, played with the house dog and left with a bottle. Bryan was going to be cooking us a wonderful dinner, and really, we just wanted to make another fire to sit by.
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