Tomapo Farm

Since we could only get one night at the last campground, we had to move to another to be able to spend more time in this area. We got two nights, off grid, at a Harvest Host’s Farm, located out of Lebenon, NH.

Les wanted to do some large format photography this morning. Got up early, left the RV park, traveled 10 minutes to large parking in Lebanon and parked the motorhome. It was too early to check into the Harvest Host site. We left Indy and Cinnamon to stand guard and we drove the Jeep back to Woodstock (about 20 miles).

Our route took up over the Quechee Covered Bridge, so we stopped and took some digital photos in the morning light. We continued on and parked in the town center. Les carted his large format camera over to the St. James Episcopal Church and shot three sheets of film and two dry plate photos of the beautiful stone church. While Jill tried to sketch a building (not successfully). Les returned to the Woodstock’s Middle Covered Bridge and photographed it in the morning sun.

We returned to the motohome and went to the 250 year old Tomapo Farm. They have done more than just Maple Syrup over the years. The owner offered us a tour. She is the eigth generation of her family to run the farm. Currently, there are four generations living on the farm.

We set up the motorhome and then took a ride in their Model A Ford down to the maple syrup processing building. The raw maple sap is boiled down through a complicated process to become maple syrup in four grades. As we drove to the farm, we notices hoses attached to and connecting most of the trees next to the road. Instead of using taps to fill individual buckets, the taps are linked to these hoses and gravity assisted by a vacuum system. The system gathers the sap at a trailer with a tank, then is moved to the processing building. Spent rest of day relaxing in our tiny home.Read more