My 5 blessings...: fall fun

Monday, October 20, 2008

APPLES!!

On Sunday afternoon, we visited an apple orchard! Yippee! I found it online and we drove the distance to find some apples to hand pick! The website boasts of a hayride, pumpkin patch, apple trees, children's play area, and more, so I was SO excited to find a very Maine-like thing to do here in Oklahoma! We got there, and it looked perfect! It was a beautiful day, just a little windy, as you will see from the wind-blown hair! However, upon arrival, we discovered that the children's area and hayride, which leads to the pumpkin patch and apple orchard (too far to walk), required a wrist band that cost $3 each per guest age 2 and up (remember Caden JUST turned 2). My dear hubby was looking at me with a did-you-know-about-this?-type look. Well, of course, I didn't know about it. It IS NOT mentioned on their website. I just actually looked again, and it definitely isn't there...there is actually NO mention of a cost. You see, in Maine, it's just kind of part of the experience. I understand that gas costs more now; I just like to be prepared a little. Plus, we would have bought MORE if we hadn't had to pay so much up front! Anyway, Mike forks over the $18 and we board the tractor-pulled hayride. Now that I think about it, we did pay for a hayride at a pumpkin patch last year, but it INCLUDED a pumpkin. Maybe I'm just cheap, I mean frugal! Anyway, it was fun. Here are some pictures...