In our continued tour of the New England country side we headed to Malone, NY. This small town near the US Canada border was on our list thanks to our children’s love of reading. This town is the childhood home of Almanzo Wilder, probably better know as the husband of Laura Engles. After the success of her Little House books she wrote Farmer Boy about her husbands life on a farm in upstate New York. The original house is now a museum along with a rebuilt barn and a replica one room school house.
We took a tour which was extensive and went through all our favorite parts of the book (pretty much every chapter) as well as history and background not in the book. The girls wore their prairie costumes for the tour. Unfortunately D got upset and took a time out for the entire house tour but she was back and ready for the school room. We really enjoyed our experience and are happy we took the time to see such a great preservation of one of our favorite books.
We camped for the night at Pine Ridge Park Campsite. This campsite had a lot of full timers, the majority of campers were set up for the entire season. The kids enjoyed the swings and pirate ship. The adults enjoyed quite time by the fire. Then we all enjoyed some amazing maple sugar treats. It rained again all night. We were hoping for a few nights of rain during our travels and we have gotten that and a lot more.
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