Apple Picking
We went apple picking this past Saturday. Apple picking and the whole experience is about as New England as you can get.
Situation:
Patti, the kids and I drove into the country on Saturday morning and spent a few hours picking apples and pears. The place we went to has a staging area where you board a train that winds through a brick covered path under grape vines and takes you deep into acres and acres of apple and pear trees. It has a petting zoo and a large children’s play area among the rolling hills and fields of trees.
It is the perfect way to spend a crisp cool autumn New England day. We strolled along under a cloudless azure sky letting Emily choose fruit she wanted to add to our increasingly large bag of nature’s candy. We stopped and let the children pet sheep, goats and look at lamas, reindeer and pigs. We frolicked through a maze of hay and climbed through a large tree house. We left with 5 kinds of apples and 2 kinds of pears, a gallon of apple cider and with Emily clutching the ingredients to make caramel apples as soon as we got home.
We also spent 50 bucks for 10 dollars worth of apples.
Happiness does have a price.