The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Appleton Farms, Ipswich, MA. Credit: SeniorsSkiing
Appleton Farms, Ipswich, MA.
Credit: SeniorsSkiing
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Appleton Farms is a 900-acre property owned by the Trustees of Reservations on Boston’s North Shore in the historic town of Ipswich.  The farm had been the Appleton family since 1636, granted to them by Charles I.  It was deeded to the TOR in 1998. Many of the buildings have been restored, and the farm is producing crops for the local community.  The cross country skiing is magnificent, parking is plentiful, and the quiet is most welcome.
Great Pasture, Appleton Farms, Ipswich, MA. Credit: SeniorsSkiing
Great Pasture, Appleton Farms, Ipswich, MA.
Credit: SeniorsSkiing

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