After picking the apples we went to another orchard just down the road where they make fabulous donuts and sell meats and cheeses and cider. They have a big area with a few picnic tables and some hay bales for the kids to play on, as well as some goats you can feed. Since this is an orchard and they also have apples you can pick, someone asked me yesterday why we don't just go there to pick the apples in the first place instead of going to another orchard and then coming to this one just for the donuts etc. I think it's because our first time apple picking a couple years ago was such a wonderful day (it still ranks as my favorite day I've had here), and that this other orchard is the one that helped provide that day, I am now loyal to them. Maybe it's a little weird, but oh well.
It seemed like half our ward was there apple picking that day and then everyone was eating donuts. Emma had fun playing with all the kids and enjoying the glorious weather. I love this time of year!
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It was good to see you out at the orchard. It is one of my favorite days each year too and for 8 years now we have also always gone to the one orchard to pick and the other for donuts.
Oh how I wish I could have packed that apple orchard in the car with us and brought it west! :)
I finally found the one place that lets you pick them here but it was a joke compared to what we are used to. But I was so glad to at least be able to keep up with tradition.
And funny enough, we ended up doing it the same day as all of you.
We were really different though because we did not like those donuts at that place. The last few years we would just do the apple picking and then go somewhere for breakfast.
It is one of my favorite traditions and some of my favorite Kenosha memories!
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