It's fall...

... that means it's apple picking time! We found out from the director of Riley's daycare about an orchard that isn't too far from us (about 20 minutes due south), so we decided to head on over. Our primary goal of this trip was to pick some apples off the trees before it got too cold. This particular orchard has about 10 varieties of apples to choose from (in addition to pumpkins, rasberries, etc.). We weren't sure what we were going to get, but to even get out to the place where the apples were, we needed to take a hay ride pulled by a tractor. Riley was sooooo excited to do this. Here's a short video of Riley on the trip:





Once we got there, Riley ran all over the place picking tons of apples off the tree (and even the ground at times.... heehee). We ended up picking some Jonathan apples and some Northern Spys. Riley sampled them both and loved them. :)





After the excitement of the apple picking, we checked out the rest of the attractions the orchard had to offer. They had a pony ride (which Riley rode on by herself!):





They also had loads of areas that kids could play in. Riley loved being in the barn filled with corn kernels (much cleaner than sand!), playing on the train carved out of wood, playing in the sand (not as clean!), and playing on the antique tractor.









We had so much there (as well as some of the best donuts I've ever had!), that we went back again! This time we went to pick pumpkins. When we went to ride on the antique tractor (when Cam went to get donuts... yumm), there was sign that said it was only for show and there was no riding on it. Oh well!

We definitely hope to go again in the summer when their summer fruit is in season! It really is a great place to spend the day.