Apple Picking

Every year we drive an hour south of Columbus to a fruit farm to pick apples. They have this wonderful apple festival that has horse rides, petting zoo, carriage rides and just about anything that is made from an apple. The only thing that was really different this year was the types of apples available to pick. They usually have about a dozed different types to pick but they just had two. Spring came a bit early and the summer was so hot that the apples ripened about 2-3 weeks early. The apples available to pick were not our favorites and we didn't feel it was worth waiting and hr in line to ride up the hill and pick apples we weren't crazy about. So we went to their market and found our favorite, the Melrose. Walked around a bit more and then packed the kids up and headed home. I was really looking forward to doing this one last time before we moved next summer so I was a little bummed about the day. But the kids did have fun and it was nice see start of all the beautiful fall colors. We are hoping to continue our family tradition when we move to Chester.