Our Own Wonderland

This morning Sylvie woke up uncharacteristically early, and I decided it would be a great morning to finally check out the orchard we haven't been able to schedule in yet. We arrived at 9:15 at an empty Orchard entrance...no one in sight except for the two sweet dogs Sylvie chased around and petted. The man in the apple stand informed me there were only Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, and Ida Red. I wasn't super excited to hear that, or to hear that the raspberries were gone, but we set off to 'run, run, run' through the rows of the orchard.
Turns out, Golden Delicious can actually be delicious when picked right off the tree and I started filling the bags. Sylvie loved the apple, and did a very impressive job munching it considering she eats like a bird.
After filling our bag we hopped back in the car to explore. I was tempted to do doughnuts around the trees b/c we were so far away from anyone. No one else picking apples, no cars, and no orchard workers. Denney told me it was own 'own little wonderland' when we called him from the orchard. It totally was:)

We drove up and down the orchard, explored the ponds, took some pictures, and generally had a good time. By the time we left, there were lots of visitors and I was glad to get a head start on the Columbus Day rush:)