Tommy and I finally went apple picking together! I have been wanting to do this for YEARS, and have just been too lazy to make the plans to go. Then by the time I think, "Hey, we should go apple picking!" I find out all the apples at the orchards near me are picked by people who actually have their shit together at the start of Fall.
So this year I put it in my calendar, and even tried to wrangle people to go with me! It ended up being just Tommy and I, but it worked out because we were able to go see Dana and Marvin before we went to the orchard. We visited their new house!
Then we drove to All Season's Orchard in Woodstock, IL. It only took us about 20 minutes to get there and the place was busy! We ended up finding a spot to park pretty quickly, and walked to the entrance. It was wet from the rain the night before, and semi muddy, but we expected that going into it so I wore my boots and it worked out well! It was $14.50 a person, and each person got a 1/2 peck bag of apples with their admission. They have a bunch of other stuff you can do there, but the other activities (corn maze, corn kernel pit, petting zoo, etc.) costs more money and we aren't 5 so we just stuck with the apple picking part.
When we walked in, we lucked out and got straight onto the wagon that takes people to the apple trees. We were given a short speech on how to pick apples, and the different kinds that were available. We got these long poles with a basket on the end to use to get the apples off without bruising them. They took a little getting used to, but definitely made the process easier and quicker! Tommy and I ended up mostly picking Jonagold and Golden Delicious. They didn't have any Red Delicious ready, which was ok with me, but they are Tommy's favorite! He ended up picking and semi liking the redder Jonagold apples that we took home.
After filling our bags, and taking a wagon ride back to entrance, we decided to get an apple cider shake, and an apple cider donut to share there. The sun started coming out and it was a fun place to sit and enjoy our treats together :) After hanging out for a bit, we walked around and picked out two pumpkins to take home.
It was a super fun day! I feel like we will definitely be coming back next year, though we might wait until they have some Red Delicious that are ready!
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