The perfect marriage of pumpkin and sheep at the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival.

Imagine fall day-trips, and you picture golden leaves, crisp apples, shady hikes… We could tell you where to go for all that, but we’ll leave it to someone else. Instead, we’re sending you out for something more than foliage and fresh fall air. Just a stone’s throw from Brooklyn are some free and cheap day-trips well worth the train or bus ride for a dose of off-beat, rural autumnal charm. You’ll be tossin’ the pickles, spinnin’ the wool and Oktoberfesting like you’re in Deutschland itself. (more…)