Apple Picking

This past Monday was Columbus Day, so Trent was off, and the kids were off from school, so we headed up to Carter Mountain Orchard to pick some apples! Last year we went during apple days, which is the first weekend in October. This year they extended apple days for two weekends. As we would drive past the turn off for the orchard on our way to or from town, we would see so many cars turning to go up to the orchard or coming back down. It was crazy. There was even some guy standing out on the 53 trying to direct traffic so that people leaving the orchard could get out. Trent expressed some concern the day before we went that there wouldn't be any apples left. Last year, there were plenty of apples, but there were types that were limited picking such as the Fuji and Gala apples. The harvest wasn't nearly as large last year. I heard repeatedly that this year was a very good harvest. I haven't seen anything like it. There were apples everywhere! We picked 36 pounds of Stayman apples, which they have a lot of at the orchard and I like because they are a great all purpose apple, from three trees in less than 30 minutes. It was absolutely amazing. We didn't grab one of the long poles for picking up high until later when we picked some Fuji apples. We wished we had only because the tops of the trees were hanging with big fat beautiful apples. The weather was beautiful and plenty warm. The kids had a great time.

Trent picked up our picking sacks while we.........

played in the pumpkin patch.

Picking apples

Jon, who much preferred pole picking, just hung out until it was time to get the Fuji apples. Then, he wanted to pick them all. That pole is fun.

Aren't my boys cute?