Apple Picking in NC

We missed our annual trip to Hendersonville, NC last year with the relocation to Winston.  Fortunately, we were deliberate in our preparations this year and actually made it out on a perfect weekend!  We visited 2 orchards this year....Stepps and Grandads.  And at Stepps we picked apples straight of the tree for the first time!

 

We got an all-terrain wagon to pull our apple box in....CJ has this whole work thing figured out.

 Lily found the row of York apple trees for Gran.  This is an apple that Gran grew up eating but has been unable to find in recent years.

 Mama and her girls.

 Putting CJ to work!

 Gran strolling the orchard rows.

 Gran helping the girls pick som Matsu? apples....a green apple that is somewhat tart, but not nearly as tart as Granny Smith.

 Apple cheeks :)

 Yes, the Black Pearl sailed up and down the orchard rows collecting apples!

 C-Bee-J!

 Fried apple slices....SO GOOD!

 Getting taller....

 Going for a ride on the cow train at Grandad's

 Had time to pick out a couple of pumpkins to go with all the apples