Friday, October 8, 2010

Over the river and through the woods...

I know that homecoming is this weekend, but I would rather go home.

My grandparents have several apple trees that are ready for harvest, and I just can't miss out. Every year my family gets together to pick apples and make apple cider. Quite a few of our friends join us as well. We spend most of a Saturday climbing, picking, mashing, and (best of all) drinking and eating. We drink so much apple cider that our stomachs hurt and eat so many candy apples that our teeth stick together. The weather is usually perfectly mild, so we don't mind staying outside all day. It's nice because around this time of year the leaves are changing color, and it's all so beautiful. By the end of the day all of us are dirty, sticky, and tired, but we all know it was worth the work. For the following months we have enough apple cider to supply an army, and plenty of apples for delicious Thanksgiving apple pie. I'm going to take pictures tomorrow and post some here on Monday!

1 comment:

  1. I'm jealous. I went to an orchard with my family on Sunday. It was fun, but we didn't get to make cider. I hope you do post the pictures.

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