Our favorite orchard is R and A Orchards. They are family owned, you get to ride behind a tractor in a wagon without hay, and there is apple picking and a little store. No petting zoo, milk a cow, putt-putt extravaganza. Which is totally more my speed. (Yes I recognize that probably when E is older we will have to visit the ones with bounce houses, but not yet, yay!)
We left home by 9:30AM and decided to grab a snack en route. Chick Fil A's line was ridiculous so we went to Dunkin Donuts. And proceeded to wait in a 4 car line for 30 minutes. Total fail. Then we gave E a piece of biscuit, which we shouldn't have done - we never eat in the car and he proceeded to choke, then barf all over himself while we were on I-85. No bueno.
Thankfully, the rest of the 2.5 hour trip was super uneventful. We finally arrived at the orchard and proceeded to have a great lunch - sandwiches, chips, and a fried chocolate pie for Jeff.
Then out to the orchard on our tractor ride to the far area to pick apples. But first, a selfie. Of course.
It was the last weekend for U-pick (last weekend in September if you need to remember), and by now there were still some to pick but plenty had fallen to the ground in a super rotten stinky way. So, definitely no scooting around for little buddy. He got to ride on my back.
After we got our fill of apples - a 1/4 peck - we headed back to the main building for my annual apple and caramel treat. Ethan thought the caramel was just fine lol.
Off down the road we went to Burts Farm, the epicenter of all Fall Fun Cuteness. There were literally a zillion families with matching outfits trying to take their pictures. Not that many were picking out pumpkins, but that's ok.
Every year Jeff picks out the biggest pumpkin he can carry. No exception this year. There was no injury this year either, thankfully. No yellow jacket stings either.
Ethan loved to scoot around and be free, and of course stand while banging on a pumpkin. And watching the kids, his favorite pastime.
We finally got our fill of fall fun, and headed home. Another success!
1 comment:
Woow! I never saw a pumpkin like that! It's wonderful
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