About 15 miles east of us on Hwy 50 is a farming community known as Apple Hill. Each fall, the farms open their properties to the public for general everything apple goodness.
I got one each of five different types of apples that I'd never heard of. Gil and I enjoyed sampling each one over the next few days. Imaging three more rows of bins like this, full of different varieties of apples. It was amazing.
One of the farms we visited had a pond with ducks. One of the few sounds Wesley makes is a duck. He is quite good and will quack on command. It sounds more like "kak" but it is our favorite. He saw the ducks, immediately recognized them, and went running after them, yelling, "kak, kak, kak!" It was very exciting.
That farm also had craft booths and vendors selling their wares. My mom got Wesley a cute Christmas ornament with his name on it.
We went to a second farm that is known for its apple donuts. We got a half dozen and a small quart of apple cider and sat at a picnic table to eat the lunch we had brought with us. The donuts were amazing and the cider was delicious. Gil wasn't able to come because of school but I saved him some of both.
There was a tractor in the picnic area and Wesley had a blast "driving" the tractor.
It was a fun outing but not sure I need to go again. I'm curious to see what some of the farms do when there aren't virus restrictions in place though.
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