It's that time again... time to pick some apples. I am so used to picking apples in Michigan and having it beautiful fall weather, but here, not so much. I believe it was in the mid 80's, but oh so hot. But even with the hotness of the day, it was a fun time.
We decided to head back up into the mountains to the same place we picked apples last year. It was the first weekend they were opened, so I was worried that it was going to be too busy, but it wasn't too bad.
We started off by walking up and finding the honey crisp apple trees. Thankfully, we came when we did because our favorite apples are the honey crisp and those were very limited. But, we were able to get a bushel full of some good apples and we're excited to get home and eat them and bake some apple crisp.
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| Love the view here |
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| So excited to pick some apples |
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| McKenna is always happiest with the lambies |
After picking apples, having a picnic lunch, enjoying donuts and apple cider slushes, and then letting the kids play in the park for a while, we decided to explore the area a little bit. So, we got into the car to cool off and drove around to explore. We came across the Carl Sandburg Home, which is a National park. We had no idea whose house this was or anything, but we thought it would be cool to walk the trails and see what it had to offer us.
Come to find out, Carl Sandburg was a writer and best known for writing biographies on Abraham Lincoln. He wrote many more things, but was best known for that.
But the kids favorite thing, other then running on the trails was seeing all the goats on the property. Carl's wife was a huge goat lover and started producing milk and cheese which was then sold around the local area.
It was a great stop and always love finding random areas to stop and explore.
It was a very fun day! Love seeing the kids smile from ear to ear when they see the beautiful surroundings and get to be out doing something fun!
Thanks for another fun year of apple picking, Sky Top!!
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