Workout: 3 miles easy in the hot humid rain:)) I will take that for Halloween day in Illinois!
A few weeks ago we took a family fall getaway to Door County, WI. The trip was so seriously fun, and I took far too many pictures. And because I don't want to give you snapshot overload I decided to break up the vacation into two posts.
Apple picking!!! There are so many orchards up here I'm not sure how we decided on this one. But, we got lucky and chose a good one! When we went to purchase our bag the lady told us that the Honey Crisp were all picked. I almost cried. No, but I was SUPER bummed.
Here we are starting out. It was the perfect day, and no one was out so I felt like we had the entire orchard to ourselves. (The market/store was packed because there was free wine tasting so I guess that seemed like more fun to the adults.)
Monster size apples!! And I just loved how low the trees were. It made things simple for the kids!
Is it normal to have trouble getting an apple off a tree? Pulling those suckers off was tough, and poor Orlando fell down at least 5 times. They gave us directions on how to correctly pick an apple, but we all still struggled.
I let the kids sample a few different kinds so we could see which ones tasted best. I figured for the price we paid taste testing could be included;)
All done! We went down the Honey Crisp aisle and we actually found quite a few to pick. Those things are amazing!! So what do you do with 10+ pounds of apples? Well, we ate about half the bag, and then I used to rest to make a couple batches of apple pie filling that I threw in the freezer for a later date!
A few weeks ago we took a family fall getaway to Door County, WI. The trip was so seriously fun, and I took far too many pictures. And because I don't want to give you snapshot overload I decided to break up the vacation into two posts.
Apple picking!!! There are so many orchards up here I'm not sure how we decided on this one. But, we got lucky and chose a good one! When we went to purchase our bag the lady told us that the Honey Crisp were all picked. I almost cried. No, but I was SUPER bummed.
Here we are starting out. It was the perfect day, and no one was out so I felt like we had the entire orchard to ourselves. (The market/store was packed because there was free wine tasting so I guess that seemed like more fun to the adults.)
Monster size apples!! And I just loved how low the trees were. It made things simple for the kids!
Is it normal to have trouble getting an apple off a tree? Pulling those suckers off was tough, and poor Orlando fell down at least 5 times. They gave us directions on how to correctly pick an apple, but we all still struggled.
I let the kids sample a few different kinds so we could see which ones tasted best. I figured for the price we paid taste testing could be included;)
All done! We went down the Honey Crisp aisle and we actually found quite a few to pick. Those things are amazing!! So what do you do with 10+ pounds of apples? Well, we ate about half the bag, and then I used to rest to make a couple batches of apple pie filling that I threw in the freezer for a later date!
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