Moody Tree Farm - Part 3

I wrapped up my tour of Moody Tree Farm's Adirondack and Christmas themed gift shop by making several purchases. I was told it was OK to walk around the grounds, taking pictures and seeing the animals, so out I went:

I walked over to the horse barn:

But the horse barn was empty:

I found two extremely friendly goats:

And a bit of Christmas tree farm, though most of their commercial production, I had read, was done in fields down the road:

I walked over to the horse pens, where a friendly horse and miniature horse were grazing. The big horse came over to be petted. There were other animals, including a donkey, in a farther pen but I didn't get close to them:

Seeing another barn, I began walking that direction:

A sign announced that this was the pig barn:

And indeed, two colorful and friendly swine greeted me inside:

I mostly wanted a closer look at the Texas Longhorns, but they were far off in a field, unmoved from when I'd first arrived. But they were near a fence along the road, so I drove over to visit them. They were alert and curious, but not enough so to stand up and come over to the fence. They are beautiful animals, but I've already had my experience with long-horned cattle and now prefer my Red Polls. This was my last stop at Moody Tree Farms, but I bet I'll be back again before Christmas:

Moody Tree Farm - Part 1

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Before I retired and was driving to and from the farm on a regular basis, I used to pass by a farm in the high peaks region with brown barns and interesting animals - especially their Texas Longhorns. I recently discovered on the internet that this is tree farm with a big Adirondack themed gift shop. So I drove back down to visit the place, passing their Longhorns, resting in a field:

And they had a tall sign, which I had failed to see all the times I'd driven by in the past:

I pulled in, passing by their large brown residence, and parked among the brown barns:

I wasn't sure, but it appeared that this building was the gift shop. So I went in:

Indeed it was an Adirondack themed gift shop, and a rather large one at that. They were certainly getting ramped up for Christmas:

There were Adirondack and Christmas themed kitchen goods:

Gingerbread plates, snowmen, Santas and cookie jars shaped like Victorian houses:

Christmas trees and wreaths and cups and wine glasses:

An old wood stove, cleverly used as a display table:

Reindeer, loons and small, furry bears. They also had antler candlesticks:

A Santa train. This place was bigger than I had imagined and there was much more to see. I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: