Silly faces in the car
Ellie inspecting the pumpkins
Aiden walking through the orchard and signing the alphabet, his favorite pasttime of late.
One of our favorite fall activities is making our way up to Flat Rock, NC, for a day of apple picking at Skytop Orchard. Of course we have to leave early enough to stop by the Flat Rock Bakery for some sumptuous coffee and pastries...there's no way we can travel all the way up there and miss out on their delicious Havarti cheese bagels and bran muffins and cheddar and chives scones, not to mention their amazing Americanos. The orchard had a wonderful crop this year, unlike last year when the late frost pretty much destroyed the crop. We took two trips and got a total 2 bushels with a variety of apples: fuji, mutsu, granny smith, staymen winesap, jonagold (perfect for making applesauce). The weather was absolutely perfect for this time of year-nice and chilly but not too cold. Aiden walked through the orchard spelling out all the names of the apples. Ellie rode in the backpack on Jamin's back (fortunately not mine). The second time we went we hiked all the way to the back of the orchard where the apples had hardly been touched. Branches were touching the ground under the weight of their bounty. We rode the tractor around the orchard (well, Aiden and Jamin did...I had to get off with Ellie just before because she got really upset) and looked at the animals. The kids fell asleep on the way home.
One of our favorite fall activities is making our way up to Flat Rock, NC, for a day of apple picking at Skytop Orchard. Of course we have to leave early enough to stop by the Flat Rock Bakery for some sumptuous coffee and pastries...there's no way we can travel all the way up there and miss out on their delicious Havarti cheese bagels and bran muffins and cheddar and chives scones, not to mention their amazing Americanos. The orchard had a wonderful crop this year, unlike last year when the late frost pretty much destroyed the crop. We took two trips and got a total 2 bushels with a variety of apples: fuji, mutsu, granny smith, staymen winesap, jonagold (perfect for making applesauce). The weather was absolutely perfect for this time of year-nice and chilly but not too cold. Aiden walked through the orchard spelling out all the names of the apples. Ellie rode in the backpack on Jamin's back (fortunately not mine). The second time we went we hiked all the way to the back of the orchard where the apples had hardly been touched. Branches were touching the ground under the weight of their bounty. We rode the tractor around the orchard (well, Aiden and Jamin did...I had to get off with Ellie just before because she got really upset) and looked at the animals. The kids fell asleep on the way home.
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